HIGHGATE, a northern district of London, England, partly in the borough of St. Pancras, but extending into Middlesex. It lies high (max. 426 ft.). The Great North Road passes through Highgate, which is supposed to have received its name from the toll-gate erected by the bishop of London when the road was formed through his demesne in the 14th century. Bacon died here in 1626; Coleridge and Andrew Marvell, the poets, were residents. Cromwell House, now a convalescent home, was presented by Oliver Cromwell to his eldest daughter Bridget on her marriage with Henry Ireton. Lauderdale House, now attached to the public grounds of Waterlow Park, belonged to the duke of Lauderdale, one of the "Cabal" of Charles II. Among various institutions may be mentioned Whittington's almshouses, near Whittington Stone, at the foot of Highgate Hill, on which the future mayor of Lon don is reputed to have been resting when he heard the peal of Bow bells and "turned again." Highgate grammar school was founded (1562-65) by Sir Roger Cholmley, chief-justice.