A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Highgate. You may be able to find further references to Highgate in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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HIGHGATE | a metropolitan suburb and a chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Highgate within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Thomas Pennant | St Albans to London | 2 |
John Wesley | 1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Upper Holloway | 0 | 1 |
Gospel Oak | 0 | 2 |
Tufnell Park | 0 | 1 |
Muswell Hill | 1 | 2 |
Kentish Town | 0 | 2 |
Hampstead | 18 | 2 |
Crouch End | 1 | 2 |
Haverstock Hill | 0 | 2 |
Holloway | 0 | 2 |
Belsize Park | 0 | 1 |
Stroud Green | 0 | 2 |
Finsbury Park | 0 | 1 |
Alexandra Park | 0 | 1 |
Chalk Farm | 0 | 2 |
Hornsey | 1 | 2 |
Primrose Hill | 0 | 2 |
Camden | 0 | 2 |
Brownswood Park | 0 | 1 |
Swiss Cottage | 0 | 1 |
Agar Town | 0 | 1 |