Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of 30 kings and queens starting ... Its spectacular fan vaulted ceiling and the King's imposing tomb, with gilt bronze effigies of him and his queen ...

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, ...

Creating the tomb was the idea of a man who was at the ... Once back home in 1919, Railton gained the support of the Dean of ...

The funeral effigy head is one of the most viewed objects in Westminster ... to be buried in the Abbey in a vault under the floor, rather than above ground in a tomb chest. Torrigiano designed ...

As the numbers of tombs increased, so, too, from the 1580s, did Westminster Abbey become a regular part of the late Elizabethan tourist circuit for visiting foreigners. In 1592, the Duke of Wurtemberg ...

Westminster Abbey is generally busy – and the staff ... you might like to visit the shared tomb of enemies and half sisters Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor. If you prefer to see the abbey at your ...