Cemetery #3517
Glasgow Necropolis
Also known as The Glasgow Necropolis Cemetery
228
documented records
≈ 2,200–4,500
approx. capacity (graves)
0.112 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian garden cemetery on a hill east of Glasgow Cathedral. It opened in 1833 and holds around 50,000 burials. It kept records of the dead, including profession, age, sex and cause of death. Call +44 141 287 5064 to speak to the cemetery, or look at glasgownecropolis.org for more.
Read more in our story: Beneath the Headstones: Cemeteries With Catacombs, Crypts and Bone Chapels
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 55.862648° N, 4.230770° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 228, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Agnes Adam ? – 1920 
Margaret Aikman ? – 1844 - Robert Aikman ? – 1888
- William Aikman 1795 – 1865
Alexander Aitken ? – 1903 - Neil Aitken ? – 1934
- Thomas Aitken ? – 1915
- William Aitken ? – 1902
Isobel Anderson ? – 1871 
Mary Beckett 1888 – 1973 
George Bell 1860 – 1915 - Thomas Bell 1869 – 1951
Agnes Black 1850 – 1935 
Ellen Blackwood 1863 – 1867 - Frederick Blackwood 1867 – 1867
- Agnes Blair 1860 – 1863
- James Blair 1858 – 1862
- John Blair 1848 – 1892
- John Blair 1817 – 1888
- William Blair 1851 – 1919
- William Blair 1847 – 1850
Jamima Bolloch 1858 – 1907 
Janet Bowman 1857 – 1906 
Catherine Brown ? – 1894 
Margaret Brown 1860 – 1951 
Ian Brownrigg 1909 – 1990 - James Brownrigg 1880 – 1928
- Janet Brownrigg 1910 – 1986
- Margaret Brownrigg 1881 – 1935
James Bulloch 1858 – 1887 - James Bulloch 1806 – 1859
- Robert Bulloch 1833 – 1890
William Byers ? – 1884 
Marion Callender 1833 – 1912 - Thomas Callender 1799 – 1868
Jean Campbell ? – 1851 
Norman Campbell 1894 – 1950 - James Chalmers ? – 1886
- John Chalmers 1872 – 1875
- Robert Chalmers 1876 – 1877
- William Chalmers 1875 – 1878
Anne Church ? – 1916 - Campbell Church ? – 1878
- James Church 1813 – 1898
- Reginald Church 1894 – 1918
- Ursula Church 1826 – 1894
- Wilfrid Church ? – 1918
- William Church ? – 1915
- William Church ? – 1862
Isabella Clark ? – 1919
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Saint Mungo's New Burial Ground 270 m away · Glasgow
- Glasgow Cathedral Burial Grounds 280 m away · Glasgow
- Glasgow (Ramshorn) Graveyard 920 m away · Glasgow
- Calton Burial Ground, Bridgeton 1.3 km away · Glasgow · 1 record
- Sighthill Cemetery 1.4 km away · Glasgow · 138 records
- Eastern Necropolis Janefield, Glasgow 2.1 km away · Glasgow · 306 records
- Southern Necropolis 2.3 km away · Glasgow
- Riddrie Cemetery 3.3 km away · Glasgow · 92 records
- Saint Peter Cemetery Dalbeth 3.9 km away · Glasgow · 211 records
- Rutherglen Old Parish Cemetery 3.9 km away · Rutherglen · 2 records
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Common questions
How big is Glasgow Necropolis?
Glasgow Necropolis covers about 11.2 hectares (112,000 m²), about the size of 16 soccer fields. It is the 9th largest of the 37 cemeteries we list in Glasgow.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Glasgow Necropolis is that of Thomas Freeland, who died in 1822.