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Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery

Cemetery (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery

Classification Cemetery (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Fountainwell Road; Keppochhill Road

Canmore ID 45013

Site Number NS66NW 26

NGR NS 60194 67134

NGR Description Centred on NS 60194 67134

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45013

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Page 18/1 General view of Glasgow, Sighthill Cemetery.
General view.
Titled "Sighthill Cemetery."
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No.146: THE THOMAS ANNAN ALBUM.
Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery, NS66NW 26, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Sighthill Cemetery, 201 Springburn Road, opened 1840

19 hectares (46 acres) on a dramatic hill site. Lodge and Gateway to Sighthill Cemetery, Springburn Road, 1839, John Stephen. Greek-detailed miniature temple acts as lodge at gateway to Cemetery; modern iron gates and railings. Martyr's Memorial, 1847 to John Baird and Andrew Hardie, the hanged leaders of the Radical uprising of 1820. Tall classical pedestal, relief sculpture on one face, grey sandstone, bellcast cap, draped urn. Many tombstones by John Mossman and others, commemorating the architect William Leiper, the shipbuilder Robert Curle and Bailie James Moir, a Parliamentary reformer. The Mitchell Library has his book collection and named the James Moir Hall in his memory. Gateway, Keppochhill Road, with the original decorative cast iron.

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Architecture Notes

NS66NW 26.00 60194 67134

NS66NW 26.01 60220 67033 Martyrs' Monument (Memorial to Baird and Hardie)

NS66NW 26.02 60106 67395 Keppochill Road Gateway

NS66NW 26.03 60383 66970 Sprinburn Road Lodge and Gatepiers

NMRS REFERENCE:

Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery - Gate & Chapel.

Architect: J. Stevens, 1839.

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