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Edinburgh, Morningside Cemetery

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Cemetery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, Morningside Cemetery

Classification Cemetery (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 87700

Site Number NT27SW 227

NGR NT 2427 7081

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87700

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Aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Image showing a pile of gravestones, all overturned, Morningside Cemtery, EdinburghDetail of a statue of an angel reading, with arm missing. Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Detail of bronze relief of an angel, corroded, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital with the cemetery adjacent, taken from the NNW.Detail of monument in memory of George Brown (died 1st July 1935). Located near the North wall of Morningside Cemetery.Image showing statue of angel, damaged with arms missing, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Detail of a statue of an angel, weathered. Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Oblique aerial view.Detail of portrait sculpture on monument in memory of Lord Reginald Macleod. Located at Morningside Cemetery.Image showing a badly damaged statue of an angel, fallen. Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital with the cemetery adjacent, taken from the NNW.Detail of bronze relief showing an angel and cherub, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.Morningside Cemetery. Aerial view.Detail of overturned gravestone, broken, Morningside Cemetery, EdinburghAerial view.Oblique aerial view.Morningside Cemetery. View of tombstone of Alison Cunningham, Robert Louis Stevenson's nurse.Detail of bronze portrait plaque on monument in memory of George Whitton Johnstone RSA, RSW (died 22nd February 1901). Located in the upper West section of Morningside Cemetery.Morningside, Morningside Cemetery. Aerial view.Morningside Cemetery. Aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital with the cemetery adjacent, taken from the NNW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SW 227 2427 7081

Opened 1878 and subsequently reduced in size by developments at former Belhaven Terrace entrance at E (Belhaven Place) where cemetery entrance gate piers are still in situ; along former Morningside Drive boundary wall to S (The Crescent); and W portion of site (Morningside Court and Balcarres Court).

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Morningside Cemetery, Morningside Drive, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH10 5JN

Status: In current use for burials

Size: 5.32 hectares, 13.14 acres

Polygon: No

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Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Public cemetery opened 1878

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 15 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 15 September 2005

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