Location 11 - Southern Necropolis
First laid out in 1840, the Southern Necropolis provided a burial ground for the greatly increased population.
The ornate gatehouse is the work of Charles Wilson in 1848.
Picture: Gatehouse to necropolis
It
replaced the Old Gorbals Burial Ground in Old Rutherglen Road that had become
seriously overcrowded. It held two of the mass burial pits resulting from smallpox
epidemics.The graves of some well-known people are inside, though not all are
clearly recognisable.
Picture: Detail of gatehouse
Dominating
the skyline over the gatehouse, looking from inside the necropolis, are two
recently improved tower blocks.
Picture: Improved tower blocks
The cemetery contains over a quarter of a million burials.
Map of the Necropolis - Click on a Burial Site for More Information
Layout derived from 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of 1865.
People’s details and superimposed numbers are based on the work of Colin Mackie.
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Famous for his chain of grocers shops and for his sailing exploits.
In the same lair are buried his parents who ran a shop in Crown Street.
Grandson of Robert Paterson, the original of Sir Walter Scott's Old Mortality
back to mapDesigned and built the engine of the Comet, Europe's first sea-going steamship
back to mapDesigned and built the first Cluthas, small steamships first used as ferries but latterly mainly associated with pleasure trips 'doon the watter'.
back to mapOfficers of the Glasgow Humane Society, which has saved many from drowning in the Clyde (stone lying flat on ground).
back to mapBecame Chief Constable of Glasgow after involvement with the Bread Riots.
back to mapProlific writer on social issues; pioneer oframblers' clubs; famous for his book, Rambles Round Glasgow (small stone lying on ground).
back to mapTemperance leader; founder of the Band of Hope in Glasgow.
back to mapArchitect of Caledonia Road Church and much of old Gorbals.
(grave currently unmarked - lair to left of 'John Brown' stone).
Master craftsman who carried out William Leiper's design for Glasgow's 'Doge's Palace', the former Templeton's carpet factory overlooking Glasgow Green.
back to mapStreet musician, a great favourite in his time.
back to map'The lady turns her head, just after you pass'.
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