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Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Comely Bank Cemetery And War Memorial
Cemetery (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, Comely Bank Cemetery And War Memorial
Classification Cemetery (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Craigleith Road; Comely Bank Cemetery War Memorial Wall
Canmore ID 87714
Site Number NT27SW 229
NGR NT 23387 74686
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87714
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 229 23387 74686
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: Comely Bank Cemetery, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh
Postcode: EH4 2DL
Status: In current use for burials (limited space)
Size: 2.29 hectares, 5.66 acres
Polygon: No
TOIDs:
Number of gravestones: Not known
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not known
Description: Public cemetery opened 1843
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 13 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 13 September 2005
Note (25 August 2014)
A war memorial and graves lie within the cemetery (at NT 23357 74655). Said to have been designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, the granite gravestones lie flat.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 25 August 2014.
