In St Michael's chapel, off the north transept of Westminster Abbey, is a remarkable monument commemorating Lady Elizabeth Nightingale and her husband. She was born in 1704, the eldest of three ...

Henry was the eldest son of Empress Matilda (daughter of Henry I by his second wife) and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' ...

Sir George Villiers and his wife Mary Countess of Buckingham have a white marble monument with effigies in the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey. Mary died on 19th April 1632 and was buried a ...

John Hunter (1728-1793), the celebrated surgeon and anatomist, was originally interred in St Martin in the Fields church in London. When burials were being removed from that church his remains were ...

The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie explores the crucial role the church played in supporting a nation in conflict as the Abbey marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. 3 ...