The Most Famous Graves in Highgate Cemetery West
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) takes you on a comprehensive guided cemetery tour of the most famous graves in the West Side of Highgate Cemetery. We explore the history, symbolism, and architecture of this iconic place of rest and visit its most remarkable residents. Be sure to watch Part 2 all about the slightly more modern but still fascinating East Side of Highgate Cemetery. • The Most Famous Graves...
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VIDEO SUMMARY
Starting with the history of Highgate, we meander and stroll through the quiet cemetery on a rainy May day when I had the place mostly to myself.
0:00 - Introduction to the Tour
1:40 - London’s Filthy Victorian Churchyards
7:04- James Selby and the Mears Family Memorial
11:28 - Mary Emden and Dr Frederick Akbar Mahomed
13:54- The Family Tomb of General Sir Loftus Otway
15:41 - Aleksander Litvenenko
18:38- Jane Arden and Jean Simmons
22:35 - Christina Rosetti and Lizzie Siddal
27:35 - Lucian Freud and George Michael
32:41 - Elizabeth Jackson - the first burial at Highgate
35:32- The Egyptian Avenue
39:15 - The Circle of Lebanon and Radclyffe Hall
44:52 - George Wombwell
47:35 - Elinor Goldschmied and the Dickens Family Plot
50:00 - The Catacombs and Robert Liston
51:40 - The Mausoleum of Julius Beer
54:07 - Mary Nichols - Angel on a Cloud
56:24 - John Atcheler’s Horse and Tom Sayers’ Dog
58:04 - Bees, the Glass House, and Michael Faraday
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Great video. My Dad is buried in a natural burial site. It's a lovely place and it's exactly where Dad would want to be as he loved nature so much.
That sounds lovely. ❤️
I give tours of our Victorian Cemetery. People still vandalize it. The cemetery is like taking a walk through a wooded garden. It always smells good from the flowers blooming. The statues and headstones are being repaired. Cemetery’s can teach us so much about the history of our communities
I like walking through a cemetery. It's so peaceful and quiet. No people or dogs.❤ Sometimes I put a flower on children's graves who died from the flu of 1918. They are usually buried all alone. No other family buried close to them. So sad. 😢😢
@@eileenweeks1815 That is so nice of you!
Thank you for the tour! I visited the UK once, and while walking through one of the gardens/cemeteries in London, I couldn't help but notice that the line between life and dead blurred, and what was left was a bit of sadness that extraordinary people are not here for me to meet, but any morbid or fear feeling was gone. I am a Christian, and some might say “very religious,” so a healthy fear for the other world and its inhabitants is a familiar feeling among my people 😂 but that experience changed the way I see dead. Also, some of the extraordinary and ordinary lives of people were interesting. Some Christian writers have said that Puritans knew how to die, and I guess if you are surrounded by the dead and you prepare for it, your mind changes about it. I don't know. I appreciate your channel and all I get to learn through it. Thank you again.
@LauPineda, I was raised Roman Catholic, and am an American decended from Puritans. Christians aren't supposed to fear death. It's the beginning of our real life. As Mary, Queen of Scots said just before she was beheaded, "In my end is my beginning."
thank you for being so respectful!
This is (so far) the favorite cemetery I've ever visited. I love telling people about it. Thank you for featuring it and sharing your fantastic knowledge about it! I'm sure to watch this video many times.
I love that cemetery, such a gothic masterpiece 😍 I live in the NW of the UK and don't get down to London etc very often anymore, but I adore your videos. You take us on some ' out of the way' gems I wouldn't have ever seen on a visit to London; as well as the more uSual points of interest, and for that I thank you. So glad I found you, and I highly recommend your channel to everyone. Bravo to you, and I look forward to many more tours👍🥰
Fabulous, charming, respectful and really interesting. Insane how one can live in a place and know so little about it. You are a real gem, Jessica, thank you so much! 👍👍👍👍👍👍✨✨✨✨✨✨
One of the most beautiful cemeteries I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing this with us!
I visited the UK for the first time last year.I visited Highgate Cemetery and went on a tour hosted by the volunteers and highly recommend. Highgate Cemetery is stunningly beautiful and peaceful , but I did feel a bit spooked in certain sections when off exploring by myself (spotted a cheeky fox prancing around a couple of headstones) I really enjoyed watching this video. Well done😊
Thank you ❤Ive just discovered your channel 😊 I live in Scotland now and was born in England, and I remember visiting Highgate cemetary in the 1980s with a friend. Its a very magical ✨️ place steeped in History xx
The symbolism was fascinating, not something that had even occurred to me before. A very informative, respectful hour in your knowledgeable company that just flew by. Thank you, and I am looking forward to the East side next week.
