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Cemetery Registers
The History & Glasgow Room of the Mitchell Library holds the
records of some twenty Glasgow cemeteries covering the period from the 18th
century to the 1950s; there are a few also in Glasgow City Archives, as well as
lair plans and registers of burials in intra-mural burial grounds, 1870-1950.
The arrangement is chronological within each cemetery and there are no indexes.
A comprehensive listing, including location of registers and monumental
inscriptions can be found in:-
Additional cemetery registers for Glasgow, along with more recent records, are kept by the Cemeteries and Crematoria Section of the City of Glasgow Council Parks Department, 2 Port Dundas Place, Glasgow G2 3LB (tel. 0141-333 0800)
Monumental Inscriptions
Parish registers of burials are particularly defective in Scotland and
gravestones are often the only surviving death record before compulsory
registration began in 1855. Little transcription of gravestones has been done in
Glasgow. The Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society has published a
complete index to St David's Ramshorn Burial Ground. The Mitchell
Library holds lists for many other graveyards in Scotland - a full
catalogue is available in the History & Glasgow Room.
Some Cemeteries past and present around the City of Glasgow
Calton
Cemetery (1786) Abercromby Street
Cardonald Cemetery (1922) 545 Mosspark Boulevard
Carmunnock Churchyard, Carmunnock Village
Cathcart
Churchyard, 115 Carmunnock Road
Daldowie Crematorium (1955) Hamilton Road, Broomhouse, Uddingston
Eastern Necropolis (1847) Janefield Cemetery, 1264 Gallowgate
Eastwood New Cemetery (1911) 271 Thornliebank Road
Glasgow Necropolis (1832) Cathedral Square
Gorbals Churchyard (1715) Old Rutherglen Road
Govan Churchyard, 868 Govan Road
High Church Burial Ground, Cathedral Square
(note:
date of first surviving register for this burial ground is 1699)
Kirk Lane Cemetery (1764) Riverbank Street
Lambhill Cemetery (1881) 1035 Balmore Road
Linn Cemetery and Crematorium (1961) Lainshaw Drive
Maryhill Churchyard (1826) 1956 Maryhill Road
Partick Quaker Cemetery (1711) Keith Street, Partick
Ramshorn Churchyard (1720) Ingram Street
Riddrie Park Cemetery (1901) 1171 Cumbernauld Road
Sighthill Cemetery (1840) 225 Springburn Road
(alternative entrance in Keppochhill Road)
Southern Necropolis (1840) 316 Caledonia Road
St Kentigern Cemetery (1882) 957 Balmore Road
Tollcross Churchyard (1806) Corbett Street
Western Necropolis (1882) Tresta Road
Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society
Abraham Lincs House,
43
Queen Square
Glasgow,
G41
2DB
Tel: 0141 423 4420
Glenduffhill Cemetery (1937) 278 Hallhill Road, Glasgow,
Sandymount Cemetery (1906) Hallhill Road
Linn Cemetery and Crematorium (1961) Lainshaw Drive
Daldowie Crematorium (1955) Hamilton Road, Broomhouse, Uddingston
It is also worth noting that Clydebank Crematorium in West Dumbartonshire is also used by Glasgow folk.
Cemeteries in Glasgow | Cemeteries in North Lanarkshire | Cemeteries in South Lanarkshire
my thanks to June Willing for corrections to the data on this page.
Based on pages created by Robert Dixon.