Talk:Highgate Cemetery

Alexander Litvinenko

It is stated that Alexander Litvinenko is buried in the West Cemetery. I seem to remember that he is buried in the East Cemetery.83.160.198.125 (talk) 18:34, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

When I visited Highgate in 2007 the grave was in the East Cemetery, near the monument to Karl Marx, I seem to remember that it was more a space than a grave, but that may have been due to the fact that he was only recently buried. It is not improbable (but highly unlikely) that the grave was moved. I will visit the cemetery again in 2018 and will have a look. The confusion may come from a photograph of the headstone which was tagged: The grave of Alexander Litvinyenko in the West End of Highgate Cemetery, London Borough of Islington. I was not aware that Highgate Cemetery had a West End. JHvW 20:17, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Since my last remark I have spoken to one of the "friends". He could not confirm that the grave had been in the Eastern Cemetery but it is definitely in the Western Cemetery now. When I saw the grave it was no more than a few planks surrounding a bed of gravel. It is now a "proper" grave with a headstone. I have been informed that he is buried 12 feet deep in a lead lined coffin as there are worries about radiation. JHvW 13:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

CfD Proposal to delete Burial by place category

It has been proposed here to delete the category that links people to their place of burial. Note that the proposer is recommending the removal of the whole tree of categories, not just the the top level categories listed. Ephebi Ephebi (talk) 15:43, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

George Samuel Bentley

As far as I am aware George Samuel Bentley is probably George Bentley (publisher). Samuel was the name of George Bentley's uncle. The London Standard Newspaper was in 1890 called "The Standard", but I have no knowledge of Bentley's involvement, nor can I find any evidence that Bentley was indeed buried in Highgate Cemetery, so I have remarked this entry out. It is an established fact that "The Standard" changed ownership quite a few times after the death of James Johnstone and before C. Arthur Pearson became owner. JHvW 20:17, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Highgate Cemetery Act 2022

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2022/1/introduction/enacted Kaihsu (talk) 10:29, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Current article and overhaul plans

I'm reticent to edit this one, for personal reasons, however I wanted to point out that most of the refs using the Highgate Cemetery website no longer work.

There is also quite a significant plan to overhaul parts of it, with the initial plans met with quite a bit of opposition. I don't know the full details but there has been quite a lot of news coverage about it. LateFatherKarma (talk) 21:10, 5 May 2026 (UTC)