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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 ]
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.
Pages in category "Burials at Highgate Cemetery" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 839 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Highgate Cemetery: 1839 (East) 1854 (West) London Borough of Camden, Haringey and Islington: N6: 38 53,000+ (170,000) No: Divided into East and West cemeteries: Yes: Kensal Green Cemetery: 1833: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: W10: 70 65,000+ (250,000) No: Also known as the General Cemetery of All Souls. The oldest of the Magnificent ...
The tomb of Tom Sayers at Highgate Cemetery. After the Heenan fight of 1860, Tom Sayers never fought again. A public subscription was raised for him after the fight, and he received the sum of £3,000, enough to fund a comfortable retirement. This money was safely invested following the advice of John Gideon.
The Highgate Vampire was a media sensation surrounding reports of supposed supernatural activity at Highgate Cemetery in London, England, United Kingdom, in the 1970s. The most thorough account of the story is given by folklorist Bill Ellis in the journal Folklore , published in 1993.
Highgate Cemetery is unique in that its "Terrace Catacombs" are built into the slope of a hill and accessed at ground level. Situated at the summit of the Cemetery, it houses 825 loculi under a long observation terrace on which asphalt was laid, one of the first examples of its use for this purpose in England. [citation needed]
The grave of Corin Redgrave in Highgate Cemetery. Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, which continued to affect him until he died in 2010. [7] In June 2005, his family said he was in critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex. [4]