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Building Stones Walk
in
Highgate Cemetery
15th July 2004

Led by guides from the Friends of Highgate Cemetery

All pictures © 2004 Paul Hetherington

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The Oldest Memorial in Highgate?

Belonging to Elizabeth Jackson (1839), Identified as Carrara marble. Some have told us that the actual oldest memorial is the one in the background.

The Entrance to the Circle

A Grade 1 scheduled structure.

The Cedar Tree in the Circle

Nero

The marble lion belonging to George Wombwell, the menagerist, guards his tomb.

Alfred Prosser

Note the Scottish granite pillars

The Beer Mausoleum

Inside the Beer Mausoleum

The memorial to the daughter.of Julius Beer.

A Modern Memorial

We think it is "faux" stone.

The Horsewoman's Memorial

Erected by Mr. Atcheler in memory of his wife who was an accomplished horsewoman.

Michael Faraday

In the dissenters area.

A Splendid Example of Larvikite

The Classic Highgate Image

Karl Marx, of course.

A Modern Memorial in Slate

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