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Westminster Abbey , formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster , is a large , mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster , London , just to the west of the Palace of Westminster .. Westminster. City of Westminster. London. Diocese of London. Gothic. Gothic architecture. Palace of Westminster. Palace of Westminster. City of Westminster. City of Westminster. abbey. abbey. It is one of the United Kingdom 's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and , later , British monarchs .. coronation. Coronation of the British monarch. English. List of monarchs of England. British. List of British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 , the abbey had the status of a cathedral .. cathedral. cathedral. abbey. abbey. Since 1560 , however , the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral , having instead the status of a Church of England `` Royal Peculiar '' -- a church responsible directly to the sovereign .. Church of England. Church of England. Royal Peculiar. Royal Peculiar. cathedral. cathedral. abbey. abbey. The building itself is the original abbey church .. abbey. abbey. According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080 , a church was founded at the site -LRB- then known as Thorn Ey -LRB- Thorn Island -RRB- -RRB- in the 7th century , at the time of Mellitus , a Bishop of London .. London. Diocese of London. Sulcard. Sulcard. Mellitus. Mellitus. Construction of the present church began in 1245 , on the orders of King Henry III .. King Henry III. Henry III of England. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 , all coronations of English and British monarchs have been held in Westminster Abbey .. Westminster. City of Westminster. coronation. Coronation of the British monarch. English. List of monarchs of England. British. List of British monarchs. William the Conqueror. William the Conqueror. There have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100 .. abbey. abbey. Two were of reigning monarchs -LRB- Henry I and Richard II -RRB- , although , before 1919 , there had been none for some 500 years .. Henry I. Henry I of England. Richard II. Richard II of England