# Highgate > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Highgate > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Highgate.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate > Source revision: 1357117094 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Area of north London, England}} {{About|the London suburb|other places}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | region = London | population = 10,955 | population_ref = (2011 Census){{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688644&c=Highgate&d=14&e=62&g=6321692&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477042767782&enc=1 |title=Camden Ward population 2011 |access-date=21 October 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} | official_name = Highgate | static_image_name = Hampstead Heath 7.JPG | static_image_caption = Highgate seen from [Parliament Hill](/source/Parliament_Hill%2C_London). The spire of St Michael's Church is visible at the left, and the green dome of St Joseph's at the right. | london_borough = Camden | london_borough1 = Haringey | london_borough2 = Islington | constituency_westminster = [Hampstead and Highgate](/source/Hampstead_and_Highgate), | constituency_westminster1 = [Islington North](/source/Islington_North) | post_town = LONDON | postcode_area = N | postcode_district = N6 | postcode_area1 = | postcode_district1 = N19 | dial_code = 020 | os_grid_reference = TQ285875 | coordinates = {{coord|51.5716|-0.1448|display=inline,title}} }} '''Highgate''' is a suburban area of [north](/source/N_postcode_area) [London](/source/London), which is divided among three [London borough](/source/London_borough)s: [Haringey](/source/London_Borough_of_Haringey) in the north and east, [Camden](/source/London_Borough_of_Camden) in the south and west, and [Islington](/source/London_Borough_of_Islington) in the south and east. It lies at the north-eastern corner of [Hampstead Heath](/source/Hampstead_Heath), {{convert|4.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north-north-west of [Charing Cross](/source/Charing_Cross). Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/2784634/Highgate-trumps-Chelsea-as-priciest-postcode.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/2784634/Highgate-trumps-Chelsea-as-priciest-postcode.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Highgate trumps Chelsea as priciest postcode |first=Felix |last=Lowe |date=19 February 2008}}{{cbignore}} It has three conservation organisations: the Highgate Society, the Highgate Neighbourhood Forum and the Highgate Conservation Area Advisory Committee, to protect and enhance its character and amenities. ==History== [[File:John Constable - View of Highgate.jpg|thumb|A view of Highgate, [John Constable](/source/John_Constable), 1st quarter of 19th century.]] Historically, Highgate adjoined the [Bishop of London](/source/Bishop_of_London)'s hunting estate. Highgate gets its name from these hunting grounds, as there was a high, deer-proof hedge surrounding the estate: 'the gate in the hedge'.{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Ian |title=Haringey before our time: a brief history |date=1993 |publisher=Hornsey Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0905794095 |page=29}} {{unreferenced section|date=July 2025}} The bishop kept a toll-house where one of the main northward roads out of London entered his land. A number of pubs sprang up along the route, one of which, the Gatehouse, commemorates the toll-house. Hampstead Lane and Highgate Hill contain the red brick Victorian buildings of [Highgate School](/source/Highgate_School) and its adjacent Chapel of St Michael. The school has played a role in the life of the village and has existed on its site since its founding was permitted by [letters patent](/source/letters_patent) from [Queen Elizabeth I](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_I) in 1565. From 1853 to 1940, the [London Diocesan Penitentiary](/source/London_Diocesan_Penitentiary) was sited on North Hill in Highgate. The area north of Hampstead Lane and east of the [High Street](/source/Highgate_High_Street) was part of [Hornsey](/source/Hornsey) parish and also later the [Municipal Borough of Hornsey](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Hornsey), and the seat of that borough's governing body for many years. Until late Victorian times, it was a distinct village outside London, sitting astride the main road to the north. The area retains many green expanses, including the eastern part of [Hampstead Heath](/source/Hampstead_Heath), three ancient