Bunhill Fields
Bunhill Fields is a former burial ground in central London, in the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London. 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.Photo: Grenavitar, Public domain.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: former burial ground in the London Borough of Islington
- Also known as: “Bunhill Fields Burial Ground”, “Bunhill fields, the Dissenters graveyard”, “Checker Alley Quaker Burying Ground”, and “City Road Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barbican Arts Centre and Bayes Business School.
Barbican Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: Nevilley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. Barbican Arts Centre is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Bunhill Fields.
Bayes Business School
University
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of City St George's, University of London, located in Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington, just to the north of the City of London. Bayes Business School is situated 660 feet southwest of Bunhill Fields.
Honourable Artillery Company Museum
Museum
Photo: Ykraps, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987 in Armoury House, City Road, London, 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.
Finsbury
Suburb
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Finsbury is a district of North-Central London, forming the southeastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London. The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as Vinisbir and means "manor of a man called Finn".
Barbican Estate
Quarter
Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
Golden Lane Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, on a site devastated by bombing during the Second World War.
Bunhill Fields
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.52351° or 51° 31′ 25″ northLongitude
-0.08872° or 0° 5′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3XGWF6+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 263374781OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata 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”
- 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 John Bunyan, Bunhill Fields and Monument to Thomas Bayes and Family.
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