Editing Highgate (section)

==History==
[[File:John Constable 003.jpg|thumb|A view of Highgate, [[John Constable]], 1st quarter of 19th century.]]
Historically, Highgate adjoined the [[Bishop of London]]'s hunting estate. Highgate gets its name from these hunting grounds, as there was a high, deer-proof hedge surrounding the estate: 'the gate in the hedge'.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murray|first1=Ian|title=Haringey before our time : a brief history|date=1993|publisher=Hornsey Historical Society|location=London|isbn=0905794095|page=29}}</ref>

The bishop kept a toll-house where one of the main northward roads out of London entered his land. A number of pubs sprang up along the route, one of which, the Gatehouse, commemorates the toll-house.

Hampstead Lane and Highgate Hill contain the red brick Victorian buildings of [[Highgate School]] and its adjacent Chapel of St Michael. The school has played a paramount role in the life of the village and has existed on its site since its founding was permitted by [[letters patent]] from [[Queen Elizabeth I]] in 1565.

The area north of Hampstead Lane and east of the [[Highgate High Street|High Street]] was part of [[Hornsey]] parish and also later the [[Municipal Borough of Hornsey]], and the seat of that borough's governing body for many years.

'''Highgate Hill''', the steep street linking [[Archway, London|Archway]] (traditionally called part of Upper Holloway) and Highgate village, was the route of the [[Highgate Hill Cable Tramway]], the first [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] to be built in Europe. It operated between 1884 and 1909.

Like much of London, Highgate suffered damage during [[World War II]] by German [[The Blitz|air raids]]. The local [[Highgate tube station|tube station]] was used as a bomb shelter.

[[File:Stoneleigh Terrace, Highgate.jpg|thumb|Highgate New Town]]
Highgate New Town is a post-war estate adjacent to the cemetery, designed by Camden Council with similarities to the [[Alexandra Road estate]].

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