LONDON, BUNHILL FIELDS

From the 1830s larger cemetaries were being created further out from the centre of London. Bunhill Fields is the last of many small burial sites that layed within the confines of the old city.
An estimated 120.000 bodies lie buried in the four acre space. Along with Blake, Daniel Defoe and John Bunyan are also buried here. Since saxon times this area has been associated with burial, the name being derived from the term 'Bone Hill'.