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• Fraternité Family Day: The Bayeux Tapestry and Beyond - February

  Saturday, 17th February 2024

  Explore how the drama of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, shaped the future of Westminster Abbey.

  Event Family Learning

• Fraternité Family Day: The Bayeux Tapestry and Beyond - March

  Saturday, 16th March 2024

  Explore how the drama of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, shaped the future of Westminster Abbey.

• Family Tour: Easter and the Abbey

  Monday, 7th April 2025

  Join us to explore Westminster Abbey, looking for links to the Easter story.

  Events

• Wardour family

  Anna Sophia Wardour and two sons are buried in the centre part of the nave. Their graves are now marked by small lozenge stones.

• Thomas Vaughan

  Musician

  Thomas Vaughan was a tenor singer in the Westminster Abbey Choir 1804-1843 and was buried on 17th January 1843 in the west cloister.

• Gullan Family

  Several members of the Gullan family of Westminster are buried in St Margaret's church Westminster (although not all of those named on the memorial).

• Vacher family

  Philanthropist

  The Vacher family of Westminster gave both the brass eagle lectern and the carved and painted pulpit in St Margaret's church Westminster.

• Mansell Family

  Several members of the Mansell family of Glamorgan in south Wales are buried in Westminster Abbey, including Thomas, Edward, Henry, Mary, Francis and Elizabeth.

• Thomas Wright

  Thomas Wright and his son Thomas James Wright both held the post of Clerk of the Works at Westminster Abbey.

• Family Day: Nature Crowns

  Saturday, 15th June 2024

  Explore signs and symbols of nature in Westminster Abbey and create your very own nature crown to take home.

• Thomas Baltzar

  Musician and Composer

  Thomas Baltzar, the most famous violinist of his day, was buried in the cloisters at Westminster Abbey on 27th July 1663.

• Birkhead Family

  Musician

  Members of the Birkhead family are buried in the cloisters but the exact location is unknown and there are no gravestones or memorial for them.

• Smalbroke Family

  In the south cloister of Westminster Abbey is the grave of three members of the Smalbroke family: Catherine Smalbroke, William Smalbroke and Richard Smalbroke.

• Spring Family

  In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a gravestone for various members of the Spring family. The inscription is faint in places.

• Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon & Family

  Soldier and Statesman

  The monument to Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596) is the tallest in Westminster Abbey, at thirty-six feet high. Various members of his family are buried in the Carey vault.

• Atwood family

  Scientist, Mathematician and Priest/Minister

  In St Margaret's church are two memorials to the Atwood family. The Reverend Thomas Atwood and his wife have a tablet on the south wall.

• Killigrew Family

  Priest/Minister, Soldier and Playwright

  In the north aisle of the nave is a white marble monument to Robert Killigrew. It is a tablet in the form of a shield.

• Thomas Amyot

  Historian and Lawyer

  Thomas Amyot (Amyott), lawyer and historian, and his wife Jane are buried in St Margaret's church. There is a marble tablet on the north wall.

• Thomas Cremer

  Thomas Cremer (or Creamer) and his sister Anne are buried in St Margaret's church Westminster and have an oval memorial tablet on the west wall.

• Thomas Waldron

  Physician

  Dr Thomas Waldron, physician in ordinary to Charles II, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey on 14th February 1677.