Monument To Lady Agnes Erskine, North Section

The monument is an early 19th-century chest tomb located in the North Section of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It is constructed of brick with a flat stone lid. One end of the chest displays a stone plaque bearing the name of Lady Anne Agnes Erskine (1739-1804). Lady Anne Erskine was born in Edinburgh and played a significant role in the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, a network of evangelical chapels. Bunhill Fields, established as a burial ground in 1665, served as a principal Nonconformist cemetery in London. It was closed for burials in 1853 and later landscaped. Lady Anne's tomb was among those retained during a 1964-5 landscaping scheme. The monument is designated at Grade II for its historical significance as a memorial to a key figure in late-18th-century Nonconformity and for its group value within the Grade I-registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.