Bunhill Fields

Bunhill Fields is a cemetery located in the London Borough of Islington, north of the City of London, and managed by the Corporation of London. It was used as a burial site for Noncomformists from the late seventeenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century and contains the graves of many notable people. Bunhill Fields was part of the manor of Finsbury (originally Fensbury), which is of great antiquity, the manor having its origins as a prebend of St Paul’s Cathedral established in 1104. In 1315 the prebendary manor was granted by Robert de... read more