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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.
Pages in category "Burials at Bunhill Fields" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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. As well as burials arising from routine deaths, the bodies of 1,177 Quakers who died in the Great Plague of 1665–66 were buried here. [2]
It became the main burial place of English nonconformists when Bunhill Fields closed: Yes: Brompton Cemetery: 1840: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: SW10: 38 35,000+ (205,000) No: Owned and maintained by The Royal Parks: Yes: Highgate Cemetery: 1839 (East) 1854 (West) London Borough of Camden, Haringey and Islington: N6: 38 53,000 ...
John Wesley's house and Wesley's Chapel are in City Road, as is Bunhill Fields burial ground. In 1751, St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, an asylum, was founded. It was rebuilt in 1782–1784 by George Dance the Younger. In 1917, the site was sold to the Bank of England for St Luke's Printing Works, which printed banknotes.
Nasmith's gravestone in Bunhill Fields, London Grave of David Nasmith's wife in Highgate Cemetery (west) David Nasmith (March 1799 – 17 November 1839) founded The City Mission Movement in the UK, the US and in Europe.
Monument in Bunhill Fields burial ground Inscription on monument Inscription on monument. Joseph Hart (1711/12 – 24 May 1768) was a Calvinist minister in London. His works include Hart's Hymns, a much-loved hymn book amongst evangelical Christians throughout its lifetime of over 200 years, which includes the well-known hymn, "Come ye sinners, poor and needy".
Tomb of Theophilus Lindsey (d. 1808), Elizabeth Rayner (d. 1800) and Thomas Belsham (d. 1829) in Bunhill Fields burial ground. In 1800 he received a considerable bequest from Elizabeth Rayner, a wealthy member of his congregation, and as a result his final years were spent in comfort.