".........when Fox died in 1691, he could not be buried in consecrated ground. He was buried in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground [38 City Road, London EC1Y 2BG], a graveyard reserved for Dissenters and Quakers. In the same graveyard are buried William Blake, John Bunyan and the speaker of the Commons in the time of Cromwell, Praise-God Barbon. If you think that Praise-God Barbon had an unusual name, think about his son who was called ‘If Jesus Had Not Died For Thee Thou Hadst Been Damned Barbon’."
More at http://www.wardsbookofdays.com/13january.htm

Of course to George Fox himself, as a Quaker ALL ground is "consecrated ground".
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