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	Bunhill Fields
		Bunhill Fields Cemetery is in the City of London, England
		Bunhill originates with the term "Bone Hill" and the area was associated with burials from Saxon times.
		Originally built as a dissenters' burial ground in 1685, it was used for those who refused to compromise their beliefs and who practiced a religion outside of the Church of England.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bu/Bunhill_Fields.html (138 words)

	Bunhill Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 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.
		Next to this lies Bunhill Fields, the name deriving from "Bone Hill", which is possibly a reference to the district having been used for occasional burials from at least Saxon times, though more likely it derives from the unusual events of the mid sixteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunhill_Fields (1526 words)

	England - Bunhill Fields
		Their nonconforming fellow sleepers and stirring environment in Bunhill Fields are more in harmony with the lives they lived and the books they wrote than the austerity and aloofness of Westminster Abbey.
		Every yard of those " very pleasant " fields has long since been given its burden of house, or church, or factory, or hospital, but the few acres of Bunhill Fields, because they were set apart for death's harvest, hold the devouring tide of bricks and mortar steadfastly at bay.
		Four acres of land have a limit in their capacity for receiving human bodies, and that limit was reached at Bunhill Fields thirteen years before it attained the second century of its existence as a burial-ground.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/english-ways-8.shtml (2717 words)

	QUAKERS AT BUNHILL FIELDS, a Quaker Meeting Near the City of London.
		Bunhill Fields burial ground was the first freehold property owned by Quakers, bought in 1661 and used until 1855 for 12,000 burials.
		The Bunhill Fields buildings of 1881 were extended after a few years with the Adult School attached to one side of the Meeting House and the Bunhill Coffee Tavern to the other.
		In 1931 the Settlement moved to Bunhill, joining the existing adult education facilities provided by the Bedford Institute, but its activities took over much of the building, including use of the former coffee tavern as a common room.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /pdaniels/Bunhill5.html (498 words)

	Bunhill
		Bunhill is an electoral ward taking its name from a graveyard at the southern end of City Road.
		Bunhill Fields, which is a corruption of Bone Hill Fields, had been associated with interments since Saxon times and became a Quaker burial ground in 1665, the year of the plague.
		Fewer than a fifth of the homes in Bunhill ward are owner-occupied, with the majority of residents renting from Islington council or a housing association.
	www.hidden-london.com /bunhill.html (239 words)

	Bayesian Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bayes is buried in Bunhill Fields in the heart of the City of London.
		Bunhill (probably a corruption of "bonehill") Fields operated as a burial ground for "Dissenters" from 1665 to 1853, during which time around 123,000 burials took place.
		Map 1 is of Bunhill Fields, copied by kind permission of the Corporation of London from "The Official Guide to Bunhill Fields" (published by the Corporation of London, 1991, ISBN 0-85203-033-9).
	www.bayesian.org /bayesian/bayes.html (618 words)

	Bunhill Fields
		Bunhill Fields is a former Dissenters' burial ground of four acres, bounded by City Road to the east and Bunhill Row to the west.
		Bunhill today is a popular lunctime spot for office workers wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of the surrounding City.
		Guildhall Library houses other Bunhill material, including interment order books for 1789-1854 and a record of the inscriptions on the monuments as they were in 1869.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /living_environment/open_spaces/bunhill.htm (331 words)

	Bunhill Fields Burial Grounds
		Bunhill Fields, its very name a corruption of 'bonehill', contains more bodies than there are living souls in a city the size of Southampton.
		Because Bunhill Fields was originally designated for dissenters and non-conformists, it was never consecrated, and is thus called a burial ground.
		Bunhill Fields is right in the centre of the City of London.
	www.ukgraves.info /bunhill.asp (1106 words)

	Nonconformist Church History: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London
		Bunhill Fields is literally just across the road from the home of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and there is now a Wesleyan Chapel and Museum alongside.
		Bunyan's monument is possibly the most elaborate in Bunhill Fields, carrying not only an effigy of the man himself, but also bas-reliefs of scenes inspired by his great Christian allegory, The Pilgrim's Progress.
		There are many others of note, some of whom are much better known for their achievements in a wide range of fields than for the nature of their Christian discipleship.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /cj.tolley/nch-bunhill.htm (832 words)

	Bunhill Fields Cemetery, City Road, London EC1 : tourist information from TourUK
		Bunhill Fields was first set aside as a cemetery during the Great Plague of 1665.
		Bunhill Fields was soon known as ' the cemetery of Puritan England'.
		The writer John Milton lived in Bunhill Row, on the west side of the cemetery, from 1662 until his death in 1674.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_cemeteries/bunhillfields_cemetery1.htm (227 words)

