What is it? Bunhill Quaker Garden was formerly the Quaker burial ground and it is estimated 12,000 Quakers were buried here in unmarked graves including George Fox, the founder of the movement. The site was the first freehold land the Quakers acquired in 1661 and there is still a meeting house here. The word 'Bunhill' evolved from ‘bonehill’ as the area had been used as a burial ground as far back as Saxon times.......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 11th August 1897: Enid Blyton is born in East Dulwich. She would become a hugely successful author of children’s fiction. Tuesday – 12th August 1827: Renowned poet and painter William Blake dies. Five days later, he would be buried in an unmarked grave in Bunhill Fields. Wednesday – 13th August 1977: Hundreds of protesters clash with police at a National Front march in Lewisham, south-east London. About......

Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand since Blair morphed into Brown, the government has now put housing at the forefront of the political agenda, having realised that the current lack of residential units being built is totally inadequate. At the frontline of this campaign is the need to build more homes in brown-field sites in our cities so that we can edge towards those housing targets of about 200,000 a year.......

Certain bits of the capital are often mislabelled as 'Secret London' or 'Hidden London' in lazy guidebooks, when they're nothing of the sort. Amongst such places, Bunhill Fields reigns supreme. This non-conformist graveyard near Old Street is drenched in historical connection. It contains the bones of Defoe, Bunyan and - one of the Gods of London - William Blake. Trouble is, the Blake tomb is a con. He's not buried there at all. Anyone......

This day in London’s History 1731: Daniel Defoe, one of London’s great characters, died. Most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe was also one of the first to write sophisticated fictional accounts of London life. Moll Flanders and Journal of the Plague Year are essential reading for anyone interested in the 17th century city. He is interred in Bunhill Fields alongside another celebrity Londoner, William Blake. 1993: One person died and many were......