village of Middlesex, 4 miles N. by W. of London, on the great north road. It stands on a hill about 450 feet high, and commands a striking view of London and its suburbs. The church, built in 1833, is a handsome Gothic edifice, with an elegant spire. On the slope of the hill, immediately below the church, is the North London Cemetery. Highgate has a free grammar and other schools, a literary and scientific institute, dispensary, and an asylum for idiots. Pop. (1851) 4502.