Memorial inscriptions

The inscriptions on memorial stones are a great source for family historians, as they will sometimes contain information not found in the burial registers. They are particularly useful for tracing relationships between different family members.

• War Memorials At present there is a paper index arranged alphabetically by name which can be used to find an individual memorial stone. To look up a name, please ask one of the stewards in the Abbey or contact the Archives.
   
• Floor Memorials The Archives hold a book recording the inscriptions of all the nave floor stones which was made in 1874 when the pews were installed. This may be the only way of finding the inscription as most of the floor memorials are covered by the pews, or are too worn to be legible. Do contact the Archives if you want to look up the inscription of a floor memorial.