Sighthill Cemetery
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| Sighthill Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1840 |
| Location | Central Glasgow, Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°52′37″N 4°14′10″W / 55.8770°N 4.2362°W |
| Type | Active |
Sighthill Cemetery is an active cemetery in central Glasgow, Scotland dating from 1840. It has an operational crematorium.[1] It lies within the Sighthill neighbourhood on the A803 Springburn Road between Cowlairs Park and Petershill Park, north of Glasgow city centre, bounded to the north by Keppochhill Road.
History[edit]
Sighthill Cemetery was laid out on former farmland linked to the Fountainwell Farm in 1839/40.[2][3]
The first burial was on 24 April 1840. The cemetery is laid out in an informal pattern with serpentine paths, typical of the first British cemeteries.[4]
The cemetery contains 116 war graves.[5]
The cemetery itself is a listed entity,[6] and its entrance lodge with gates[7] and the Martyrs' Monument (see below)[8] and all with Category B status.
Notable burials[edit]
- George A. Walker Arnott (1799–1868), botanist
- Andrew Bonar (1810–1892), Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland
- Thomas Barclay (1792–1873), Principal of Glasgow University
- James Hedderwick (1814–1897), newspaper editor
- Robert Jamieson (1802–1880), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- John Mossman (1817–1890), sculptor
- William Mossman (1793–1851), sculptor
- James Seaton Reid (1798–1851), Irish-born academic
- Sarah West (1790–1876), actress
- William Rae Wilson (1817–1893), social reformer
Other memorials[edit]
Monument dating from 1847 to the leaders of the 1820 Radical War (otherwise known as the 1820 Insurrection), including John Baird (1790–1820) and Andrew Hardie.[2] Although several records state that those executed were re-interred at Sighthill that is neither likely nor what the monument itself says.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sighthill Cemetery | 0141 287 3961 | Glasgow".
- ^ a b Sighthill Cemetery Gates (Glasgow School of Art Archives), The Glasgow Story
- ^ Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery, Canmore
- ^ "Map Galleries".
- ^ "Glasgow (Sighthill) Cemetery | Cemetery Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- ^ Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow, British Listed Buildings
- ^ Lodge And Gatepiers, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow, British Listed Buildings
- ^ Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow, British Listed Buildings
- ^ "1820 Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery © Lairich Rig :: Geograph Britain and Ireland".
External links[edit]
- Sighthill Cemetery at Find a Grave
Media related to Sighthill Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
