NEW BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND, ISLINGTON

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 B/NBF
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NEW BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND, ISLINGTON
Date(s)	: 1824-1853
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.33 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: New Bunhill Fields Burial Ground | Islington Upper Street Independent Chapel | Islington

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Upper Street Independent chapel, built in 1788, had attached to it a small graveyard, which in 1817 was extended by the Reverend Evan Jones; since the ground was used for nonconformist burials it became known as New - or Little - Bunhill Fields. By the early 1850s it was managed by a private company, who also managed Abney Park, City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery. By 1895 the ground had been divided up, and no visible sign remained of its former use. The remains were moved 1996-97 to Islington Cemetery, Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Cockfosters, Barnet, Herts. The site was redeveloped and the new building on the site is the public house "Angel on the Green".

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of New Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, Islington, including burial registers, 1831-1853, one containing an order book, 1841-1846, and registers recording fees 1824-1853

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in two series as follows: Burial registers; Burial register fees

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received on deposit in 1976 with a further gift in 2015.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Further information can be obtained from: Islington Cemeteries, High Road, East Finchley, London.

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July to October 2009, updated May 2015