Thank you once again for an interesting tour 🙂When I was a teenager I lived very close to a very big cemetery, Botany cemetery in Sydney's eastern suburbs (NSW Oz). They had what we called 'little houses' with the photos of the dead inside on the outside walls. On holidays and weekends the families of the deceased would visit their families inside. The doors were opened, they dusted etc, said prayers and some sang, then they had picnics. They were mostly Italian families - we 'immigrant Brits, thought it was most odd but very interesting. We were even invited in sometimes but... I wish I had now! When there were bad storms the graves in the older part of the cemetery closest to the sea lost coffins and skeletal remains were flung about on the sand. Interesting! It was so large, I once rode a horse around it. I think that it has been renamed and tidied up a lot since then, it was over 50 years ago and I left Sydney long ago. I still love the old cemeteries though and visit any we come across in our travels. Thank you for doing these wonderful tours! 😁🦘🦘🦘
Love your channel; your videos are very personal, informative, very well edited, super captivating and thoroughly enjoyable
Thank You 💕
Wow, thank you!
I’d second that. You’re a great tour guide. When you go to Tate, could you focus in on the painting “The Death of Chatterton”? One of my favorites. Would love to know more about it.
It is an incredible place to visit. An ancestor of my husbands is buried there in a paupers grave. Sadly talking to our guide, she is almost certainly lying beneath what is now a pathway.
Awww, that is so sad. And so common!
A nice mixture of the remembered and forgotten. And then there's the story of Lizzie Siddal...
Poor Lizzie. Stay away from self-centered "artistes."
i am so here for the longer videos. give me all your content, hours of it pls
Society should write about how they fixed Highgate up. It is fascinating.
My cousin Kim and I used to go visit this old cemetery that was walking distance from her house. Our favorite place to hang out was a 12 year old little girls grave. Her name was Violeta and she was carved into a statue on top of her grave. Life size and dressed in her Victorian clothes. Very beautiful little girl. Someday when I go back to visit I would like to go see Violeta again.
That sounds like the plot to a children's novel! I would love to see her grave.
Yay, I had been waiting for this video!
awe, that giant empty tomb of Mary, ....that actually makes me sad.
I have several ancestors buried here. This was very interesting.
Big Ben and The Liberty bell, both famous for cracking...lol
My favourite place . Tyty . Xx
I really like old graveyards where you can see and learn about the people buried and their stories. Europe to has fascinating graveyards too, many with pictures of the person too. Graveyards are quiet and peaceful.
Thank you for the tour.
I love the ones with pictures. That’s an amazing custom that doesn’t seem as widespread as it ought to be.
This place is amazing,fascinating,beautiful, we only managed to walk around one side, can’t wait to return to the UK to see the other side
Lovely to see the simple grave. of the beautiful actress Jean Simmons who starred in so many films.
Man, must of been a ton of work. Yes, I believe some trees should be cleaned up and checking them if they’re dead.
Amazing tour...beautiful and poetic place! 🌹
Such a great, well informed tour Jessica! I went on a tour of Highgate more than 20 years ago and was very keen at the time to see Cristina Rosetti's grave. Since the public were not able to view the Rosetti or Dicken's plots, I never saw them so am so happy you were able to take us there. The cemetery was much more overgrown then and it was also pouring with rain. I don't remember seeing modern graves on the tour I did. I have a long fascination with cemeteries and was so pleased that you mentioned many of the common symbols that were popular and fashionable on tombstones, not just in Highgate, but worldwide. Australia has a few cemeteries that took inspiration from Highgate. I did see the tree in the Circle of Lebanon and it was very impressive. You are the perfect person to explore cemeteries! Respectful, knowledgeable and the perfect pace. I look forward to not only Highgate East but forays into the artistic and bizarre world of Paris cemeteries too. Thanks so much. ALL your videos are brilliant. I do enjoy the longer tours. You are the perfect tour guide!
