The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Abraham FOLKARD

  • Born: 1715
  • Died: 1788
  • Grave/memorial: XD 043

Was one of Hampstead’s philanthropic Philo-Investigists and also a keen defender of the Heath, who led the attack on Mrs Lessingham’s attempts t0 build Heath Lodge [see Park]. Mrs Lessingham [qv] is buried in the same patch of the graveyard.

Also mentioned: Lessingham
Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986