Highgate Cemetery - East Cemetery (London)
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cemetery, haunted place
The southern part of the private Highgate Cemetery; includes the tomb of Karl Marx.
Called the East Cemetery.
Highgate Cemetery, located in Highgate, London, England, was opened in 1839 as part of an initiative to provide seven large, modern cemeteries in a ring round the outside of London. Highgate was a fashionable place for burials. The Victorian attitude to death and its presentation led to the creation of a wealth of Gothic tombs and buildings.
Called the East Cemetery.
Highgate Cemetery, located in Highgate, London, England, was opened in 1839 as part of an initiative to provide seven large, modern cemeteries in a ring round the outside of London. Highgate was a fashionable place for burials. The Victorian attitude to death and its presentation led to the creation of a wealth of Gothic tombs and buildings.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_Cemetery
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°33'54"N -0°8'40"E
- St. Pancras and Islington Cemetery 4.9 km
- Kensal Green Cemetery 7.2 km
- Kensal Green Cemetery 7.5 km
- Brompton Cemetery 9 km
- Nunhead Cemetery 13 km
- Camberwell New Cemetery & Crematorium 14 km
- Streatham Park Cemetery 17 km
- Croydon Cemetery and Crematorium 19 km
- Chiltern Woodland Burials 33 km
- Brookwood Cemetery 45 km
- Upper Holloway 0.8 km
- Highgate 1.1 km
- Hampstead Heath 1.7 km
- Crouch End 1.8 km
- Hampstead 2.1 km
- Lower Holloway 2.2 km
- Camden Council 2.7 km
- London Borough of Islington 3.2 km
- Haringey Council 3.8 km
- London Borough of Barnet 7.1 km