Blake - a poet, painter and engraver - died in poverty in 1827 in a room in Fountains Court (off The Strand)s

    He was buried in an un-marked grave in the old Dissenters' graveyard at Bunhill (meaning Bone Hill). There is no church attached to the cemetery and the ground is unconsecrated.

     The cemetery was damaged during the Second World War and was restored in 1960. The new headstone does not mark the exact position of Blake's remains, but indicates that he lies nearby.

William Blake 

    During his lifetime Blake received virtually no money or praise for his poetry. However, his work is now highly regarded due to his unique insight into the human condition. 

     From early childhood Blake experienced  visions of angels and as a result many considered him to be insane. 

    It is reported that on the afternoon of his death Blake burst out singing due to the joy of the things he saw in heaven.

      Blake's mysticism and non-conformist attitudes made him an icon for the 1960's  'hippy generation'.