Victorian Cemeteries, Cities of the dead.

Rebecca Press

Victorian attitudes towards death

Victorian attitudes towards death (2)

Magnificent 7

Highgate 1830’s sketch

Magnificent 7 (2)The London Cemetery Company designed all 7, many features within the

cemeteries have similarities.

Highgate

West Brompton

Kensal Green

HighgateCircle of Lebanon

Egyptian Avenue

Highgate (2)

Further steps/expansion

Highgate today

Highgate today (2)

Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT.“

Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”

Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.” Epicurus

“Death is just the beginning” Maximilien Robespierre, 1794