• Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, died in April 1731 and was buried in Bunhill Fields: his wife, Mary, died in December 1732 and was laid to rest beside...
  • During the bombing of London by the German Luftwaffe in 1942 Bunhill Fields was heavily damaged in 1960 restoration work was therefore carried out.
  • Bunhill Fields is a traditional burial ground in the heart of London's east end. Among others it is the last resting place of John Bunyan, William Blake and Daniel...
  • They were often persecuted for their beliefs, and Bunhill Fields was a place where they could be buried without fear of discrimination.
  • 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.
  • Bunhill Fields contains many graves, but some of the more famous are those of Daniel Defoe and William Blake, the latter of which is just a marker stating that he...
  • The following account is chiefly compiled from two publications of the City Corporation, viz., "Bunhill Fields Burial Ground; Proceedings in reference to its...
  • In Medieval times, Bunhill Fields was nothing more than a four acre plot in the sprawling fields that surrounded the City of London.
  • By the publication of Richard Horwood's map of the capital in 1799, the two sections had joined and the whole known as Bunhill Fields Burying Ground.
  • The normality and mundanity of Bunhill Fields is understandable; seeing a location so often would stop anyone from looking outside its functionality.