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• Richard Briers to narrate Crucifixus pro Nobis

  Tuesday, 11th March 2008

  The distinguished actor Richard Briers will be the narrator at Crucifixus Pro Nobis, the Abbey’s meditation in words and music on the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ on Tuesday 11th March at 7.00pm.

  Richard Briers Passion

• Abbey marks Wyatt bicentenary

  Thursday, 5th September 2013

  A wreathlaying marking the bicentenary of the death of the architect James Wyatt PRA (1746-1813) was held at his grave in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 5th September 2013.

  James Wyatt Wreathlaying

• His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI remembered

  Saturday, 31st December 2022

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, has expressed his sorrow at the death of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

• Thomas Brock - shaping the 'New Sculpture' movement

  Find out about sculptor Thomas Brock's contribution to Westminster Abbey.

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Friday, 1st April 2005

  Flowers were laid outside the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey today (1st April) as part of a service to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the death of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

  Tuesday, 16th October 2007

  Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

  Sir Cloudesley Shovell

• Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival

  Friday, 22nd April 2016

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.

  Lady Chapel The Choir of Westminster Abbey Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder

• Emery Hill

  Philanthropist

  On a pillar at the west end of St Margaret's is a cartouche to Emery Hill who founded almshouses and is buried in the church.

• James Palmer

  Priest/Minister and Philanthropist

  On the north wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a damaged and blackened monument and bust to philanthropist and priest James Palmer.

• Memorial dedicated to Octavia Hill co-founder of the National Trust

  Monday, 22nd October 2012

  A Service to dedicate a Memorial to Octavia Hill (1838-1912) and to give thanks for the work of the National Trust was held at Westminster Abbey today at 12 noon in the centenary year of the death of Octavia Hill, the leading social reformer and co-founder of the National Trust.

  Octavia Hill National Trust Memorial dedication

• Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley & Anne Countess of Oxford

  Philanthropist

  Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley and her daughter Anne Vere, Countess of Oxford have a large monument in St Nicholas' chapel. Richard Cecil, Lord Burghley's father, is buried in St Margaret's Church.

• John André

  Soldier

  In the nave of Westminster Abbey is the grave and monument to Major John André, executed as a spy by the Americans in 1780.

• Timothy Brent

  Architect

  Timothy Brent, Surveyor General to the Duchy of Cornwall, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey.

• Helen Walton

  Philanthropist

  Helen Walton of the USA, philanthropist, was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal, which ran from 1973-1995.

• Michael Wentworth

  politician

  Michael Wentworth, M.P., was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster in 1558 but has no marker.

• Lord Erroll of Hale

  Politician and Engineer

  In the west window of the Lady Chapel is the coat of arms of Lord Erroll of Hale (lower row of panels), engineer.

• Sir Peter Walters

  Philanthropist

  Sir Peter Walters has his coat of arms in the west window of the Lady Chapel. This was unveiled by The Queen in 1995.

• A Reflection on history

  Friday, 12th June 2020

  I have been watching the film of Edward Colston’s statue emerging from Bristol’s Floating Harbour. The statue stood on the city centre Watershed, perhaps five hundred metres from Bristol Cathedral.

  Friday Reflection COVID-19

• Andrew and John Van Yzendoorn

  Andrew (Andries) Van Yzendoorn and his only son John are buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• Lord Rupert Nevill

  Philanthropist

  The coat of arms of Lord Rupert Nevill are in the west window of the Lady Chapel. He was a Trustee of the Westminster Abbey Trust, which raised millions of pounds for the restoration of the stonework of the Abbey.