Highgate Cemetery
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place of burial in north London, England, UK
Key facts
- Established
- 1839 ; 187 years ago ( 1839 )
- Location
- Swain's Lane , London, N6 6PJ
- Country
- England
- Owned by
- Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust
- Size
- 15 hectares (37 acres)
- Number span no of graves
- 53,000+
- Number span no of interments
- 170,000
- Website
- www .highgatecemetery .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 36
- Official website
- highgatecemetery.org
- Image
- Egyptian Avenue Highgate Cemetery.jpg
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- Commons category
- Highgate Cemetery
- inception
- 1839-05-20
- Commons Institution page
- Highgate Cemetery
- quantity buried
- 170000
- number of graves
- 53000
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Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there either in coffins or urns 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.
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1839 establishments in EnglandAnglican cemeteries in the United KingdomBurials at Highgate CemeteryCemeteries established in the 1830sCemeteries in LondonCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in EnglandGrade I listed buildings in the London Borough of CamdenGrade I listed monuments and memorialsGrade I listed parks and gardens in LondonHighgateParks and open spaces in the London Borough of Camden