woods,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101202044533/http://walklondon.org.uk/section.asp?section=35 Walk London: Capital Ring Section 11, Hendon Park to Highgate]}} [Waterlow Park](/source/Waterlow_Park) and the eastern-facing slopes, known as Highgate bowl. Highgate Hill, a steep road linking [Archway](/source/Archway%2C_London) (traditionally called part of Upper Holloway) and Highgate village, was the route of the [Highgate Hill Cable Tramway](/source/Highgate_Hill_Cable_Tramway), the first [cable car](/source/cable_car_(railway)) to be built in Europe. It operated between 1884 and 1909. Like much of London, Highgate suffered damage during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) by German [air raids](/source/The_Blitz); Highgate tube station was used as a bomb shelter. Highgate New Town is a post-war estate adjacent to the cemetery, designed by Camden Council with similarities to the [Alexandra Road estate](/source/Alexandra_Road_estate). thumb|Highgate New Town ==Geography== The village lies at the top of Highgate Hill, which provides views across central London. Highgate is {{cvt|136|m|ft}} above sea level at its highest point.{{Cite web|title=London topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/lpj5/London/ |access-date=26 April 2021 |website=Topographic-map.com}} ===Nearby places=== {{divcol|colwidth=22em}} * [Archway](/source/Archway%2C_London) * [Crouch End](/source/Crouch_End) * [Dartmouth Park](/source/Dartmouth_Park) * [East Finchley](/source/East_Finchley) * [Finchley](/source/Finchley) * [Hampstead](/source/Hampstead) * [Hornsey](/source/Hornsey) * [Kentish Town](/source/Kentish_Town) * [Muswell Hill](/source/Muswell_Hill) * [Tufnell Park](/source/Tufnell_Park) * [Upper Holloway](/source/Upper_Holloway). {{div col end}} ==Governance== Between 1983 and 2010, Highgate was part of the [Hampstead and Highgate](/source/Hampstead_and_Highgate) constituency. The [Boundary Commission](/source/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)) report of 2003 recommended removing the Camden part of Highgate from the remainder of that constituency and joining it with [Kentish Town](/source/Kentish_Town) and [Holborn](/source/Holborn) to the south. This was to form an enlarged [Holborn and St Pancras](/source/Holborn_and_St_Pancras) constituency from the [2010 general election](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election). Since 1983, the northern half of Highgate village was part of the [Hornsey and Wood Green](/source/Hornsey_and_Wood_Green) constituency. Until 2023, the southern half of Highgate was in the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary constituency, whose [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(UK)) is [Sir Keir Starmer](/source/Keir_Starmer) of the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)), [prime minister](/source/Prime_Minister_(UK)) from 2024. The whole of Highgate Village is now part of the Hampstead and Highgate constituency. ==Amenities== thumb|The Angel Inn thumb|The Duke's Head Highgate is best known for the [Victorian](/source/Victorian_architecture) [Highgate Cemetery](/source/Highgate_Cemetery), in which the [Communist](/source/Communism) philosopher [Karl Marx](/source/Karl_Marx) and the novelist [George Eliot](/source/George_Eliot) are buried, among others.{{cite web |url=https://www.highgatepeople.co.uk/ |title=Highgate People |access-date=11 November 2024}} Adjoining is [Holly Village](/source/Holly_Village), the first [gated community](/source/gated_community), built in 1865, which is a [Grade II*](/source/Grade_II*) listed site.{{cite web |url=https://www.londonxlondon.com/holly-village/#:~:text=Why%20Was%20Holly%20Village%20Built,Coutts%20intended%20the%20village%20for.|title=Why Was Holly Village Built? |work=London x London |date=17 January 2023 |accessdate=14 August 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1379116 |title=1–12 Holly Village, Non Civil Parish – 1379116 | |website=Historicengland.org.uk}} The area's centre is Highgate village, which is largely a collection of [Georgian](/source/Georgian_architecture) shops, pubs, restaurants and residential streets,{{Cite web |url=https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/london-areas/highgate/highgate-village |title=Things to do in Highgate village}} interspersed with diverse landmarks, including [Highgate School](/source/Highgate_School) (1565); [Jacksons Lane](/source/Jacksons_Lane) arts centre, housed in a Grade II listed former church; the [Gatehouse Inn](/source/The_Gatehouse%2C_Highgate), dating from 1670, which houses the