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• Anthony Trollope

  Novelist

  A memorial stone to Anthony Trollope, novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by Prime Minister John Major on 25th March 1993.

• George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

  Writer and Novelist

  On 21st June 1980 a memorial stone for George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner. The sculptor was John Skelton.

• Sir John Denham

  Poet

  Sir John Denham, poet, was buried on 23rd March 1669 in Poets' Corner, near Chaucer's tomb. He has no monument and had no inscribed gravestone.

• Rudyard Kipling

  Writer and Poet

  The ashes of Rudyard Kipling, poet and writer, were buried in Poets' Corner at noon on 23rd January 1936. His books include The Jungle Book.

• Thomas Gray

  Poet

  A memorial to poet Thomas Gray is in the east aisle of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, below that to John Milton.

• Sir William Davenant

  Poet

  The poet Sir William Davenant is buried in Poets' Corner. He was buried in the grave from which his rival Thomas May had been ejected.

• Lewis Carroll

  Writer and Poet

  On 17th December 1982 a memorial in Poets’ Corner was dedicated to the poet and writer universally known as Lewis Carroll.

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a mural tablet with a lyre to Romantic poet Percy Shelley. This is joined to an identical tablet for John Keats.

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

  Poet and Historian

  Thomas Babington (Macaulay), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian and poet, was buried at the foot of Joseph Addison's statue in Poets' Corner on 9th January 1860.

• Michael Drayton

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a monument to poet Michael Drayton (or Draiton). The monument was erected by the Countess of Dorset.

• Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Poet and Priest/Minister

  A memorial stone to Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, was unveiled on 8th December 1975 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by the Duke of Norfolk.

• Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Playwright and Statesman

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, statesman, dramatist and wit, was buried in Poets’ Corner. The inscription on his gravestone was re-cut in 1956 but is now faint.

• William Mason

  Poet

  Poet William Mason has a memorial in Poets' Corner. It is in the east aisle near the memorial to Thomas Gray, whose epitaph he composed.

• John Masefield

  Poet

  The ashes of poet and novelist John Masefield were buried in Poets’ Corner on 20th June 1967. The grave adjoins that of Robert Browning.

• Oliver Goldsmith

  Writer

  In Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to author Oliver Goldsmith by J. Nollekens.

• Me and Mr Bennett

• Abbey launches Ukrainian-language multimedia guide tour

  Tuesday, 19th August 2025

  Westminster Abbey's multimedia guide has been updated to include a Ukrainian-language tour of the church for the first time. 

• Abbey to star at the box-office

  Friday, 27th July 2007

  Two major films destined for international cinema screens will feature Westminster Abbey.

  Young Victoria Stone of Destiny

• John Hall retires as Dean of Westminster

  Friday, 1st November 2019

  The Very Reverend Dr John Hall has retired after 13 years as Dean of Westminster. He presided at a valedictory Eucharist on Friday 1st November.

  Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Special Service

• Medieval Monastery tour

  Saturday, 1st March 2025

  Explore the history of the Benedictine monastery at Westminster Abbey, from the time when the first twelve monks arrived in 960AD until the dissolution of the monastery under Henry VIII in 1540.

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