Monument list for Bunhill Fields Nonconformist Church burial ground

Bunhill Fields Nonconformist's Church burial ground, Finsbury, London, England

Monument list

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1Barber Barberid: LDNBFBarber2415984171
Barber1761171778
Barber1799
Barber
Barber1768501818
Barber1777331810 Pastor of the Nonconformist church at Aldermanbury Postern; London Wall
Henry Barber
Sarah Barber
Lane1768 Wife of Benjamin Lane; daughter of Henry and Sarah Barber
Benjamin Lane
Barber1764
Barber1731501781

2Berry Berry76id: LDNBFBerry2415933221
Gass1835
Gass1841
Gass
Berry84

3Blake Blake1757701827id: LDNBFBlake2416112821Poet; engraver; artist and mystic. He was the author of the hymn 'Jerusalem' ('And did those feet; in ancient times').
Blake1762691831

4Borrough Borrough1772681840id: LDNBFBorrough2416001801
Borrough1764801844

5Bousefield Bousefield1737651802id: LDNBFBousefield2415961481Lived in the parish of St Olave's; Southwark
Bousefield
Bousefield
Bousefield1745231768
Bousefield1751401791 Mother of ten children

6Brown Brown1777611838id: LDNBFBrown2415913051Lived at Bow Common in East London
Brown1816361852
Brown1814601874 Buried in Tower Hamlets cemetery

7Bunyan Bunyan1628601688id: LDNBFBunyan2416131491Baptist minister and author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress'

8Bury Bury1791id: LDNBFBury2416102071
Bury178441788
Westwood180601806 Died aged 7 months
Westwood180601806 Died aged 21 days
Bury1740401780

9Coleman Coleman1712491761id: LDNBFColeman2415942721Died aged 49 years 6 months. Breeches maker of Moorfields.
Coleman1754231777
Coleman1725511776

10Conder Conder1714671781id: LDNBFConder
(2 images)
2416011311Successful Nonconformist preacher; author and hymn-writer who became president of Homerton College in London and minister of the Moorfields Chapel

11Defoe Defoe1661701731id: LDNBFDefoe2416121431Journalist; trader; poet; author and spy; he wroteamongst other works 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Moll Flanders'

12Denison Denison1726801806id: LDNBFDenison
(2 images)
2416042011
William Butler
Denison1739321771 Daughter of William Butler; possibly commemorated on the other side of this grave stone.

13Hardcastle Hardcastle1752671819id: LDNBFHardcastle2415953421Merchant of the city of London and co-founder of The British and Foreign Bible Society; Treasurer of the London Missionary Society; and an associate of William Wilberforce in the anti-slavery movement.

14Hunter Hunter1740621802id: LDNBFHunter
(2 images)
2416053081Scottish minister and author; pastor of the London Wall church

15Lindsey Lindsey1723851808id: LDNBFLindsey
(4 images)
2416031831Educated at Cambridge and ordained in the Church of England; he was vicar of Catterick before leaving the Anglican ministry to found the Essex Street Unitarian Chapel
Belsham1750791829 Succeeded Lindsay as minister of the Essex St Chapel
Raynor84 Related to the aristocratic house of Percy; the Dukes of Northumberland. Friend and supporter of the Lindseys.
Lindsey1740721812

16Neale Neale1726781804id: LDNBFNeale2416091911Lived in Milk St; Cheapside First name James Burial register says James Neale 73 of Milk Street Cheapside buried April 30th 1804
Neale177561781
Neale
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17Newall Newall1756501806id: LDNBFNewall2415922851Lived in Burr St; Aldgate
Newall1727901817

18Newman Newman1829id: LDNBFNewman2416083171I think this is Mrs Hannah NEWMAN, who was burial 12 June 1829
Newman9 Hannah Augusta NEWMAN buried 20 April 1836
Newman182801828 John NEWMAN was buried 10 December 1828 Died aged 6 months

19Page Page1672561728id: LDNBFPage
(2 images)
2416023061240 gallons of water were drawn from her body in 67 months to try and resolve her illness.
Gregory Page merchant and director of the East India Company

20Phipson Phipson1749381787id: LDNBFPhipson2415971491
Phipson178411785
Phipson182321825 Died aged 16 months; son of Thomas and Christian Phipson
Phipson1744621806 Surgeon; lived in Chelsea Joseph Phipson
Phipson1774781852 This grave was restored by Thomas' unnamed grandson

21Rosewell Rosewell1630621692no image2416151101Presbyterian minister in Rotherhithe; London; tried and condemned for high treason by Judge Jeffries; but pardoned by King Charles II.

22Shrubsole Shrubsole1760461806id: LDNBFTolkien2415992811Trained as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and later organist of Bangor Cathedral; he lost his position for his Nonconformist tendencies. He became organist at ady Huntingdon's chapel in Clerkenwell; and composed the hymn tune 'Miles Lane'.
Tolkien1753661819 Grandfather of J.R.R.Tolkien; piano maker; teacher and tuner
Tolkien1746911837 Grandmother of J.R.R.Tolkien
J R R Tolkien

23Swain Swain1761351796id: LDNBFSwain2416071531Baptist minister; poet and hymn-writer born in Birmingham; and ministered in Walworth; South London

24Townsend Townsend64id: LDNBFTownsend2416063411
Townsend179811799 Died aged 17 months
Townsend1727631790
Townsend1826 Founder of the asylum for the deaf and dumb
Townsend1753821835 Wife of John Townsend

25WoodJames Wood181311814id: LDNBFWood
(2 images)
2416144281James Wood (2) died aged 11 months,born Oct 1813, died 8 Sep 1814, son of James (1) & Mary Ann Wood.
James Wood1820131833 James Wood (3) , born Aug 1820, died 29 Oct 1833, son of James (1) & Mary Ann Wood
James Wood1782661848 James Wood (1) born 8 Sep 1782, died 28 Nov 1848, Husband to Mary Ann Wood nee Mason, father to nine.
Wood
Wood Great grandsons of James (1) & Mary Ann Wood,being Richard Mason Wood, Rowland Wood & Austin Wood, restored the family gravestone 1869.
Amy Wood181011811 Amy Wood born 14 July 1810, died 16 July 1811, daughter of James (1) & Mary Ann Wood.
Mary Ann Wood1780551835 Mary Ann Wood nee Mason born 29 Aug 1780, died 21 Jun 1835, wife to James Wood, Mother to nine, from Wood & 1 from previous marrage to McLachlan.
Henry Wood1775521827 Henry Wood,born 20 Nov 1775, died 30 Nov 1827 brother to James Wood (1) .
Thomas Wood180901809 Thomas Wood born Jan 1809 died Sept 1809, son to Thomas Wood who was James Wood (1) eldest brother.tbc
Maria Wood181741821 Maria Wood,born 20 Feb 1817,Died 3 Nov 1821. aged 4 yrs 9 months, daughter of James (1) & Mary Ann Wood.

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