St Andrews Cathedral, Graveyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Andrews Cathedral, Graveyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 103341
Site Number NO51NW 2.08
NGR NO 51459 16661
NGR Description Centred on NO 51459 16664
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 153122
Image showing the head and shoulders of a statue of an angel, with graffiti on the face, Cathedral Graveyard, St. Andrews.
Papers of Robert Reinhardt, photographer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
© Â Robert Reinhardt
SC 1459772
View of headstone to James Kirk d. 1878, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459773
View of part buried headstone with trade symbols, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459791
Detail of mural monument, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459814
View of monument to David Stevenson Ireland d.1890 and wife Amelia Bonthrone d.1891, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459816
Memorial to Mary Watson Wemyss d. 1880 and family, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459819
Detail of carving on end panel of the Judith Nairne Stone 1646, St Andrew's Cathedral burial ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459822
View of tomb, St Andrew's Cathedral Burial Ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1530555
View of Celtic Cross, St Andrews Cathedral burial ground
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1985
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1530556
View of gravestone with initials 'A S' and date 1750, St Andrews Cathedral burial ground
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1985
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
DP 248851
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 248863
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 248870
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2228294
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228304
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1269319
St Andrews Cathedral and Priory, The Pends, St Andrews. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-west.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1949
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
SC 1459764
General view of mural monument dated 1646, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459774
View of headstone to James Spence, labourer d. 1863, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459777
View of headstone to David Anderson d. 1827, his daughter Catherine and wife Janet Berwick, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459783
View of headstone erected by Thomas Key, wright, in memory of his wife Elizabeth Hamilton d.1841, his father Robert Key d.1823, his mother Margery Brown d.1811 and his sister Janet d.1813, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459798
View of monument to the Darcie family, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459800
View of headstone to James Colquhoun Irvine 1877-1951, principal and vice chancellor of the University of St Andrews, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459804
General view with memorial crosses, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459806
View of red sandstone mural monument, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1673388
Oblique aerial view of the remains of the cathedral and burial ground, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2228286
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228289
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228311
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228312
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228319
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459763
View of memorial to crew of barque 'Merlin' wrecked at St Andrew's March 1881, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459766
View of headstone to Helen Aitken d. 1723, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459809
General view of St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459810
General view of mural shrine and walls, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459817
View of gravestone to the Drysdale family, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery .
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459820
General view of the Judith Nairne Coped Stone 1646, St Andrew's Cathedral Burial Ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1673391
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cathedral and burial-ground, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1673395
Oblique aerial view of the remains of St Andrews Cathedral and burial-ground with the gas works adjacent, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2228288
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228293
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228297
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459776
View of reverse side of obelisk to Allan Robertson showing crossed clubs and balls, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459780
View of mural tomb to Sir Lyon Playfair d.1861 and family, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459782
View of mural monument, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459799
View of obelisk memorial to Daniel Wilson and family0, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459802
Detail of memorial to David James Henry and wife Esther, 1866-90, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459805
Memorial to Mary Watson Wemyss d. 1880 and family, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
DP 248852
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 248858
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 248868
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
13/3/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1765608
View of mural tomb for Sir Lyon Playfair, dated 1861, in the burial ground of St Andrew's Cathedral.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
1987
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1765610
View of headstone, with Adam and Eve design, no name, early 18th century, in the burial ground of St Andrews Catherdral.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
1987
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228295
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228316
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1268657
St Andrews, general view, showing St Andrews Cathedral and St Andrews Castle. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
2/9/1947
© HES (Aerofilms Collection)
DP 153123
Detail of relief showing the head and wings of an angel, the Cathedral Graveyard, St. Andrews.
Papers of Robert Reinhardt, photographer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
© Â Robert Reinhardt
SC 1459762
View of mural monument, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459797
Detail of monument to the Ogilvy Fairlie family, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459801
View of memorial cross to Mary Bentinck Smith 1864-1921, headmistress of St Leonard's School 1907-21, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459824
Detail of gravestone Elizabeth Honyman 1683, St Andrew's Cathedral Museum.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459825
Detail of carved headstone showing Green Man, St Andrews Cathedral Museum.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1530554
View of Celtic Cross, St Andrews Cathedral burial ground
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1985
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1673387
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cathedral and burial-ground, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1673390
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cathedral and burial-ground, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1673394
Oblique aerial view of the remains of the cathedral and burial-ground with the gas works adjacent, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2228282
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228300
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228301
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228309
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228314
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1037618
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of St Andrews cathedral and burial-ground, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1459765
View of front panel St Andrew's sarcophagus, St Andrew's Cathedral museum.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459775
View of obelisk to the golfer Allan Robertson who died 1859, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459808
View of burial plaque to William Playfair, Physician d. 1903, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459813
General view across St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery with memorial crosses.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459821
View of the mural monument to William Preston d. 1657, showing skeleton in hammock, St Andrew's Cathedral Burial Ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
DP 312705
Perspective view of tower, graveyard, St Andrews Cathedral inscribed 'Tower on Cathedral Wall, St Andrews, WL 1888'.
Neil Hynd
1888
© Courtesy of HES (Neil Hynd)
SC 2228290
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228296
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228306
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228308
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228313
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 2228320
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Museum, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 948318
Gravestone at St Andrews Cathedral graveyard to Elizabeth Hamilton 1841, detail to show lettering
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
1986
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1037619
Oblique aerial view of St Andrews centred on the remains of the cathedral and burial-ground, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1205896
Oblique aerial view of the remains of St Andrews Cathedral and burial-ground with the gas works adjacent, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
15/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 153124
Image of angel pointing towards the heavens, with cross behind, Cathedral Graveyard, St. Andrews.
Papers of Robert Reinhardt, photographer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
© Â Robert Reinhardt
SC 1459760
General view of graveyard and ruins, St Andrew's Cathedral.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459778
Detail of graveslab, possibly to Russell, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459781
View of mural monument, St Andrew's Cathedral graveyard.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459784
Detail of carving of Green Man, St Andrew's Cathedral museum
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459807
View of monument to David Stevenson Ireland d.1890 and wife Amelia Bonthrone d.1891, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459811
View of mural monument "Provost Sword" dated 1657, St Andrew's Cathedral cemetery.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459815
View of grave slab to Harriet Wynox Dempster d. 1877 aged 70, St Andrew's Cathedral Eastern cemetery .
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459818
Detail of carving on end panel of the Judith Nairne Stone 1646, St Andrew's Cathedral burial ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1459823
View of mural monument to Normand Macleod d.1772, St Andrew's Cathedral Burial Ground.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
c. 1970
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
SC 1765609
View of gravestone for David Russel, dated 1649, in the burial ground of St Andrews Cathedral.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
1987
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
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Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in St Andrews Cathedral Burial Ground, Fife.
Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
© HES (Betty Willsher Collection)
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- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Photographic Survey (1985)
Recording of gravestones in St Andrews Cathedral burial ground, Fife, by Mrs Betty Willsher in 1985.
