Burials at Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East Cemeteries.
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Featuring: Dinah Birch, Rhian Williams, Nicholas Shrimpton
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Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Francis Wheen, Gareth Stedman Jones
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Featuring: Geoffrey Cantor, Laura Herz, Frank James
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