Monument To Alexander Henry And Family, South Enclosure

The monument to Alexander Henry and family is a table tomb located in the south enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, dating from 1809. It is made of Portland stone with a sandstone lid. The tomb features a stone table design, with a moulded top and a supporting structure shaped like a dumb-bell, which is concave on the long sides and bowed on the short ends. This substructure resembles an elongated Gothic pier, adorned with multiple mouldings at both the top and bottom. The sides and ends of the tomb include ogee-arched panels, with the eastern end inscribed with "ALEXR. HENRY Family Vault 1809."

Bunhill Fields was established as a burial ground in 1665 and became a prominent Nonconformist cemetery due to its location just outside the City boundary and its independence from any established church. Notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake are buried here. The cemetery was closed for burials in 1853 and transformed into a public park in 1867, with further landscaping completed after war damage in 1964-5.

The monument is recognized for its well-preserved early 19th-century design and its unique Gothick form, contributing to its group value with other listed tombs in the south enclosure of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.