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
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Camden
- Area
- 36
- Official website
- highgatecemetery.org
- Image
- Egyptian Avenue Highgate Cemetery.jpg
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- Commons category
- Highgate Cemetery
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery
- inception
- 1839-05-20
- Commons Institution page
- Highgate Cemetery
- quantity buried
- 170000
- number of graves
- 53000
- historic county
- Middlesex
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Highgate Cemetery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.