theatre [Upstairs at the Gatehouse](/source/Upstairs_at_the_Gatehouse);{{Cite web |url=http://www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com/Main%20Pages/History.html |title=History of The Gatehouse Pub Highgate |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221310/http://www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com/Main%20Pages/History.html |url-status=dead}} and [Berthold Lubetkin](/source/Berthold_Lubetkin)'s 1930s [Highpoint](/source/Highpoint_I) buildings. Several pubs line the old high street and surrounding streets, including the ''Angel Inn'', the ''[Flask](/source/Flask%2C_Highgate)'', the ''Duke's Head'' and the ''Wrestlers''. ===Places of interest=== thumb|Kenwood House [Pond Square](/source/Pond_Square), behind the [High Street](/source/Highgate_High_Street), is a registered [village green](/source/village_green) and is the centre of communal activities which take place in the elegant buildings of the [Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution](/source/Highgate_Literary_and_Scientific_Institution) and Highgate Society facing the Square. Others include: {{divcol|colwidth=22em}} * Archway Bridge * [Athlone House](/source/Athlone_House), formerly known as Caen Wood Towers, the home of the [RAF Intelligence](/source/RAF_Intelligence) School 1942–48. * [Cromwell House](/source/Cromwell_House) * Furnival House * [The Grove](/source/The_Grove%2C_Highgate) * [Highgate Wood](/source/Highgate_Wood) * [Holly Lodge Estate](/source/Holly_Lodge_Estate) * [Jacksons Lane](/source/Jacksons_Lane) * [Kenwood House](/source/Kenwood_House) * [Lauderdale House](/source/Lauderdale_House) * [Witanhurst](/source/Witanhurst). {{div col end}} ==Transport== [Highgate](/source/Highgate_tube_station), [Archway](/source/Archway_tube_station) and [East Finchley](/source/East_Finchley_tube_station) [London Underground](/source/London_Underground) stations serve the area on the [Northern Line](/source/Northern_Line). They provide regular services to [High Barnet](/source/High_Barnet_tube_station) and [Mill Hill East](/source/Mill_Hill_East_tube_station) to the north, with stops in Central London and [Morden](/source/Morden_tube_station) to the south.{{cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/route/northern/ |title=Northern line |website=Transport for London |access-date=14 February 2026}} [London Buses](/source/London_Buses) 143, 210, 214 (24 hour), 263 and 310, plus Night Bus N263 all serve Highgate.{{Cite web |title=Highgate, London bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=14 February 2026 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/highgate-london}} ==Demography== The 2011 census showed that the Highgate ward of Haringey was 82% White (60% British, 19% Other, 3% Irish). 40.9% of the ward were Christian, 7% Jewish and 3.8% Muslim.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/highgate-e05000272 |work=Ukcensusdata.com |title=Highgate – UK Census Data 2011 |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923213950/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/highgate-e05000272 |url-status=dead}} The Highgate ward of Camden meanwhile was 80% White (61% British, 15% Other, 4% Irish) and 3% Black African. 37.5% of the ward were Christian, 5.1% Muslim and 4.2% Jewish.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/highgate-e05000137 |title=Highgate – UK Census Data 2011 |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022054459/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/highgate-e05000137 |url-status=dead}} ==Education== {{For|details of education in the Haringey portion of Highgate|London Borough of Haringey#Education}} * [Channing School](/source/Channing_School) * [Highgate School](/source/Highgate_School). ==Religion== thumb|St Michael's Church thumb|St Joseph's Church Highgate's main [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) parish church, [St Michael's](/source/St_Michael's_Church%2C_Highgate), is situated close to the summit of the hill and is the highest church in Greater London. It was built as one of the [Commissioners' church](/source/Commissioners'_church)es in 1831, and was consecrated and opened on 8 November 1832. The architect was [Lewis Vulliamy](/source/Lewis_Vulliamy) and, in 1831, his original drawings for the church were exhibited at the [Royal Academy of Arts](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Arts).