18-551: Morningside Cemetery may refer to: Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh , Scotland Morningside Cemetery (Malone, New York) , United States See also [ edit ] Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane , in Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery , formerly Morningside Cemetery, in Los Angeles, California, United States Topics referred to by
36-400: A "grace and favour" access door from the grounds of Dean Gallery and from Ravelston Terrace. The modern extension is only accessible at the junction of Dean Path and Queensferry Road. Dean Cemetery, originally known as Edinburgh Western Cemetery, was laid out by David Cousin (an Edinburgh architect who also laid out Warriston Cemetery ) in 1846 and was a fashionable burial ground for mainly
54-469: A decade). This section is relatively plain and generally unremarkable, but does include a line of Scottish judges against the north wall, perhaps trying to echo the "Lord's Row" against the west wall of the original cemetery. Whilst numerically greater in its number of lords it is far less eye-catching. The entire cemetery is privately owned by the Dean Cemetery Trust Limited, making it one of
72-519: A period of private ownership between the original Cemetery Company ownership and compulsory purchase by the City of Edinburgh Council in February 1992. The overall layout is broadly rectilinear but with a slight curve on its east–west axis. There is a general drop in ground levels from south to north giving an overall form of a shallow amphitheatre. Apart from a central avenue of trees on the main east–west path
90-640: Is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village , west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith , bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on its west by the Dean Gallery . A 20th-century extension lies detached from the main cemetery to the north of Ravelston Terrace. The main cemetery is accessible through the main gate on its east side, through
108-445: Is also buried here. The cemetery was soon enveloped by the city and now lies between Balcarres Street (to its north) and Morningside Drive (to its south). Its original entrance was very grand. This was off Belhaven Terrace to the east. However, although the entrance gates and railings still exist, this route is now blocked, a modern housing development, Belhaven Place, standing over the graveyard, in defiance of cemetery legislation. This
126-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh Morningside Cemetery is a cemetery in south Edinburgh . It was established in 1878 by the Metropolitan Cemetery Company, originally just outwith the then city boundary, the nearest suburb then being Morningside . It extends to just over 13 acres in area. The cemetery contains 81 war graves. Although arguably visually uninspiring
144-703: Is not controlled. The cemetery is an official Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery containing 49 war graves from World War I and 32 from World War II. The dead largely represent those dying of wounds following repatriation, linking to the nearby City Hospital. The Cross of Remembrance stands in the north-east section of the cemetery. Unusually two war graves are of female victims (both from the ATS): Margaret White Walker (1922-1945) and Jean Dewar Scougall (1921-1943). 55°55′28″N 3°12′51″W / 55.92444°N 3.21417°W / 55.92444; -3.21417 Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery
162-424: Is not the sole loss of ground: Balcarres Court has been built to the north-west; Morningside Court to the south-west; and numerous blocks have been added along most of Morningside Drive. This leaves the cemetery detached from its surroundings, hard to access, and seriously compromised in terms of its design integrity. The developments, essentially asset-stripping in relation to the original Cemetery Company, represent
180-440: Is one of the few city cemeteries to be open 24 hours per day. This has both advantages and disadvantages; exposing it to vandalism during unsocial hours. Edinburgh Council has a policy of knocking down unsafe gravestones, so many of them are broken and lying askew. There is a Friends of Morningside Cemetery group who meet weekly to look after the cemetery. The cemetery remains open to burials and interment of ashes. Style of monument
198-466: The cemetery contains the graves of several important female figures; including a female air commandant, Scotland's first female surgeon, the first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , and many church missionaries. Sir Edward Victor Appleton GBE KCB FRS (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) who was an English physicist , Nobel Prize winner (1947) and pioneer in radiophysics
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#1732898764245216-411: The extension was quickly linked to the original section by creating gaps in the mutual wall where no graves existed. The separated section north of Ravelston Terrace (previously Edgehill Nursery ) was purchased in 1877 in anticipation of a sales rate matching that of the original cemetery, but this was not to be, and the area only began to be used in 1909 (excepting John Ritchie Findlay (1898) alone for
234-751: The few cemeteries still run as it was intended to be run. The resultant layout, with its mature designed landscape, can be seen as an excellent example of a cemetery actually being visible in the form it was conceived to be seen. The southern access from Belford Road is now blocked and the entrance road here is now grassed and used for the interment of ashes. The cemetery contains sculpture by Sir John Steell , William Brodie , John Hutchison , Francis John Williamson , Pilkington Jackson , Amelia Robertson Hill , William Birnie Rhind , John Rhind , John Stevenson Rhind , William Grant Stevenson , Henry Snell Gamley , Charles McBride , George Frampton , Walter Hubert Paton and Stewart McGlashan . The cemetery stands on
252-500: The landscape is undramatic and unstructured, and lacks the atmosphere of its predecessors, such as Dean Cemetery . The overall distribution of stones is spartan, especially towards the north. Larger monuments tend to lie to the south-west. One section lies almost detached, to the south-east, accessed through a pathway between the modern housing developments, isolated as an ignoble peninsula. The local Morningside Library has an index which can be used to locate specific stones. Morningside
270-442: The middle and upper-classes. The many monuments bear witness to Scottish achievement in peace and war, at home and abroad and are a rich source of Edinburgh and Victorian history. As the cemetery plots were quickly bought up the cemetery was extended on its north side in 1871. A second set of entrance gates were built on Dean Path, matching the original entrance. Although this section was originally only accessed through this gate
288-437: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Morningside Cemetery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morningside_Cemetery&oldid=1147420661 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
306-529: The site of Dean House (built 1614), part of Dean Estate which had been purchased in 1609 by Sir William Nisbet , who became in 1616 Lord Provost of Edinburgh . The Nisbets of Dean held the office of Hereditary Poulterer to the King. The famous herald, Alexander Nisbet , of Nisbet House , near Duns, Scottish Borders , Berwickshire , is said to have written his Systems of Heraldry in Dean House. The estate house
324-400: Was demolished in 1845, and sculptured stones from it are incorporated into the south retaining wall supporting at the south side of the cemetery. This lower, hidden section also contains graves. John Swinton, Lord Swinton died in the house in 1799. Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes was born in Dean House in 1804. "N" denotes location in the first northern extension. "LR" denotes location in
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