Highgate
North London district
Highgate is a district in north London, historically a village on a hill along the Great North Road.
It's known for Highgate Cemetery, the Victorian burial ground where Karl Marx, George Eliot, and Douglas Adams are interred.
The area retains a village atmosphere with Georgian architecture and Hampstead Heath nearby.
They walked through Highgate on the way to the cemetery.
Serious and worrying
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
burial · interment · memorial · epitaph · sepulcher · necropolis · Marx · Eliot
England's capital city
- suburbOutlying residential district
- North LondonUpper capital district
- residentialRelating to housing
- boroughAdministrative town or district
neighborhood · Camden · gentrification · property · housing · enclave · affluent · leafy
Of a prim era
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- archesWeight-bearing curved spans
- spiresTapering architectural towers
- turretsSmall projecting towers
vaults · buttresses · heritage · conservation · restoration · landmark · mansions · terrace
grave
Serious and worrying
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
crypt · burial · interment · memorial · epitaph · sepulcher · necropolis · Marx · Eliot · coffin
London
England's capital city
- suburbOutlying residential district
- North LondonUpper capital district
- residentialRelating to housing
borough · neighborhood · Camden · gentrification · property · housing · enclave · affluent · leafy · hill
Victorian
Of a prim era
turrets · vaults · buttresses · heritage · conservation · restoration · landmark · mansions · terrace · ironwork
panorama
Unobstructed wide-angle view
London · overlook · Parliament Hill · horizon · vantage · cityscape · prospect · scenic · birdseye · dome
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
church · square · locals · cottage · community · parish · shops · market · Georgian · fete
- British SchoolsEton, Rugby, Winchester, Westminster, St. Paul's
- Famous CemeteriesArlington, Montparnasse, Arlington National Cemetery, Bonaventure, Graceland
- Jamaica PlacesKingston, Montego Bay, Falmouth, Port Royal, Santa Cruz
- London AreasCamden, Westminster, Greenwich, Islington, Southwark
- MidlandsBirmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Staffordshire
- North LondonBrent, Camden, Enfield, Hampstead, Islington