Bunhill Fields, London

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Bunhill Fields was a burial ground in London – just north of the City of London. It was operational between 1665 and 1854 and around 123,000 burials took place here. It is understood that approximately 2,000 monuments remain.
Many notable individuals’ remains are here including John Bunyan (above – photographed in 1910). Bunyan died in August 1688 and was known as the author of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’. Originally the family vault of Bunyan’s friend John Strudwick, it is a large Baroque stone chest. Over the years it fell into disrepair and was eventually completely reconstructed in May 1862 when a recumbent effigy of Bunyan was added to the top. The monument was restored again in 1928, and finally after World War 2 when German bombs damaged the effigy’s face.
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Bunyan’s grave in August 2017.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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