The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's...
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19th century and applied to planned city cemeteries, such as the Glasgow Necropolis. Ancient Egypt is noted for multiple necropoleis. Ancient Egyptian...
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Knox". The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis. Retrieved 28 January 2022. Glasgow Architecture (1999). "Homes for the Future, 1999". Glasgow Architecture. Archived...
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The Southern Necropolis is a cemetery in the Gorbals district of southern Glasgow, Scotland. It was opened in the year 1840 to provide an affordable and...
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Annie Greenhill in Glasgow Necropolis (1889) Portrait bust of Thomas Carlyle (1889) Monument to Sir James Robertson in Glasgow Necropolis (1889) Figures of...
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Necropolis can refer to: Glasgow Necropolis, Scotland Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia Toronto Necropolis...
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Dennistoun (redirect from Dennistoun, Glasgow)
Royston to the north, while the buildings of Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Wellpark Brewery plus the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery lie to the west (separating it...
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The Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) is a large teaching hospital. With a capacity of around 1,000 beds, the hospital campus covers an area of around 8 hectares...
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George Matheson (category Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis)
1906, aged 64, in Edinburgh and is buried with his parents in the Glasgow Necropolis. The grave lies near the summit. His other writings include : Can...
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He died of cholera in Glasgow on 8 May 1892. He is buried on the northern slopes of the Glasgow Necropolis overlooking Glasgow Cathedral. One obituary...
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of Glasgow Bank, corner of Trongate and Nelson St, Glasgow (1854) Glasgow Sailors Home (Angel), Broomielaw, Glasgow (1854) Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow (1855)...
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William Collins (Lord Provost) (category Lord provosts of Glasgow)
Queen Victoria. He died on 20 February 1895. He is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis. The grave lies on the eastern edge of the north section of the upper...
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nearby Glasgow Necropolis and the A-listed former Sydney Place United Presbyterian Church, which was damaged in a fire but was restored by the Glasgow Building...
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James Thomson (mathematician) (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
death on 12 January 1849. He is buried on the northern slopes of the Glasgow Necropolis to the east of the main bridge entrance. The grave is notable because...
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Charles Tennant (category Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis)
Tennant died at his home at Abercromby Place in Glasgow on 1 October 1838. He is buried in Glasgow Necropolis where his monument stands on the upper plateau...
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hatter resident in Glasgow, was admitted a burgess of the city on 22 September 1812. The first interment in the Glasgow Necropolis was that of Joseph...
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William Motherwell (category Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis)
both Tannahill and Alexander Wilson. Motherwell is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis. The grave was originally unmarked but in 1851 a monument carved by...
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University of Glasgow. Rae Wilson died in London, in South Crescent, Bedford Square, on 2 June 1849, and was buried in Glasgow necropolis, where his grave...
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November 1919 at Shieldhill. He is buried with his in-laws in the Glasgow Necropolis. The large monument stands near the summit north of the main east-west...
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England Bridge of Sighs, an uncovered bridge in Glasgow, Scotland from the cathedral to the Glasgow Necropolis Långholmsbron, a bridge in Stockholm, Sweden...
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Cheapside Street whisky bond fire (category 1960s in Glasgow)
service tomb in Glasgow Necropolis. A memorial service is held on 28 March each year, with representatives of the fire service and Glasgow City Council present...
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Lord Kelvin (category Academics of the University of Glasgow)
family grave in Glasgow Necropolis. The family grave has a second modern memorial, erected by the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow; a society of which...
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neighboring Necropolis are considered to be their own district within the city. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow, whose...
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Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in Glasgow, Scotland located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery...
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Hugh Tennent (category Businesspeople from Glasgow)
of Tennent’s. "The Scottish law reporter" Volume VI Tennent grave, Glasgow Necropolis "The Brewing industry: a guide to historical records" Tennent's Home...
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Construction Now. Retrieved 5 March 2020. "Duncan Macfarlan — Friends of Glasgow Necropolis". www.glasgownecropolis.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020. "Miss C. M. Roy"...
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November 1862. He is buried under a huge tomb at the summit of the Glasgow Necropolis. A full list of the works of Knowles and of the various notices of...
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Thomas Thomson (chemist) (category Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis)
Brandon Place in Glasgow. He died at Kilmun in Argyllshire in 1852, aged 79. There is a memorial for him at the Glasgow Necropolis. In 1816, he married...
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William Mossman (category Artists from Glasgow)
development in Glasgow, Mossman received many commissions for monuments in the Glasgow Necropolis, Sighthill Cemetery and the Southern Necropolis m. Mossman...
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