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Tomb of Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

A Grade II Listed Building in Highgate, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5682 / 51°34'5"N

Longitude: -0.147 / 0°8'49"W

OS Eastings: 528521

OS Northings: 187102

OS Grid: TQ285871

Mapcode National: GBR DT.X70

Mapcode Global: VHGQL.DVM7

Plus Code: 9C3XHV93+75

Entry Name: Tomb of Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

Listing Date: 14 May 1974

Last Amended: 11 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1378950

English Heritage Legacy ID: 478313

ID on this website: 101378950

Location: Highgate Cemetery, Parliament Hill, Camden, London, N6

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Highgate

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Michael Highgate

Church of England Diocese: London

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TQ2887SE
798-1/6/1564

CAMDEN
SWAIN'S LANE (West side)
Tomb of Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

(Formerly Listed as: HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY,Grave of Michael Faraday)

14/05/74

GV
II
Headstone. c1879. Stone. Pointed arch inscribed headstone, with moulded architrave, on stepped base.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Michael Faraday was a chemist at the Royal Institution, the first man to liquefy gases and to discover electromagnetic induction of electric currents.

Listing NGR: TQ2852187102

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