Glasgow, Thornliebank, 200 Thornliebank Road, Eastwood Churchyard
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Churchyard (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Thornliebank, 200 Thornliebank Road, Eastwood Churchyard
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Churchyard (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 163749
Site Number NS56SE 97.01
NGR NS 55294 60151
NGR Description Centred on NS 55294 60151
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/163749
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Eastwood (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Eastwood Old Cemetery, 200 Thornliebank Road, c.1725
Site of original Eastwood Church until 1781. Maxwell Mausoleum, 18th century, with fine marble sculptured panel on east flank. 18th-century Headstone to Robert Woodrow, died 1794, Minister of Eastwood, set in an Egypto-Greek monument by John Mossman, probably designed by Alexander Thomson. Among the later are the stone and cast-iron Smith Monument and a tall granite memorial for John Campbell, writer, who died in 1903.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Records Office
Repair of the Church.
Payment of #83.3.10 (Scots)
Cash Book.
1713 GD 220/6/28/Page 4
Repair of the Church.
Memo concerning payment for the work.
Accompanies a letter from Sir John Maxwell at Pollok to Mungo Graham of Gorthie.
1739 GD 220/5/1455
Repair of the Church.
Letter from Sir John Maxwell, Lord Pollok to James, 1st Duke of Montrose.
1713 GD 220/5/306
Repair of the Church.
Payment of #138 (Scots), the Duke of Montrose's proportion of the cost.
Cash Book.
1739 GD 220/6/32/740
