Neither a cathedral nor a parish church, Westminster Abbey (or the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster to give it its correct title) is a "Royal Peculiar" under the jurisdiction of a Dean and ...

Two churches across the Atlantic from one another share similar stories. Notre Dame and St. John the Divine are both symbols ...

But who is buried in in the floor of Westminster Abbey? And why are so many important ... to differentiate it from St Paul's Cathedral, which was the ‘east minster’ in the City of London.

In 1587, the body of Mary Queen of Scots was initially buried at the Cathedral after her execution but was later removed to Westminster Abbey on the orders of her son, King James VI of Scotland ...

Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire but a small tablet was unveiled to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, on 17th December 1967. This was given by The Jane Austen ...

A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material ... was used when he was re-interred in his shrine in Aachen Cathedral, Germany, in 1215, 401 years after he died.

The Cathedral of St Albans in Hertfordshire has a claim to ... probably designed by the master mason of Westminster Abbey, John Thirsk; the high altar reredos of 1480–84 built at a cost of 1,100 marks ...

St. Paul's Cathedral is arguably the second must-see church in London (the first, of course, being Westminster Abbey). With its imposing dome – one of the largest in the world – St. Paul's ...

Hidden medieval murals in the Cathedral of Angers were digitally ... sculpture of Henry III on his tomb in London's Westminster Abbey. "These similarities indicate a shared knowledge of new ...

From the ancient church of St Andrew's, in Somerset, where a great Danish leader was baptised in the ninth century, to the glories of Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral, browse through ...

Westminster Abbey is generally busy – and the staff keeps you moving at a pretty swift pace – so do a little research ahead of time to avoid missing your personal must-sees. For instance ...