This second volume in a series of pre-1855 monumental inscriptions in the
City of Edinburgh, includes a list of inscriptions from two burial grounds in
the Burgh and parish of Canongate.
From 1855 compulsory registration has been in force in Scotland, and records
are maintained by the Registrar General of all births, marriage and deaths in
the county. Post-1855 inscriptions have been recorded here if they mention a
surname appearing also on an adjacent pre-1855 stone, and for some of the
smaller burial grounds, all inscriptions have been recorded.
This volume lists nearly 400 monuments and about 2000 names mentioned in this
volume, although this represents only a fraction of the much larger burials, as
few families could afford the cost of a stone monument in the 18th and 19th
centuries. Fortunately full records of the burials have been kept and are
available in a number of libraries as well as having been microfilmed by the LDS
as part of the 'Old Parish Records of the Burgh of Canongate' records.
Contents:
Foreword
Abbreviations
Canongate Churchyard
- Index of Surnames
- Index of Places
- Index of Military Units
Holyrood Chapel Royal
- Index of Surnames
- Index of Places Outside of Scotland
- Index of Military Units
