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, covering Lanarkshire (Upper Ward) is intended to be of help to those interested in Scottish genealogical research. It is a record of all known pre-1855 accessible inscriptions in this part of Lanarkshire. Each entry gives an actual transcription of each memorial inscription. A surname index in also included at the end of each parish section.
Burial Grounds covered are: Biggar (St Mary's Churchyard), Carluke (Old Churchyard & Mauldslie Private Burial Ground), Carmichael (Churchyard & Kirkhill Private Burial Ground), Carnwath (Churchyard & Westsidewood Private Burial Ground), Carstairs Churchyard, Coulter Churchyard, Covington Churchyard, Thankerton (St John's Kirk), Crawford (Old Churchyard), Leadhills Cemetery, Navvies Burial Ground, Troloss Private Burial Ground, Crawfordjohn Churchyard, Dolphinton Churchyard, Douglas St Bride's Churchyard, Dunsyre Churchyard , Covenanter's Grave, Lamington Churchyard, Lamington Episcopal Chapel, Lanark Cemetery (St Kentigern's Churchyard), New Lanark Burial Ground, Lesmahagow Chapel, Blackwood, Corehouse Mausoleum, Libberton Churchyard, Quothquan (Old Churchyard), Pettinain Churchyard, Symington Churchyard, Major Telfer's Tomb, Walston Churchyard, Wiston Churchyard, Robertson Churchyard.