	Bunhill Fields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Part of it was, in 1498, converted into a large field for the exercise of archers and other military citizens.
		In 1685 it was set apart as a common Cemetery for the interment of such bodies as could not be found room in their parochial burial-grounds in that year of pestilence.
		It was later was used for those who refused to compromise their beliefs and who practiced a religion outside of the Church of England.
	bunhill-fields.iqnaut.net (426 words)

	Thomas Bayes (1702 - 1761)
		All good Bayesians know that the tomb of Thomas Bayes is in Bunhill Fields in London, near the new RSS premises.
		Many years ago there was a flimsy leaflet which did not mention Bayes, and around 1987 when I arranged for the tomb to be cleaned I had some correspondence with the Corporation of London (who are responsible for Bunhill Fields) about Bayes.
		Bunhill Fields, off City Rd. -- "primarily a dissenters' burial ground (it was never consecrated)" -- Paul Lay, The Independent, Reviews, p.31, 30 July 2004.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~lloyd/tildeImages/People/Bayes (402 words)

	Bunhill Fields - London, England
		Bunhill Fields is a peaceful oasis in the center of the London used by locals and tourists alike to relax and take a break from the bustling city.
		It is also a site of great historical and religious significance: Bunhill Fields is unconsecrated ground that has been used for centuries as a burial place for Nonconformists, Dissenters, and other people who died outside of the Church of England.
		Bunhill Fields graveyard was damaged by German bombing during World War II but reconstructed in 1960.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /england/london-bunhill-fields.htm (601 words)

	Peter Mallandain and Elizabeth Hodges
		She died in infancy and was buried at Bunhill Fields Cemetery on 18 November 1824.
		Mary died in May 1834 and was buried at Bunhill Fields.
		He died on 27 January 1840 and was buried at Bunhill Fields.
	members.shaw.ca /mallandaine/james4.html (317 words)

	PyroManiac: Monday Menagerie V
		My first introduction to Bunhill Fields was an article by Warren Wiersbe in his book Listening to the Giants: A Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980).
		Bunhill Fields (which is not so well marked) is directly across the street.
		He was buried in Bunhill Fields; and the spot where he lies is still regarded by the Non-conformists with a feeling which seems scarcely in harmony with the stern spirit of their theology.
	phillipjohnson.blogspot.com /2005/07/monday-menagerie-v.html (1830 words)

	Coldbath fields house of correction
		oldbath fields house of correction was built during the reign of King James I, with the oldest portion of the prison being built in 1794 on swamp land, and was enlarged from time to time.
		The name of cold bath came from a spring discovered in 1697 by a Mr Baynes, who declared his bath of cold water cured colds, created appetites, and was good with the digestion system.
		The baths stood in the fields that is now known as Coldbath Square.
	knowledgeoflondon.com /coldbath.html (358 words)

	Quaker Tour of England - Bunhill Fields/Bunhill Meeting - QuakerInfo.com
		Bunhill Fields was the main burial ground for Friends (Quakers) in the London area until 1851.
		Bunhill Fields was in a very poor section of London, where very few Friends lived.
		The worship room had the words of John 3:16 written in large letters on the wall.
	www.quakerinfo.com /bunhill.shtml (459 words)

	Bunhill Fields and the HAC, England. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Following bomb damage in the last war, most of the graveyard was fenced off from the public, though you can still stroll through on the public footpaths under a canopy of giant London plane trees.
		The cricket field to the south belongs to the Honourable Artillery Corps or HAC (www.hac.uk.com), whose quasi-medieval barracks, built in 1737, face onto City Road.
		The HAC is a volunteer unit, formed by Henry VIII in 1537, which now performs ceremonial duties in the City, including the gun salutes which take place outside the Tower of London on Tower Wharf.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/england/bunhill_fields_and_the_hac (171 words)

	Famous Residents \| Historic Churches
		Bunhill or Bone Hill fields as it was known, was a plague pit first opened in 1665, and according to Daniel Defoe, the new corpses from the great plague were burried on top of the old ones.
		When the plague subdued, the London Council enclosed the pit with a brick wall, and leased it for the dissenters to those who objected to the burial service laid down in the common prayer book.
		Built on derelict ground that was used by St Paul as a dumping ground and stands opposite Bunhill Fields.
	knowledgeoflondon.com /residents/vol2.html (2535 words)

	Victorian London - Death and Dying - Cemeteries - Bunhill Fields
		Victorian London - Death and Dying - Cemeteries - Bunhill Fields
		Bunhill Fields Cemetery, in the City Road, was long the chief burial-place of London Nonconformists.
		Hard by are buried Daniel Defoe, Isaac Watts, Richard Cromwell, and the mother of the Wesleys.
	www.victorianlondon.org /death/bunhillfields.htm (385 words)

