Bunhill Fields

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burial ground cemetery historic site

Bunhill Fields is a historic London burial ground best known as the resting place of many prominent Nonconformist and dissenting figures from the 17th to 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and Gardens 1
Bunhill Fields, London 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Baptists ⓘ
Congregationalism ⓘ
surface form: Congregationalists

Nonconformism in England ⓘ
surface form: English Dissenters

Methodist churches ⓘ
surface form: Methodists

Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterians

Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: Puritans
burialsUntil mid-19th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfFirstUseAsBurialGround 1665 ⓘ
function public open space ⓘ
hasFeature gravestones ⓘ
landscaped paths ⓘ
mature trees ⓘ
monumental tombs ⓘ
walled burial ground ⓘ
heritageRegister Register of Historic Parks and Gardens ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade I listed park and garden ⓘ
knownFor Nonconformist burials ⓘ
graves of prominent dissenters ⓘ
historic tombstones and monuments ⓘ
locatedIn Central London ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

London Borough of Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Old Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wesley's Chapel, London ⓘ
surface form: Wesley’s Chapel
locatedOn City Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedAs public garden ⓘ
notableBurial Daniel Defoe ⓘ
George Fox ⓘ
Isaac Watts ⓘ
John Bunyan ⓘ
John Owen ⓘ
Joseph Hart ⓘ
Susanna Wesley ⓘ
Thomas Bayes ⓘ
Thomas Goodwin ⓘ
William Blake ⓘ
ownedBy Corporation of London ⓘ
surface form: City of London Corporation
partOf Bunhill Fields self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and Gardens
periodOfMajorUse 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
religiousTradition Nonconformism ⓘ
Protestant dissenters ⓘ
usedAs burial ground for Nonconformists ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daniel Defoe → burialPlace → Bunhill Fields ⓘ
John Gill → burialPlace → Bunhill Fields ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunhill Fields, London
John Owen → burialPlace → Bunhill Fields ⓘ
Nathaniel Mather → burialPlace → Bunhill Fields ⓘ
Bunhill Fields → partOf → Bunhill Fields self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and Gardens