{{cite web |last=Sainsbury |first=Roger |title=History |url=https://www.stmichaelshighgate.org/Groups/230427/History.aspx |website=St Michael's Highgate |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165428/https://www.stmichaelshighgate.org/Groups/230427/History.aspx |url-status=dead}} From the late 17th century until 1830, Ashhurst House, the home of former [Lord Mayor of London](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_London) Sir [William Ashhurst](/source/William_Ashhurst), stood on the site of the church. The remains of the house's cellar now form part of the church's crypt. The church's spire, built of [Bath stone](/source/Bath_stone), with a cross of [Portland stone](/source/Portland_stone), is a landmark on London's northern skyline. Inside, the [chancel](/source/chancel) and choir stalls were manufactured by [G. E. Street](/source/G._E._Street) in 1880. The [pulpit](/source/pulpit) dates from 1848; the present bench pews date from 1879, replacing [box pews](/source/box_pews). The organ is by Hill and Davidson; it was installed in 1885, replacing an earlier instrument of 1842, and was overhauled in 1985. There is a monument to [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](/source/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge) and his family, in the form of a slate slab in the middle of the church. The church was damaged in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) by enemy air raids; the present stained glass window at the east end was installed in 1954, replacing a window broken in the Blitz. It is one of the last works by [Evie Hone](/source/Evie_Hone) and depicts the [Last Supper](/source/Last_Supper). Further down Highgate Hill is the town's [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) parish church, [St Joseph's](/source/St_Joseph's_Church%2C_Highgate). It was designed by Albert Vickers and built in 1888, replacing an earlier and smaller church of 1861. Although St Joseph's Church was opened in 1889 by the [Bishop of Liverpool](/source/Archbishop_of_Liverpool), it was not until 1932 that it was officially consecrated, once its debts were cleared.{{cite web |url=http://www.stjosephshighgate.org.uk/stjosephstourofchurch.html |title=About our Church |website=St Joseph's Highgate |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609105120/http://www.stjosephshighgate.org.uk/stjosephstourofchurch.html |url-status=dead}} The church has a distinctive copper [dome](/source/dome); it has a green patina and its interior was painted by [Nathaniel Westlake](/source/Nathaniel_Westlake) in 1891. The organ is by William Hill & Sons, installed in 1945 as a memorial to the local victims of the Second World War. Other places of worship are Highgate United Synagogue and St Augustine's Church. ==Crime== On 26 August 1988, Michael Williams, a 43-year-old father from Highgate who worked for the [Home Office](/source/Home_Office) in [Pimlico](/source/Pimlico), disappeared while travelling back home after an employee social. His body was found at [Highgate Wood](/source/Highgate_Wood) the next day. The case remains unsolved despite being featured heavily in the national press and on the [BBC](/source/BBC)'s TV programme ''[Crimewatch](/source/Crimewatch)''.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPG9PBR8rM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624234144/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPG9PBR8rM |archive-date=24 June 2014 |url-status=dead|title=Crimewatch UK 3.11.1988 2/3 |last=Chironss |date=27 December 2011 |via=YouTube}} ==Notable inhabitants== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2025}} [Highgate Cemetery](/source/Highgate_Cemetery) is the burial place of Communist philosopher [Karl Marx](/source/Karl_Marx), [Michael Faraday](/source/Michael_Faraday), [Douglas Adams](/source/Douglas_Adams), [George Eliot](/source/George_Eliot), [Jacob Bronowski](/source/Jacob_Bronowski), Sir [Ralph Richardson](/source/Ralph_Richardson), [Dawn Foster](/source/Dawn_Foster), [Christina Rossetti](/source/Christina_Rossetti), Sir [Sidney Nolan](/source/Sidney_Nolan), [Alexander Litvinenko](/source/Alexander_Litvinenko), [Malcolm McLaren](/source/Malcolm_McLaren), [Radclyffe Hall](/source/Radclyffe_Hall), [Joseph Wolf](/source/Joseph_Wolf) and singer-songwriter [George Michael](/source/George_Michael). * Adjacent to the cemetery is [Holly Lodge Estate](/source/Holly_Lodge_Estate), one of only two housing-estates built in the UK for single women; formerly, it was the home and grounds of Baroness [Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts](/source/Angela_Georgina_Burdett-Coutts). * Between 1930 and 1939, the wife and son of [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler)'s half-brother, Alois, lived in Highgate, before moving to the United States. [Bridget](/source/Bridget_Dowling) and [William Patrick Stuart-Houston](/source/William_Patrick_Stuart-Houston) lived at 26 Priory Gardens.