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melloyello wrote:I remember visiting the cemetry at the bottom of Abercrombie St years ago and finding the stone of a guy who was Abraham Lincoln's personal physician. Last year on Doors Open Day I revisited, but couldn't find the stone-can anyone enlighten me?
viceroy wrote:That must be the graveyard belonging to Govan Old Parish Church, Alex.
This is the only picture I can find at short notice, not a very good one. Maybe somebody else has a better one.
Situated in Rutherglen Road is the old Gorbals burying-ground. Up till the opening of the Southern Necropolis in Oatlands district, more than half-a-century ago, this was the only "God's Acre" on the south side. It is now closed as a place of sepulture. The Southern Necropolis has tripled its size since it was devised by the late Mr. Colin Sharp M'Laws, a merchant, and son-in-law of Bailie Gilmour of Oatlands
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