The popularity of Highgate led the London Cemetery Company to purchase 19 additional acres on the opposite side of Swain’s Lane in 1854, adding to the initial 17 acres the cemetery occupied.

Highgate was the second private cemetery in London, opened under a Parliamentary Act in 1832. This new legislation aimed to address the issue of limited space in small church cemeteries ...

The practice won a major international competition to restore the 200-year-old, still-operational cemetery in 2021. Its proposals for the historic site by Highgate Village involve restoring several ...