Hello Jessica! Really enjoying the places you go and the knowledge you share. Looking forward for more!❤
The Circle of Lebanon was so cool...it feels like a City of the Dead
....when you were pointing out the inverted symbols for the land of the Dead, it reminded me of why my Parents insisted on a coffin, vault, grave was for religious reasons. They were Anabaptist, left Holland, during the protestant reformation, early 1800s, and came to America, and they believed in a bodily resurrection of the Dead; on the Great Day of the Lord. Idk, if Victorians, believed that; but it might be why the burial internments have nods towards the Dead
It's very overcast here in my tiny spot int Ont. CAN., and this video was the perfect accompaniment! I completely agree with you that natural burial is the way to go. Unfortunately, there are only hybrid sites in Ontario at the moment, no true, not-part-of-a-regular-cemetery, natural burial sites. And the cost to be buried in a hybrid site is out of my reach! I absolutely loved this video and will be watching for the East Side, next week. Thanks, Jessica. Sharing! I forgot to add, I'm so glad that nature has been allowed to have the upper hand. Humans desperately need to re-think having every bit of their property and the land around them, manicured and sterile.
So who keeps it up.? Everyday somebody checks on, cleans it up? This is soooo fascinating.
There is a large staff of gardeners.
Love the lion statue and that magnificent dog statue. Thanks.
You're very welcome!
What a beautiful cementary!😲
I agree!
Absolutely fascinating!
Thank you for sharing your insights.
There is just so much to see and so little time, even in retirement..! 😊
Loved it, thank you! Looking forward to part 2! 🥳
Absolutely fascinating.
Thank you so much. This was so interesting and respectful. You have a lovely voice. Looking forward to the East Side.
Thanks for the tour in that amazing, beautiful cemetery. How I'd love to wander those walkways and see the wonderful architecture of the gravesites.
Wonderful..so amazing.
Enjoyable and low.key stroll. Well.done
I love love LOVE Highgate! Thank you for this wonderful tour!
Very interesting, thanks!
Excellent! Im very much looking forward to next week 🩷
So beautiful and atmospheric
Yeah! We get Jessica on Monday! ‘Entrance.’ Love it.
I’ve watched many video tours of Highgate Cemetery, but this is by far the most knowledgeable and interesting. I look forward to watching your other tours. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is such a beautiful cemetery. I look forward yo part 2. 🙂🇨🇦
Excellent video many thanks for making and posting
Thank you so much for making this
This was fantastic! Thank you!
Thank you for the tour, and for including George Michael’s family plot.
👏👏👏👏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍thank you sooo much for this enjoyable tour🥰
Oh, I look forward to your videos. I especially love the cemeteries . Thank you ❤
So nice of you :)
Thank you, Jessica.
You’re very welcome.
What a tour.
I really enjoyed this. So informative and fun. Thank you
Thank you for another great video! Excited for next week’s video as well. Appreciate you and all your hard work ✨
You are so welcome!
So interesting. Thank you
Australia
This was wonderful. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
What a fantastic video!
this tour was so lovely and so informative, thank you so much for sharing! i have such a love of woodsy quiet cemeteries like this. i've never been to highgate (hopefully one day i will get to explore it) but it reminds me a lot of the okunoin cemetery at koyasan in japan, that i've had the honour of visiting twice now!
Thank you for sharing . Highgate is such a beautiful cemetery and the history is fascinating .
Another fantastic video Jessica thank you so much. I've seen lots of tours of Highgate (still planning to go myself someday!) and this was one of the most interesting ones. Your passion for story telling and your ability to share the atmosphere shines, as opposed to just presenting the facts, which you also do wonderfully! Looking forward to part two and would definitely be interested in seeing you guide through the rest of the 'Magnificent Seven' ❤🪦❤
Thank you for sharing this video with me. Yeah I know it’s morbid, but I love the stonework and the history. Thank you!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️✝️✝️✝️
I am so happy I found your channel. ❤
Fascinating
Thank you, very much enjoyed the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it!
awesome video x by far the best i ve seen on this cemetary thank you x
Wow, thank you!
Fascinating, informative and well done. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's a amazing place visited last year did a tour, thoroughly recommended, fabulous film thank you really enjoyed this ❤
I so enjoyed this little film thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! You're very welcome.
Amazing home.
It really is!
Such a beautiful cemetery and wonderful tour❤ thank you
You’re very welcome!
Fabulousness
What a loverly video, thank you very much.❤
You are so kind!
