The Moravian Burial Ground is the burial ground of the Moravian Congregation in London.

Location

The Burial Ground is located in the grounds of

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in the

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, just off Milman's Street near Moravian Place,

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and

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History

Burials began at the ground in 1751. Some 400 people have been buried there since. The ground was only occasionally used for deep burials. For this reason, it was specifically exempted from the 1855 ''Act for closing London cemeteries''. Interments stopped in 1888, although it may still be used for ashes. Moravians generally call their burial grounds ' God's Acre'. The

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Congregation of the Moravian Church is also known as the

Fetter Lane Society The Fetter Lane Society was the first flowering of the Moravian Church in Britain, and an important precursor to Methodism. It was founded in 1738. Although the original meeting house was destroyed in the mid-20th century, the society still meets i ...

. They originally worshipped in Fetter Lane in the City, and then in Lindsey House, but this was sold in the eighteenth century. The Burial Ground was built on the site of the stables to

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. The replacement church was bombed in the Second World War. The Fetter Lane Moravian Church is now located on the King's Road and maintains the burial ground and chapel in their original location.

Description

The plot enclosed by walls and is divided into four portions, for married and unmarried men and women. It can be visited on Wednesday afternoon.

Notable burials

* Henry, the 73rd Count of Reuss, friend and brother-in-law of

Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figu ...

* Peter Böhler, bishop and missionary *

John Cennick John Cennick (12 December 1718 – 4 July 1755) was an English Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter. He was born in Reading, Berkshire, England to an Anglican family and raised in the Church of England. According to Moravian Bisho ...

, evangelist and hymnwriter * James Gillray, sexton, father of the caricaturist

James Gillray James Gillray (13 August 1756Gillray, James and Draper Hill (1966). ''Fashionable contrasts''. Phaidon. p. 8.Baptism register for Fetter Lane (Moravian) confirms birth as 13 August 1756, baptism 17 August 1756 1June 1815) was a British caricatur ...

. * James Hutton, one of the founders of the Fetter Lane Chapel. * Reverend Benjamin LaTrobe, father of

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. * Christian Renatus, son of Graf

Zinzendorf Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figu ...

* Mary Stonehouse was a wealthy Moravian who funded the early church.

References

External links

The Moravian Burial Ground on the British History website

Foreign (sic) Churches on the British History website
* {{The Moravian Church in Great Britain and Ireland 1751 establishments in England Cemeteries in London Chelsea, London Moravian Church cemeteries Tourist attractions in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Moravian Church in the United Kingdom