Bunhill Fields is a burial ground opened in 1665 unto 1854 and has many well known peoplelaid to rest there, here are a few.
1/ John Bunyan died 1688 author of Pilgrims Progress
2/William Blake 1831 Painter and poet who wrote Jerusalem, my favourite hymn.²
3/ Daniel Defoe, died 1731 author of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe's wife died a year later and was buried in the same grave. Defoe died in poverty and originally the grave only had a simple headstone, many years later the headstone was struck by lightning and broken and an appeal was launched for a suitable memorial to be installed, this it.
4/ Is just walking through the burial ground.
There are many other well known people buried here, I including Isaac Watts, 1748, hymn writer, who composed Joy to the World and When I Survey the Wounderus Cross.
Sorry if there is too much information. 🙂x
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Very interesting. Being a literararararararary person, I studied Blake at university. I was intending to go to an exhibition of his art before coronavirus derailed that. 😀🌸
I don't know! I have serious memory problems from my brain injury and now that a couple of months have gone by, I can't remember where it was going to be! At the moment I just remember it was in London at one of the big galleries. 🤔🌸
It was at the Tate, but was due to finish at the end of Feb. Perhaps they will repeat it . Their website has some interesting information if you google Blake exhibition, London. Enjoy!
Now you can go and see his grave too ! 🙂, I was thinking about you today, I walked a past a beautiful Hotel Chocolat shop and was going to take a photo to send to you saying, this is the perfect place for you to stay, if ever in London. 😁🍩🍪xx
Re head stones, so do I, there was a really odd one that I took photos of yesterday but thought it may upset some people on here. If you want to see it here is a link to an article about it, it's very interesting
No there's not too much: it's interesting to learn of the history. I didn't realise so many well known people were buried there.
I'm really enjoying all your photos- keeping me going until I can go to to London again myself. I'm currently re reading the Shardlake books by CJ Sansom and they've whetted my appetite for finding out more about the City of London.
I really envy you Bazzak, you are certainly keeping your little grey cells working absorbing all that knowledge. Me? I'm researching The History and Origin of Nursery Rhymes. I'm finding it fascinating and hope to give a talk to one of my Groups when things get back to some normality. If you come across anything linked to this topic on your travels Id be interested to know. Thanks.
Yes, thank you Bazzak, I am using it already. The roots of many of these nursery rhymes are linked to historical happenings of the time but others have such sad beginnings. Thanks again Bazzak and enjoy your wanderings.
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