	Some Reflections After Taking A Quaker Tour of England - QuakerInfo.com
		One of the places we visited was the Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground in London.
		A meeting was formed, and a meetinghouse built, with the words of John 3:16 in large letters on the wall of the meeting room.
		For example, the association which did the work at Bunhill is still active and is still headquartered at Bunhill, with a changed name of Quaker Social Action.
	www.quakerinfo.com /tour_ref.shtml (1512 words)

	Planet Hamster - Yaletown Brewery, fluid draining, Ian Curtis, Durkee's Famous Sauce
		The site become known as "Bunhill Fields." (most likely a corruption of "Bone Hill") Burials on the site did not commence until the mid-seventeenth century, but so popular did Bunhill become that by its closure in 1853...
		Bunhill Fields is like no other burial ground in London.
		Loads of pictures of Bunhill Fields are available at UK Graves.
	www.greatestjournal.com /users/flamsterette_x/787001.html (1182 words)

	Isaac Watts Preacher and Hymn Writer - Christian Biography Resources
		The tomb of Watts [in Bunhill Fields Cemetery, London, England] will already have attracted the visitor's attention.
		In the Abney Park Cemetery there is a monument to Watts, but his dust is resting in Bunhill Fields.
		The author, however, having read carefully most of the available writings upon the subject, feels compelled to record his conviction that, whilst Watts sadly erred upon some fundamental doctrines, the claim of Belsham and other Socinian ministers, that he died believing in their pernicious teachings, cannot be maintained.
	www.wholesomewords.org /biography/bwatts5.html (1934 words)

	Bunhill Fields Burial Ground (2)
		You may see where City of London is located in this map, courtesy of www.streetmap.co.uk.
		Large (over 3000 pixels on the longer side) very high quality royalty-free versions of these photographs in JPEG or TIFF format are available for purchase.
		Bunhill Fields Burial Ground (2) - these pictures viewed a total of 9971 times
	www.ukgraves.info /view.asp?id=197 (493 words)

	The Newgate Calendar - JOHN PRICE, COMMONLY CALLED JACK KETCH
		What brought him to his end was his going one night over Bunhill Fields in his drunken airs, when he met an old woman named Elizabeth White, a watchman's wife, who sold pastry-ware about the streets.
		Whilst he was acting this inhumanity two men came along at the same time, and hearing dreadful groans supposed somebody was in distress, and having the courage to pursue the sound as well as they could, at last came up to the distressed woman, which made Price damn them for their impudence.
		However they secured him, and brought him to the watch-house in Old Street, from whence a couple of watchmen were sent to fetch the old woman out of Bunhill Fields, who within a day or two died, under the surgeon's hands.
	www.exclassics.com /newgate/ng148.htm (1168 words)

	Faith Bible Church Murrieta Temecula - Bunhill Fields and other things
		Well, I'd meant to prepare a series of posts while I'm away on vacation, but it was one of those things that had to be left undone.
		But here in England, one of the things I'm most looking forward to is Bunhill Fields.
		We'll also be spending time at the National Library, the British Museum, Westminster Chapel and some other great sites, but Bunhill Fields, for some reason, really has me enthusiastic.
	www.faith-bible.net /content/view/285 (169 words)

	Bunhill Fields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Long before 1549 when the first wagon load of bones was delivered for burial from the overflowing charnel house in St. Paul's Churchyard, the field had been given the name Bone Hill.
		Between 1665, when the City Corporation acquired it, to its closure in 1852, 120,000 were buried there including many non-conformists, since the ground was never consecrated.
		After Bunhill Fields closed, many non-conformist families used Abney Park cemetery, Stoke Newington, Hackney, mentioned in the Clist narrative as the final resting-place of Josephine Thurtell-Murray, d.
	www.sinet.it /kraushaar/bunhill.htm (164 words)

	SWAN - The Amazing Discovery of William Blake's Grave [Thursday, April 13, 2006]
		When he departed from this earth in 1827, William Blake's body was buried at a cemetery called Bunhill Fields, situated in central London.
		They were surprised to see that the actual location of the grave had been lost and forgotten and instead a stone that reads 'nearby lies the remains of William Blake' had been erected.
		The next important round of official talks concerning the fate of Bunhill Fields is set for June, 2006.
	www.sahajayoga.org /swan/view/swan_478_2006.asp (889 words)

	uktripmarch25part2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I had a smoked salmon sandwich for lunch and the next stop was the home and chapel of John Wesley.
		When I arrived, there was a service taking place, so I went across the street to the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
		It was a burial ground for non-conformists and contained a large number of famous people including John Bunyan, Susanna Wesley, Isaac Watts, John Owen, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake, as well as several members of the Cromwell family.
	home.att.net /~bgray91/uktripmarch25part2.htm (413 words)

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