Highgate Cemetery

Summary

Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (675 views/month, #7 of 1,138).^[2]

Key Facts

• Highgate Cemetery is located in London^[3].
• Highgate Cemetery is located in London Borough of Camden^[4].
• Highgate Cemetery is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Highgate Cemetery's instance of is recorded as cemetery^[6].
• Highgate Cemetery's instance of is recorded as Q131033106^[7].
• Highgate Cemetery's Commons category is recorded as Highgate Cemetery^[8].
• May 20, 1839 marks the founding of Highgate Cemetery^[9].
• Highgate Cemetery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.567, 'lon': -0.147}^[10].
• Highgate Cemetery's official website is recorded as http://highgatecemetery.org^[11].
• Highgate Cemetery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Highgate Cemetery^[12].
• Highgate Cemetery's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/world/europe/london-highgate-cemetery-dispatch.html^[13].
• Highgate Cemetery's described by source is recorded as Subterranea Britannica^[14].
• Highgate Cemetery's described by source is recorded as Subterranea^[15].
• Highgate Cemetery's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed park and garden^[16].
• Highgate Cemetery's Commons Institution page is recorded as Highgate Cemetery^[17].
• Highgate Cemetery's category for people buried here is recorded as Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery^[18].
• Highgate Cemetery covers an area of {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+36'}^[19].
• Highgate Cemetery's quantity buried is recorded as {'amount': '+170000'}^[20].
• Highgate Cemetery's number of graves is recorded as {'amount': '+53000'}^[21].
• Highgate Cemetery's historic county is recorded as Middlesex^[22].

Body

Geography

Highgate Cemetery is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include London^[3], a metropolis^[23], in Roman Empire^[24], founded in 0047^[25] and London Borough of Camden^[4], a London borough^[26], in United Kingdom^[27], founded in 1965^[28], headquartered in Camden Town Hall^[29].

Physical Characteristics

Highgate Cemetery covers an area of {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+36'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cemetery^[6] and Q131033106^[7]. Highgate Cemetery's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed park and garden^[16].

History and Context

May 20, 1839 marks the founding of Highgate Cemetery^[9].

Why It Matters

Highgate Cemetery ranks in the top 0.62% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (675 views/month, #7 of 1,138).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]