Bunhill Fields

Bunhill Fields is a former burial ground in central London, in the , just north of the . What remains is about 1.6 hectares in extent and the bulk of the site is a public garden maintained by the City of London Corporation.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: former burial ground in the London Borough of Islington
  • Also known as: “Bunhill Fields Burial Ground”, “Checker Alley Quaker Burying Ground”, and “City Road Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barbican Arts Centre and Bayes Business School.

Arts center
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The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the of the , England. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Bunhill Fields.

University
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is the business school of City St George's, University of London. Established in 1966, it is located north of the . is situated 660 feet southwest of Bunhill Fields.

Museum
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The opened in 1987 in Armoury House, City Road, , England. It is associated with the Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest regiment in the British Army, which still maintains an active regiment as a core part of today's Army Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Finsbury and Barbican Estate.

Suburb
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is a district of North-, forming the southeastern part of the . It borders the . The Manor of is first recorded as Vinisbir and means "manor of a man called Finn".

Quarter
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The , or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central , England, within the .

Neighborhood
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The is a 1950s council housing complex in the . It was built on the northern edge of the City, on a site devastated by bombing during the Second World War.

Bunhill Fields

Latitude
51.52351° or 51° 31′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.08872° or 0° 5′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C3XGWF6+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 263374781
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q782140
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Bunhill Fields” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banhill-filds”
  • Belarusian: “Бангіл Філдс”
  • Belarusian: “Банхіл Філдс”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri de Bunhill Fields”
  • Chinese: “邦希尔球场墓地”
  • Chinese: “邦希爾墓園”
  • Chinese: “邦希田园”
  • Chinese: “邦希田園”
  • Danish: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Dutch: “Bunhill Fields”
  • French: “Bunhill Fields”
  • French: “cimetière de Bunhill Fields”
  • French: “Cimetière de Bunhill Fields”
  • Galician: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Galician: “Cemiterio de Bunhill Fields”
  • Georgian: “ბანჰილ-ფილდსი”
  • German: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Hebrew: “באנהיל פילדס”
  • Italian: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Japanese: “バンヒル・フィールズ”
  • Japanese: “バンヒル・フィールズ埋葬地”
  • Malay: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Norwegian: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Polish: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Portuguese: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Slovenian: “Bunhill Fields Burial Ground”
  • Slovenian: “Bunhill Fields”
  • Swedish: “Bunhill fields”
  • Ukrainian: “Банхілл-Філдс”
  • Welsh: “Bunhill Fields”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Monument to Thomas Bayes and Family and William Blake Grave.

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