New Bunhill Fields - Where is it?

[Silverhawk]

Thanks for that. It was getting a mite confusing with all the Bunhills. I found yet another one in Golden Lane and was about to go "Arrrggghhhh!!!"

[MrBob]

MOLA (museum of London Archaelogy) has a book about New Bunhill in Southwark

ISBN 978-1-907586-09-5

New Bunhill Fields burial ground, Southwark: excavations at Globe Academy, 2008

Adrian Miles, with Brian Connell

[Tabbicat26]

The Independent Chapel in Upper Street, Islington was built in 1788, having a small burial ground behind it.  The Minister realised that Bunhill Fields was becoming overfull and in 1817 caused the burial ground to be extended to provide accommodation for the future burial of Dissenters (i.e. not C of E).  This burial ground became known as New Bunhill Fields.

In 1840 Abney Park Cemetery was opened by a group of Non-Conformists to provide burial facilities for Non-Conformists/Dissenters once Bunhill Fields was closed for burials.  The chapel has no saintly dedication and was never consecrated, so as to make it acceptable for use by all Christian denominations. 

About twenty years ago we went on a couple of conducted tours of Abney Park which by then, through lack of maintenance, had turned into a wonderful nature reserve and we were told that it was considered to be the natural successor to Bunhill Fields.

The Abney Park website is worth a look, especially the picture of the enormous lion which marks the grave of Frank Bostock, a menagerie owner!