Editing John Baskerville (section)

== Death and interments ==

Baskerville died in January 1775 at his home, ''Easy Hill''. He requested that his body be placed
{{blockquote|in a Conical Building in my own premises Hearetofore used as a mill which I have lately Raised Higher and painted and in a vault which I have prepared for It. This Doubtless to many may appear a Whim perhaps It is so—But it is a whim for many years Resolve'd upon, as I have a Hearty Contempt for all Superstition the Farce of a Consecrated Ground the Irish Barbarism of Sure and Certain Hopes &c I also consider [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] as it is call'd Exclusive of the Scraps of Morality casually Intermixt with It to be the most Impudent Abuse of Common Sense which Ever was Invented to Befool Mankind.<ref name="oxdnb" />}}
However, in 1821 a canal was built through the land and his body was placed on show by the landowner until Baskerville's family and friends arranged to have it moved to the [[crypt]] of [[Christ Church, Birmingham]]. Christ Church was demolished in 1897 so his remains were then moved, with other bodies from the crypt, to [[consecrated]] [[catacomb]]s at [[Warstone Lane Cemetery]].<ref name="times" /> In 1963 a petition was presented to [[Birmingham City Council]] requesting that he be reburied in unconsecrated ground, according to his wishes.<ref name="times2" />