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/graham_stewart/article3054294.ece |title=Graham Stewart: Comment |access-date=3 January 2009 |archive-date=27 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727031439/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/graham_stewart/article3054294.ece |url-status=dead}} * Singer George Michael owned an £8 million house in Highgate.{{cite web |author=Stephen Jones |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/george-micheal-dead-53-live-9514177?service=responsive |title=George Michael dead at 53: Recap as world-famous superstar singer found dead by boyfriend on Christmas Day |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date=28 December 2016 |access-date=14 March 2017}} * [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) striker [Nile Ranger](/source/Nile_Ranger) was born in Highgate. * Rock star [Rod Stewart](/source/Rod_Stewart) was born and raised in Highgate. * Rock star [Ray Davies](/source/Ray_Davies) of the [Kinks](/source/Kinks) was born and raised in nearby Muswell Hill and lives in Highgate.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} * Filmmaker [Christopher Nolan](/source/Christopher_Nolan) was raised in Highgate. * Actor [Jude Law](/source/Jude_Law) lived in Highgate. * Actor [Robert Powell](/source/Robert_Powell) lives in Highgate.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025|reason=not mentioned in linked article}} * Comedian [Noel Fielding](/source/Noel_Fielding) lives in Highgate.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025|reason=not mentioned in linked article}} * Singer [Liam Gallagher](/source/Liam_Gallagher) lives in Highgate. * Comedians [Graham Chapman](/source/Graham_Chapman){{cite book |title=The Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons |first1=John |last1=Cleese |author2=Terry Gilliam |author3=Bob McCabe |author4=Eric Idle |author5=Graham Chapman |author6=Michael Palin |author7=Terry Jones |publisher=Orion |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7528-6425-9}}{{rp|124}} and [Terry Jones](/source/Terry_Jones) of [Monty Python](/source/Monty_Python) lived in Highgate. Many notable alumni have passed through Highgate School, either Masters or indeed Old Cholmeleians, the name given to old boys of the school. These include [T.S. Eliot](/source/T.S._Eliot), who taught the poet laureate [John Betjeman](/source/John_Betjeman) there, [Gerard Manley Hopkins](/source/Gerard_Manley_Hopkins) the poet, the composers [John Taverner](/source/John_Taverner) and [John Rutter](/source/John_Rutter), [John Venn](/source/John_Venn) the inventor of [Venn diagram](/source/Venn_diagram)s, actor [Geoffrey Palmer](/source/Geoffrey_Palmer_(actor)), [Anthony Crosland](/source/Anthony_Crosland) MP and Labour reformer, and the cabinet minister [Charles Clarke](/source/Charles_Clarke). A blue plaque on a house at the top of North Hill notes that [Charles Dickens](/source/Charles_Dickens) stayed there in 1832, when he was 20 years old. Peter Sellers lived in a cottage on 10 Muswell Hill Road as a boy; the house is now marked with a blue plaque.{{cite web |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?hmenu=&id=416 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203301/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?hmenu=&id=416 |archive-date=27 September 2007}} His mother had moved there in order to send him to the Catholic St Aloysius Boys' School in Hornsey Lane. In Victorian times, St Mary Magdalene House of Charity was a refuge for former prostitutes, named "Fallen Women", where [Christina Rossetti](/source/Christina_Rossetti) was a volunteer from 1859 to 1870. It may have inspired her best-known poem, [Goblin Market](/source/Goblin_Market). [Siouxsie and the Banshees](/source/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees)' bassist [Steven Severin](/source/Steven_Severin) was born and brought up there. ===Coleridge=== In 1817, the poet, aesthetic philosopher and critic [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](/source/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge) came to live at [3, The Grove, Highgate](/source/3%2C_The_Grove%2C_Highgate), the home of Dr James Gillman, in order to rehabilitate from his [opium](/source/opium) addiction.