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by **Alex Glass** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:23 pm

Fantastic pics viceroy. Wouldn'd be out of place in the necropolis.

by **viceroy** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:24 pm

I find it a very atmospheric place Alex, particularly where it slopes up towards Moss Heights. You also get a good North-facing view from up there. Some tidying-up work has been going on, so the cemetery looks a bit less overgrown now, although in a way I feel this detracts from the atmosphere a bit. However that's just a personal point of view.

by **Alex Glass** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:35 pm

I know what you mean viceroy. However, now we can see the beauty that is there. The stones and monuments are a reminder of a past era. Looking at some of the new headstones it makes you wonder about the cost of the larger monuments and if it is possible to replicate some of these today. The downside is the errosion of the stone. Whilst the marble remains intact.

by **job78989** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:48 pm

Someone mentioned the Society of Friends Burial Ground earlier in this thread, here a few pictures I took the other day:

The site is in Keith Ct Partick:

And a google earth piture of the wider site:

John

by **Alex Glass** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:47 pm

The Eastern Necropolis doesn't get as much attention as the other necropolis's.

I took a short walk round here the other day there are great headstones within this cemetery.

I found this very unusual memorial.

Has anyone seen anything like this anywhere?

by **Ronnie** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:55 pm

Alex Glass wrote:The Eastern Necropolis doesn't get as much attention as the other necropolis's.

I took a short walk round here the other day there are great headstones within this cemetery.

I found this very unusual memorial.

Has anyone seen anything like this anywhere?

Hi Alex

I see from the second photo that John Archer was a Freemason (such a secret society that the badge is on his grave, about a foot high!).

As for the tree/ cuddy monument, isn't there another one very similar nearby, to a member of the same family? I'm guessing they were involved in a trade connected to horses - horse traders, from Vinegarhill, perhaps, or, going by the prominence of the horseshoe, farriers. Anybody know the Gregg family and what they did in the east end?

Oddly, I just came across a photo of a similar tree-shaped memorial, in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, raised by the Reinhard family in 1891. They're not all that unusual.

by **Alex Glass** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:49 pm

Hi Ronnie

I didn't notice the sign on the Archer monument when I took the photo. Interesting!

Thanks for the other details. I will need to try and spend a bit more time in the Eastern and look for this other horse associated monument. I nipped out on my lunch break and tried to get as much as I could in a short time. Next time I will remember to look at all the detail to see if ther is any other interesting details/signs.

by **Fossil** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:19 pm

Sighthill cemetery last Sunday

Fossil

by **viceroy** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:25 pm

A few more pics from Craigton Cemetery, taken this afternoon

by **Fossil** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:59 pm

Love the last one

Fossil

by **Ronnie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:09 pm

Modern Fossil wrote:Love the last one

Fossil

To a Glasgow councillor!

by **Fossil** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:42 pm

From Eastwood a couple of weeks back

Fossil

by **HollowHorn** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:32 pm

The (blurred) Bridge of Sighs

Excellent Service, Isobel....

Outside

Inside

Outside

Inside...Yikes!

by **Alex Glass** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:21 pm

Fantastic pics as usual HH.

10 out of 10.

by **escapologist** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:16 pm

A handful of pics from my Flickr account tagged with 'Necropolis':

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81248884@N ... ecropolis/

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