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Ada Sophia Beer (1867–1875, died aged 8 years old) The main sculpture by Henry Hugh Armstead inside the Beer Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery represents this young girl being protected by an angel. Beer's mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery. Beer died in 1880. His mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery has been listed as Grade II since 14 May 1974.
2 de set. de 2014 · Den Highgate Cemetery findest Du im Norden Londons, genauer gesagt im Stadtbezirk Camden. Du kannst bequem und schnell aus dem Zentrum der Stadt per Underground zum Friedhof gelangen. Hierfür benutze einfach die Northern Line und steige in Archway aus, Exit Highgate Hill. Hiernach sind es noch ca 10-15 Minuten zu Fuß – machbar!
Highgate Vampire. The Highgate Vampire was a media sensation surrounding reports of supposed supernatural activity at Highgate Cemetery in London, England, United Kingdom, in the 1970s. The most thorough account of the story is given by folklorist Bill Ellis in the journal Folklore, published in 1993. [1]
8 de mai. de 2024 · Highgate Cemetery in London, the final resting place of Karl Marx, George Eliot, Michael Faraday and Henry Moore. Perhaps one of our more unusual historical destinations, Highgate Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in Highgate, London. The cemetery in its original form (the older, Western part) was consecrated by the Bishop of London on 20 ...
Tom Sayers (15 or 25 May [1] 1826 – 8 November 1865) was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter. There were no formal weight divisions at the time, and although Sayers was only five feet eight inches tall and never weighed much more than 150 pounds, he frequently fought much bigger men. In a career which lasted from 1849 until 1860, he lost ...
George Wombwell's tomb, Highgate Cemetery. George Wombwell was born at Duddenhoe End, near Saffron Walden, Essex. Around 1800 he moved to London and in 1804 became a shoemaker in Soho. However, when a ship from South America brought two boas to London docks, he bought them for £75 and began to exhibit them in taverns. He soon made a good profit.
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 and Dorian Gray.
