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Edinburgh, Grange Cemetery, With Boundary Walls And Railings

Cemetery (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, Grange Cemetery, With Boundary Walls And Railings

Classification Cemetery (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Marchmont; Beaufort Road; Edinburgh Southern Cemetery; Lover's Loan; Kilgraston Road

Canmore ID 87701

Site Number NT27SE 591

NGR NT 25689 71909

NGR Description Centred NT 25689 71909

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87701

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 591.00 25689 71909

NT27SE 591.01 25762 72006 Gates and Gate-piers.

NT27SE 591.02 25695 71887 Vaults

NT27SE 591.03 25583 71793 Cemetery Extension

NT27SE 591.04 25575 71827 Cemetery Extension

NT27SE 591.05 25566 71851 Cemetery Extension

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

N.B. This reference applies collectively to NT27SE 591.00, NT27SE 591.03, NT27SE 591.04, NT27SE 591.05

Address: Grange Cemetery, Beaufort Road, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH1 1RF

Status: In current use for burials

Size: Cemetery: 4.10 hectares, 10.12 acres; Cemetery Extension (591.03): 0.28 hectares, 0.70 acres; Cemetery Extension (591.04): 0.19 hectares, 0.47 acres; Cemetery Extension (591.05): 0.15 hectares, 0.37 acres

Polygon: No

TOIDs:

Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Public cemetery opened 1847

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 20 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 20 September 2005

Architecture Notes

NT27SE 591.00 25689 71909

Designed by David Bryce, and opened 15 May 1847. The first internment was Dr Thomas Chalmers.

Grange Association 1982

NT27SE 591.01 25762 72006 Gates and Gate-piers.

NT27SE 591.02 25695 71887 Vaults

NT27SE 591.03 25583 71793 Cemetery Extension

NT27SE 591.04 25575 71827 Cemetery Extension

NT27SE 591.05 25566 71851 Cemetery Extension

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