Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...

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Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. Jonson always seemed to be poor, in spite of gifts from royalty, and he died in great poverty in ...

The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, near the graves of Herbert Howells and Charles ...

Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, his first wife, two daughters and his son are buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. In the centre of the chapel is a large altar tomb ...

A brass in the centre aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey covers the grave of architect George Edmund Street. The inscription reads: In memory of George Edmund Street Architect R.A. who died on the ...

David Stanton is Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer, with oversight responsibility for all financial affairs and all matters relating to the fabric of the Abbey. He is also a Distinguished Friend of Oxford ...

Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and was born at Greenwich Palace on 28th June 1491. His brother Arthur died and he succeeded his father as King in April 1509. Henry was ...

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