Monument to Dickens Family in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Monument.

Monument to Dickens Family in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID: woven-roof-khaki
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Camden
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 January 1999
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TQ2887SW 798-1/5/1798

CAMDEN SWAIN'S LANE (west side) Monument to Dickens Family in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

GV II Monument to Charles Dickens and his family. c1870. Massive inscribed stone slab set within neo-Classical railings, with smaller early C20 slab repeating inscription placed on top. This commemorates Charles Dickens and his family.

HISTORICAL NOTE: of historical interest not only for its intimate association with the outstanding C19 English novelist (who is buried in Westminster Abbey), but that of his family. His sons were each named after a leading literary figure, including Walter Landor Dickens, Alfred Tennyson Dickens.

Listing NGR: TQ2833587080

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