Highgate Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1839 |
Location | Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°34′01″N 0°08′49″W / 51.567°N 0.147°W |
Owned by | Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust |
Size | 15 hectares (37 acres) |
No. of graves | 53,000+ |
No. of interments | 170,000 |
Website | www |
Find a Grave | East, West |
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 Cemetery is designated Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]
Why the city should revive a 19th-century plan for an uptown necropolis, population 5 million.