A Stroll through Highgate - Cemetery, Village & Vampire (4K)

Thank you John for another beautiful walk. When my daughter was little we were in Waterlow Park three or four times a week, rain hail or shine. Coming home from there one Sunday afternoon we were on Dartmouth Park Hill when my ex spotted a hole in the ground inside a building site by the Whittington Hospital. When he looked closer he could see a big red cat sitting in the hole, clearly unwell, so we took the cat home with us on the baby's pram, got it checked out by the vets, put up notices asking if anyone had lost him and when there was no response, we kept him and he was my beloved Red Thomas who lived a life of luxury with us. Talking to a person at the bus stop one day, they mentioned an elderly chap who had lived all his life in one house in Bredgar Rd, off Dartmouth Park Hill.. The council built some new flats and the old chap's home was compulsorily purchased. Poor old man was decanted into these new flats, which he didn't want to go to at all. He didn't last long, only about six months. When he died the Vicar came and got his dog and his tortoise and off they went to an uncertain future at the RSPCA. But his big red cat escaped and was never seen again. I like to think the old man was looking out for his beastie and made sure it was found by a soft git like me who would make sure it was well loved for the rest of its days!

I remember reading a book by ghost hunter Harry Price who was convinced that a vampire existed in Highgate. He claimed that he saw a tall, dark and menacing figure by a headstone. Gothic flavour to this video. Loved it, John. 👍🇯🇪

Enjoyed that little ramble. Took many notes of things to check out and visit.

Not sure if anybody has already said it, but the grave with the diagonal "D E A D" is that of artist Patrick Caulfield. Enjoyable video as always

My grandparents are buried at Highgate cemetery in a really overgrown plot love the feel of it there very peaceful thx for the walk 🚶‍♂️

Another great episode, Sunday evening's wouldn't be the same without you.

In my teens I became a member of FOHC.Friends of Highgate Cemetery. They opened the older part of the cemetery a few times a year. It was very atmospheric. I was looking for vampires. I believe the other cemetery in the seven is West Norwood.

John Rogers makes YouTube worthwhile - thank you for all your videos, John - each of which is a voyage of discovery

Glad you visited Highgate cemetery I could spend all day looking around there . And I never heard of the Highgate vampire before now . Thanks as always for taking us with you on another splendid walk. Have a great week 👍🏻

Very informative video John. Interesting to see the graves of Bert Jansch and his wife. I was fortunate enough to see Bert play live a number of times here in Edinburgh. A fine musician.

Thank you John for this beautiful walk...You've made my day, showing the nation, the resting place of Bert & Loren .

Thank you. It was a delight to see Highgate and the cemetery again. I grew up in Hornsey during the sixties through until the nineties and I know the area very well. As teenagers we would climb the walls to get into both sides of the cemetery. I lived just off Archway Road for a few years and Waterlow Park was a wonderful place to relax and catch a breath when walking to work near Parliament Hill.

Another interesting video,John. Ther is a great book about Highgate Cemetery-'Victorian Valhalla' (1984) by Felix Barker and one called 'The Magnificent Seven' (2011) by Jphn Turpin and Derrick Knight, about all the cemeteries. Time is such a strange thing, someone with as much energy and life as Malcolm Mclaren has been gone for 11 years.

Hello John! I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I absolutely love your videos, even though I'm in the USA. I'm a huge history buff, and listening to your commentary on these walks is very fulfilling! I hope someday to see your wonderful city and land. I know my heritage comes from the UK, so it would be nice to trace my ancestors! Looking forward to more of your walks and knowledge! Cheers!!

Another great video, Thanks John, I visited the Grove in 2016 after George Michael passed , he lived there and is buried at Highgate in hes mothers plot but is unmarked sadly. The private green area between the flask and the grove was a tempary memorial to George. I wish to vist highgate again and vist the cemetry, Roger Lyod pack and Jeremy beadle are also buried there.

I was living in North London in 77-78 and my uncle at that time was in the metropolitan police and he told me that there are catacombs beneath the place and unofficially Highgate went back to the days of the Romans.The caretaker back then also told us there were well over 200,00 people buried there on various levels connected to the catacombs. Who knows and i wasn't going to argue with my uncle due to the fact he was a commando in WW2 .2 of my cousins did see it in 69 on there way home from either the Flask or the Angel pubs at the top of the hill and said it was over 8' tall standing at the gate on Swains Lane with glowing red eye's .They ran the rest of the way home .I did have the honor of pissing on marks grave since i hate communism in all it's forms but he didn't appear to take issue with me.

Hi John. I remember being very interested in this back in the mid-late nineties (Sean Manchester did a few radio interviews on the subject & David Farrant frequented some online forums back then) It was very intriguing and this brought it all back. Thanks for the memories!

7:15 Edward Elgar is buried in the church yard in Little Malvern. I actually made a point to go visit him when I was in Great Malvern. I also visited the Morgan factory. I stayed in The Abbey hotel, where Haile Selassie stayed when in exile and he was visiting the area. Great trip !!

As always a great walk, so informative. London has so much rich history to give!

Another superb episode John - inspired to buy the vampire book and even stump up the cash to go visit the Highgate Cemetary - used to roaming free in the Tower Hamlets equivalent - admittedly fewer celeb corpses in the East End!