The oldest monument in the nave of Westminster Abbey belongs to Jane Stoteville ... talk that will explore how this part of the Abbey came to be a site of burial and memorial. Talks will take place at ...

This started the tradition of burials and memorials in the abbey which continues to this day. But who decides who goes in the corner? The Deans of Westminster are people who are tasked with ...

A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë has had the dots above their surname added nearly 85 years after it was first ...

An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey also presents a unique pageant of British history – the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, ...

A memorial stone to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most celebrated Antarctic Explorers of the twentieth century, was dedicated at Westminster Abbey in London on Thursday 15th February 2024.

Two activists entered Westminster Abbey — Britain’s site for royal ... “The Abbeys conservators are taking immediate action to clean the memorial and do not anticipate that there will ...

A memorial stone to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton has been unveiled at Westminster Abbey by Britain's princess Anne on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The dean of Westminster David ...

"Westminster Abbey can confirm that orange chalk was sprayed by climate activists on Charles Darwin's gravestone today. "The Abbey's conservators are taking immediate action to clean the memorial ...

CHARLES DARWIN’s grave in Westminster Abbey was defaced on Monday morning. Spray-on orange chalk was used to write “1.5 IS DEAD” on his memorial, in Scientists’ Corner. Last week, it was reported that ...

In the UK, war memorials can take many different forms ... Warrior whose body was brought from France to be buried at Westminster Abbey on 11 November, 1920. Others, including the Cenotaph ...

A Westminster Abbey spokesperson said: "The Abbey's conservators are taking immediate action to clean the memorial and do not anticipate that there will be any permanent damage." ...