Remains of five archbishops of Canterbury found in church next to Lambeth Palace

The remains of five archbishops of Canterbury have been found buried next to Lambeth PalaThe coffins were discovered during building work at the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, which stands on the banks of the River Thames.

Builders are currently renovating the church, the current home of the Garden Museum, which stands opposite the Houses of Parliament.

Site manager Karl Pattern, who was part of the team which made the discovery, said: "It was a very interesting day.

"We were exposing the ground as part of the job and lifting the slabs... when we uncovered the entry of what looked like a tomb.

"We got a camera on the end of stick and discovered numerous coffins and one of them had a gold crown on it."