Nonconformists burial ground. Enclosed with a brick wall by the City of London in 1665; gates added 1666.
Closed in 1852 by which time it held more than 120,000 bodies. In 1865, to preserve the land from development the City of London formed the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee which restored some of the monuments and laid the grounds out as a public garden, opened 14 October 1869. The ground was badly damaged in WW2 but restored in 1964.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
It would be nice if the two Lord Mayor Lawrences were related but we can't co...
Born in Suffolk, son of Sir Samuel.
The Park was created mainly from market gardens. More information at Historic England. The opening day is variously given as 19 or 9. An information board at each of the main entrances to the par...
Their website describes the gardens thus: "An oasis of calm used every week by hundreds of people living and working in London WC1."
Harry Leopold Pollak was born on 18 July 1885 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the eight children of Joseph Pollak (1847-1927) and Emma Jane Pollak née Goldmann (1863-19...
Person, Armed Forces, Gardens / Agriculture, Argentina, France
"The objects of The Kensington Society are to preserve and improve the amenities of Kensington for the public benefit by stimulating interest in its history and records, promoting good architecture...
