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Highgate.-- NW. suburb of London with ry. sta., St Pancras, Islington, and Hornsey pars., Middlesex, 5½ miles NW. of St Paul's, pop. 9457; is situated on a hill, near the Great Northern and Hampstead and City Junction Railways, and commands splendid views of the metropolis and the surrounding country.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Administrative units: | Middlesex Ancient County |
| Place: | Highgate |
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