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Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. [1] There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. [2] Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as well as for its de facto status as a nature reserve.
The Tomb of Karl Marx stands in the Eastern cemetery of Highgate Cemetery, North London, England. It commemorates the burial sites of Marx, of his wife, Jenny von Westphalen, and other members of his family. Originally buried in a different part of the Eastern cemetery, the bodies were disinterred and reburied at their present location in 1954.
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Brompton Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven. The Magnificent Seven is an informal term applied to seven large private cemeteries in London.These are Kensal Green Cemetery, West Norwood Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery, Abney Park Cemetery, Brompton Cemetery, Nunhead Cemetery, and Tower Hamlets Cemetery.
View from Highgate Cemetery View from Parliament Hill; the spire is visible from a distance, though this image is zoomed in. The church stands on the periphery of Highgate Cemetery. The spire forms a landmark skyline with Witanhurst, which can be viewed from Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill in particular. [7]
Formerly Battersea St Mary's Cemetery; Battersea Rise Cemetery: Yes: St Pancras and Islington Cemetery: 1854: London Borough of Barnet: N2: 99.5 + 77: No: Also known as the Islington and St Pancras Cemetery: Yes: South Ealing Cemetery: 1861 London Borough of Ealing: W5 27 Yes Formerly Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery. Closed to new burials ...
Swain's Lane is a street in Highgate in the London Borough of Camden. [1] It runs up Highgate Hill, for much of its route alongside Highgate Cemetery and Waterlow Park. It is noted for its steepness. [2] It runs uphill from a junction with Highgate Road and Highgate West Hill close to Hampstead Heath.
Highgate is best known for the Victorian Highgate Cemetery, in which the Communist philosopher Karl Marx and the novelist George Eliot are buried, along with many other notable people. [6] Adjoining is Holly Village, the first gated community, built in 1865, which is a Grade II* listed site. [7] [8]