Edinburgh, Piersfield Terrace, Piershill Cemetery
Cemetery (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Piersfield Terrace, Piershill Cemetery
Classification Cemetery (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Portobello Road; Northern Broadway; Mountcastle Green; War Memorial; Jewish Soldiers War Memorial; War Memorial Cross Of Sacrifice
Canmore ID 78570
Site Number NT27SE 552
NGR NT 29060 74139
NGR Description Centred NT 29060 74139
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78570
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 552.00 29060 74139 Piershill Cemetery
NT27SE 552.01 29169 74112 Tahara House
NT27SE 552.02 28957 74210 Gate Lodge
NT27SE 552.03 29008 74031 Cemetery Extension
NT27SE 552.04 28954 74095 Cemetery Extension
NT27SE 552.05 29223 74069 Cemetery Extension
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
N.B. This reference applies collectively to NT27SE 552.00, NT27SE 552.03, NT27SE 552.04, NT27SE 552.05
Address: Piershill Cemetery and Extensions, Piersfield Terrace, Edinburgh
Postcode: EH8 7BN
Status: In current use for burials
Size: Cemetery: 2.27 hectares, 5.61 acres; Cemetery Extension (552.03): 1.04 hectares, 2.58 acres; Cemetery Extension (552.04): 0.65 hectares, 1.61 acres; Cemetery Extension (552.05): 1.12 hectares, 2.76 acres
Polygon: No
TOIDs:
Number of gravestones: Not known
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not Known
Description: Public cemetery opened 1888, including current Jewish Cemetery and associated Chapel.
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 15 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 15 September 2005
NMRS Print Room
Inglis Photograph Collection, Acc no 1994/90
Monument 'Sacred to the memory of the Great Lafayette...' 1871 - 1911 who died in the fire at the Empire Theatre where he was showing his performing dogs. In front is a slab inscribed 'Dedicated to the loving memory of my dearest BEAUTY', his dog.
Lafayette was Sigmund Neuburger, 1873 - 1911
