Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is the result of a process of development spanning the 13th to 16th centuries. It has been the setting for every Coronation, bar two, since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066. It is a burial place of kings and queens, and of the famous and great and there are over three thousand people either buried or memorialised here.

Westminster Abbey, or to call it by its correct name, The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, is unusual amongst churches in England in being a 'Royal Peculiar'. This means it is under the jurisdiction of the crown and not within any diocese. Today it is still a church dedicated to regular worship and to the celebration of great events in the life of the nation.