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Bunhill Fields is a former burial ground in central London, in the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London.What remains is about 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) in extent [1] and the bulk of the site is a public garden maintained by the City of London Corporation.
In 1661 the London Quakers purchased a plot of land here of 30 square yards for £270 for use as a burial ground: it constituted the first freehold property owned by Quakers in London. [2] This was four years earlier than the opening of the nearby "Dissenters'" burial ground, on the other side of Bunhill Row, which is still known as Bunhill Fields.
Bunhill Fields is a 3.2 hectares (7.9 acres) burial ground, [2] adjacent to the Artillery Ground. It contains many dissenter burials, including Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake. It is administered by the Corporation of London. Part contains historic graves; but part is laid to a pleasant and quiet park.
Monument to members of the Bayes and Cotton families, including Thomas Bayes and his father Joshua, in Bunhill Fields burial ground. By 1755, he was ill, and by 1761, he had died in Tunbridge Wells. He was buried in Bunhill Fields burial ground in Moorgate, London, where many nonconformists lie.
He died on 11 October 1832 at his home in Queen's Row, Pimlico, London. [1] He was buried at Bunhill Fields burial ground, where a granite obelisk, designed by John Woody Papworth , was later erected in his memory.
20–29 Bunhill Row Artillery Arms, 102 Bunhill Row. Bunhill Row is a street located in St Luke's, London Borough of Islington, London. The street runs north–south from Old Street to Chiswell Street. On the east side are the cemetery of Bunhill Fields and the open space of the Honourable Artillery Company's Artillery Ground.
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Bunhill may refer to several locations in Islington, London, England: Bunhill Fields, a former burial ground; Bunhill Row, a street running along the west side of Bunhill Fields; Bunhill (ward), an electoral ward in Islington