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Drg-OToJMt4C&q=james%20gillman%20highgate%20coleridge%201816%20opium&pg=PA203 |title=The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge |first=James |last=Gillman |date=7 November 2016 |publisher=BiblioBazaar |isbn=9780554322261 |via=Google Books}} After Dr Gillman built a special wing for the poet, Coleridge lived there for the rest of his life, becoming known as the ''Sage of Highgate''.{{cite web |title=Samuel Taylor Coleridge |url=http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/coleridge.htm |website=Poets' Graves |access-date=6 February 2016}} While here some of his most famous poems, though written years earlier, were first published including "[Kubla Khan](/source/Kubla_Khan)". His literary autobiography, ''[Biographia Literaria](/source/Biographia_Literaria)'', appeared in 1817. While living there, he became friends with his neighbour [Joseph Hardman](/source/Joseph_Hardman).{{cite journal |last=Nye |first=Eric W. |title=Coleridge and the Publishers: Twelve New Manuscripts |journal=[Modern Philology](/source/Modern_Philology) |publisher=[University of Chicago Press](/source/University_of_Chicago_Press) |volume=87 |issue=1 |year=1989 |issn=0026-8232 |jstor=438528 |pages=68–69 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/438528}} His home became a place of pilgrimage for figures such as [Carlyle](/source/Thomas_Carlyle) and [Emerson](/source/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson). He died here on 25 July 1834 and is buried in the crypt of nearby St Michael's Church. The writer [J. B. Priestley](/source/J._B._Priestley) subsequently lived in the same house; a commemorative plaque marks the property. ==In popular culture== {{More citations needed section|date=June 2015}} * Highgate's historic feel – in particular, the gothic atmosphere of its cemetery – has provided the backdrop to a considerable number of films, including Hammer Horror films of the 1970s and, more recently, ''[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/source/Fantastic_Beasts%3A_The_Crimes_of_Grindelwald)'' and ''[Dorian Gray](/source/Dorian_Gray_(2009_film))''.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=title&field=locations&q=Highgate |title=IMDb: Most Popular Titles With Filming Locations Matching "Highgate" |website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) }} * The pub tradition of [Swearing on the Horns](/source/Swearing_on_the_Horns) originated in Highgate. * In [Charles Dickens](/source/Charles_Dickens)' novel ''[David Copperfield](/source/David_Copperfield_(novel))'', James Steerforth lives in a house at the top of [Highgate West Hill](/source/Highgate_West_Hill). * In the BBC sitcom ''[Are You Being Served?](/source/Are_You_Being_Served%3F)'', Mr Lucas (played by [Trevor Bannister](/source/Trevor_Bannister)) lives in Highgate. * [Taylor Swift](/source/Taylor_Swift)'s song "[London Boy](/source/London_Boy_(song))" from her 2019 album ''[Lover](/source/Lover_(album))'', her boyfriend "took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates." * In [Robert Galbraith's](/source/Robert_Galbraith_(author)) novel ''[The Ink Black Heart](/source/The_Ink_Black_Heart)'', the central murder occurs in Highgate Cemetery.{{Cite book |url=https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/robert-galbraith/the-ink-black-heart/9780316413039/ |title=The Ink Black Heart |date=17 January 2022 |isbn=978-0-316-41303-9 |last1=Galbraith |first1=Robert |publisher=Mulholland Books/Little, Brown}} ==See also== * [Hornsey (parish)](/source/Hornsey_(parish)) * [Municipal Borough of Hornsey](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Hornsey) ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{commons category|Highgate}} * [https://hlsi.net/ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution] * [http://www.highgatesociety.com/ The Highgate Society] * [https://forhighgate.org/ Highgate Neighbourhood Forum] * [http://www.hampsteadheath.net Comprehensive details about Highgate] {{LB Camden}} {{LB Haringey}} {{LB Islington}} {{London Districts}} {{Capital Ring Walking Route |locale=Highgate |back=[Hendon Park](/source/Hendon_Park) |forward=[Stoke Newington](/source/Stoke_Newington) |A=11 |B=12}} {{Authority control}} Category:Highgate Category:Districts of the London Borough of Haringey Category:Districts of the London Borough of Camden Category:Districts of the London Borough of Islington Category:Areas of London Category:Places formerly in Middlesex --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Highgate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate?action=history)). 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