Discover more about the objects presented to the monarch during the coronation service and find out what each one represents. Which objects feature in a coronation service? Watch Dr Tony Trowles, Head ...

Enjoy and experience regular and special services from Westminster Abbey from wherever you are in the world - either live or on demand. You are unable to view this content as it is hosted by a ...

Please join in saying the words and singing the hymns printed in bold type. The church is served by a hearing loop. Users should turn their hearing aid to the setting marked T. Photography, filming, ...

Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England and his wife Anne of ...

Plan your journey by bicycle. Bike racks are available close to the Abbey and can be found on the Transport for London cycle parking website. Please note that folding bikes are not permitted in the ...

John Gay, the celebrated poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 23rd December 1732, in the central part of the area near Thomas Parr's grave. The funeral was a ...

On 12th November 1954 a memorial was unveiled at Westminster Abbey for William Caxton, merchant and England's first printer and publisher. He also imported books into England and was a bookseller. The ...

A memorial window to writer and preacher John Bunyan was unveiled in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 25th January 1912. It was erected by public subscription and designed ...

He was born at Barnwell in Northamptonshire on 27th July 1625, the eldest surviving son of Sir Sydney Montagu (or Mountagu) and his wife Paulina (Pepys). He was educated in Huntingdon and he married ...

On 19th October 1926 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), unveiled a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Million Dead of the First World War. It was presented to the Abbey by the Imperial War ...

In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare's memorial. The inscription in brass letters reads: SAMUEL ...

In the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a white and black marble memorial with bust to Zachary Pearce, Dean of Westminster. The monument was erected in about 1777 and the sculptor was ...