Just discovered your channel today. I go through my subscriptions so quickly and then there is nothing new to watch. Anyway, two of my favorite topics include museums and cemeteries. Of course, if you love history, that sort of adds up - and I do. I watched a couple of videos and realized, it's time to subscribe. Using a playlist to get caught up.
Aussie here. Loved this! Thankyou
Thank you!
I saw Wham! in Oakland California in 1985. There they debuted Last Christmas in the middle of summer.
What a gig!
I watch videos many people that tour cemeteries but, I must say you are the most informed person to date on this cemetery! Thank you very much for this in depth video on highgate. I look forward to your videos in the future.
Thank you! I do a lot of research for every video.
Beautiful great gardens of sleep.
Thanks for visiting
What a great, well informed tour, thank you. I would love to be interred in one of those grand mausoleums, what a status symbol.
Thank you so much for bringing the cemetery to life. Really enjoy your such professional commetery and such wisdom, and knowledge.
Thank you kindly!
Wow that was an amazing tour of the beautiful highgate cemetery thank you for all the info and your time
May they all find peace 🙏🌹
You're very welcome.
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FASCINATING!! Dont you Miss being in America? The Pelican feeding it's chicks is Louisiana State symbol...beautiful...
I’m Canadian!
this is my first time with you and i thoroughly enjoyed it. you are an amazingly good guide. going looking for more of your listings. thank you for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed!
That last part about Faraday got me. I got in a lot of trouble for saying that psychology isn't a heard science, it's a social science. Boy did my grad school Psych profs hate that. I also get the not praying out loud thing in a way. As a Catholic, I say Grace before meals. I tend to do this silently, or ask if anyone would like to pray with me. One time I prayed Grace in front of grad school mates and someone asked if I was okay. Someone had to shout, "SHE'S PRAYING!".
Did you know that Gene Simmons of KISS chose that name because Jean Simmons was his mother's favorite actress? 😊
I just checked- it seems he chose his name in honour of rockabilly singer Jumpin' Gene Simmons.
I like when cemeteries are more natural much better than when they're overly manicured. I lived for a while in New Orleans, which has its own interesting cemeteries & funeral traditions. Lafayette No. 3 has a natural look similar to Highgate, & is my favorite NOLA cemetery. We also utilized above ground burials for multiple people. The body is placed on a shelf within the tomb for a year & a day, Then the remains are moved down to make room for the next burial. My plans for my own final rest include being cremated & a portion of my ashes being sprinkled into the Mississippi River on Mardi Gras Day as part of the Society of Saint Anne parade.
I need to make my way to New Orleans one of these days!
I visited it many a time in the 60s and 70s when I visited my grandmother in Croftdown Road.
Amazing. Thanks. It's on my bucket list. Urns and shawl? Wouldn't that be urn and shroud?
Just subscribed from new Zealand and looking forward to seeing some museums as well
You can do any cementary, Brampton is fine. Fascinating.
Brompton.
I’m currently reading “ The Ink Black Heart” by Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling). A lot of it set in this cemetery. I live in NZ so being able to see this really adds to my enjoyment of this book.
I don’t think she’d be a big fan of Radclyffe Hall…
I don’t think she’d be a big fan of Radclyffe Hall…
This my first experience of your channel. I have a love of old cemeteries and this one is a gem. I have never seen a cemetery that was also a woodland park. What a wonderful idea and it’s absolutely beautiful. I wonder why it is that the public is not allowed access to the whole cemetery? There is nothing like this where I live in Virginia, USA. If there was I would be there all the time. But I have to say that as much as I love this cemetery I am planning for a natural burial in a natural burial cemetery about 2 1/2 hours away from me in a wooded area in the mountains. I would love to have the pleasure of going on one of your tours in person. Thank you so much for this one on TH-cam. 🙏🌿🌳
I think certain areas are restricted for safety reasons! It’s extremely overgrown in places. I tripped twice while filming this 🤦🏻♀️
When i was younger i couldn't imagine to say one day that a cemetry is beautiful but it really is, i love taking a walk in a peaceful cemetry looking at difference gravestones especially when they more than 100yo and some of them are Art, i can't understand ppl who think it's funny to destroy a grave bc it doesn't matter how old that grave is, it contains the remains of a human being and it's absolutely disrespectful.
I very much agree.
In the sixty’s I used to cut thru the park and then higate cemetery on my way to school every day. We went thru the newer part with Karl marks head. 😊
I've somehow never been round Highgate. I really want to see it now.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP A MAP.
You’re welcome!