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• Edward the Confessor and Edith

  Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.

• Elizabeth Cecil

  There are four Elizabeth Cecils buried here - Baroness Ros, the Countess of Berkshire, the Countess of Devonshire and the wife of Sir Robert Cecil.

• Edward VI

  Edward succeeded his father when he was just 9 years old and was crowned in the Abbey on 20th February 1547. He died in 1553.

• British Prisoners of War 1914-1918

  Soldier and Airman

  In 1926 a stained glass window was unveiled in the north choir aisle to remember British prisoners of war who died during World War I.

• Winifred, Marchioness of Winchester

  In the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey is a large monument to Winifred, Marchioness of Winchester. It is attributed to sculptor Garrett Johnson.

• Stephen Hales

  Scientist

  In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is a monument to Stephen Hales, eminent botanist and inventor of ventilators. He was descended from Thomas Hales.

• Abraham Cowley

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a monument to poet Abraham Cowley. It consists of an oval panel on a pedestal with a large wreathed urn above.

• Bonnell Thornton

  Writer

  In the east cloister is a memorial tablet to Bonnell Thornton, author, editor of The Connoisseur. This includes a relief portrait, with books and papers.

• Edmund Spenser

  Poet

  On the south wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to Edmund Spenser, poet and author of The Faerie Queene.

• President of France lays wreath at Grave of the Unknown Warrior

  Wednesday, 26th March 2008

  The President of France, M. Nicholas Sarkozy, and Mme. Sarkozy visited the Abbey on 26th March to lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior during their state visit to the UK.

  State Visit

• Duke of Edinburgh joins Abbey in Remembrance

  Thursday, 11th November 2010

  The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 82nd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, Thursday 11th November 2010.

  Field of Remembrance WW1

• A Reflection on blame

  Friday, 17th April 2020

  The news is full of the spat between Mr Trump and the World Health Organisation. Here is an argument about how you explain what is happening to us and, perhaps, about who is to blame.

  Friday Reflection COVID-19

• Free entry to the Abbey for NHS staff as summer visiting hours are announced

  Friday, 25th June 2021

  NHS staff will be able to visit Westminster Abbey for free from July onwards. The gesture to NHS staff is an acknowledgment of all their hard work during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

• Sir Humphrey Bourchier

  Soldier

  Sir Humphrey Bourchier (or Bourgchier) is buried in St Edmund's chapel. The Purbeck marble altar tomb once had a brass figure on it.

• William Buckland

  Scientist, Dean and Priest/Minister

  William Buckland, geologist and Dean of Westminster has a memorial in the nave but is buried with his wife in the churchyard at Islip, Oxfordshire.

• Robert Ayton

  Poet

  Sir Robert Ayton (Aytoun or Aiton), courtier, poet and philosopher, was buried in the south ambulatory. He was born in Scotland in 1570.

• Daniel Pulteney

  Politician

  In the south cloister is a monument to politician Daniel Pulteney. His effigy reclines on a sarcophagus and he holds a book on his knee.

• James Watt

  Engineer

  A small bust now commemorates James Watt, the great civil engineer. This replaced a very large marble statue.

• William Pulteney, Earl of Bath

  William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, is buried in the Islip chapel with his wife and three children and his brother. A new vault was made.

• Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex

  Philanthropist

  In the chapel of St Paul is a large monument, about 24 feet high, to the memory of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex.