Qualla: Highgate https://qualla.com/highgate en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/highgate-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Highgate https://qualla.com/highgate Highgate: Introduction https://qualla.com/highgate/ Photo credit John Constable, Public domain. In 1817, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge moved into the home of Dr James Gillman at 3, The Grove, Highgate, to treat his opium addiction under the doctor's supervision. He never left. Dr Gillman built a special wing for the poet; Coleridge lived there for the remaining 17 years of his life, published Biographia Literaria, saw "Kubla Khan" appear in print for the first time, and received a stream of visitors who climbed the hill to what Carlyle and Emerson called a pilgrimage. Coleridge died at The Grove on 25 July 1834 and is buried in the crypt of nearby St Michael's Church, which is the highest church in Greater London.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/highgate-wp/gcpv-highgate-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Highgate: The Gate in the Hedge https://qualla.com/highgate/ Photo credit Charlesdrakew, Public domain. Highgate takes its name from the Bishop of London's hunting estate, which once occupied the land north of the city. The estate was surrounded by a high, deer-proof hedge, and the gate through it — where travellers paid a toll to continue north — gave the area its name. A pub call...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/highgate-wp/gcpv-highgate-the-gate-in-the-hedge.mp3 0:06 2 full Highgate: The First Cable Car in Europe https://qualla.com/highgate/ Photo credit William Henry Prior, Public domain. Highgate Hill is steep — steep enough that in 1884, the Highgate Hill Cable Tramway opened as the first cable car to be built in Europe, hauling passengers between Archway and Highgate village. The tramway operated until 1909, replaced by conventional vehicles as the technology b...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/highgate-wp/gcpv-highgate-the-first-cable-car-in-europe.mp3 0:06 3 full Highgate: The Cemetery and Its Permanent Residents https://qualla.com/highgate/ Photo credit Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Highgate Cemetery, Victorian in its ambitions and gothic in its atmosphere, opened in 1839 and became the preferred final address for a remarkable range of people. Karl Marx, whose ideas divided the 20th century, is buried in the East Cemetery beneath a large stone monument beari...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/highgate-wp/gcpv-highgate-the-cemetery-and-its-permanent-residents.mp3 0:06 4 full Highgate: Coleridge's Village https://qualla.com/highgate/ Photo credit Robin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0. Highgate retains the form of a Georgian village — shops, pubs, restaurants, and residential streets gathered around a central collection of Georgian buildings and institutions. Pond Square, behind the High Street, is a registered village green and the centre of communal life, fla...

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