A multi-million-pound project to "transform" a famous London cemetery has been met with opposition from families who don't want a "brutalist-style cement block" being built metres away from their ...

A ceremony has been held months after an ITV News investigation discovered hundreds of babies were secretly buried in mass unmarked graves across England.

The town of Hardwick is celebrating Memorial Day Weekend with their annual spring festival, Springfest. Over Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24, the festival will feature an extensive lineup of ...

Sometimes, though, the more humble graves are best. Take the grave of Victorian boxer Thomas Sayers, which has his faithful dog lying on it to keep him company. Highgate Cemetery isn’t all about the ...

Slowly but surely, however, graves have evolved with the times ... four inches deep – into a gravestone. When I visited Highgate Cemetery recently, I saw the optical illusion effect of the ...

A bereaved daughter is outraged at plans to build a public toilet next to graves at Highgate Cemetery. Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust has submitted plans for an £18 million transformation ...

accessibility and drainage throughout the cemetery’s sprawling collection of 53,000 graves spanning 15ha. The £18 million first stage of the masterplan will be part-funded by the Friends of Highgate ...

the Cemetery is kept alive by the admission charges of some 100,000 people who visit each year and the continuing sale of graves. To keep the site relevant and accessible, the Friends of Highgate ...

Records for two Catholic Church-run homes show there are 21 unmarked graves ... s in Highgate, North London, 37 infants died. They are buried at Islington and St Pancras Cemetery in unmarked ...

Highgate Cemetery in London… its residents include female novelist ... Doves indicate peace and the Holy Spirit, while lambs often mark the graves of children. A book can signify the bible, or a ...

In 2022, Highgate successfully lobbied Parliament for the right to reuse graves after 75 years. Relatives can object (and extend this by 25 years) and the Cemetery has also been clear it will be ...