Glasgow Necropolis
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral in an area bordered by the Townhead and Dennistoun districts to the north east of the modern city centre.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow”
- Address: 70 Cathedral Square, Glasgow, G4 0UZ
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Cathedral and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
Glasgow Cathedral
Church
Photo: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Glasgow Cathedral is situated 570 feet west of Glasgow Necropolis.
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Museum
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum of religion in Glasgow, Scotland. It has been described as the only public museum in the world devoted solely to this subject, although other notable museums of this kind are the State Museum of the History of Religion in St. St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is situated 910 feet west of Glasgow Necropolis.
Provand’s Lordship
Museum
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Provand's Lordship is a medieval historic house museum in Glasgow, Scotland. It is in the Townhead area, at the top of Castle Street within sight of Glasgow Cathedral and next to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. Provand’s Lordship is situated 1,100 feet west of Glasgow Necropolis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Townhead and Dennistoun.
Townhead
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townhead is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.
Dennistoun
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Maclean, CC BY 2.0.
Dennistoun is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about 1+1⁄4 miles east of the city centre.
Royston
Suburb
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royston/Roystonhill is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It was previously known as The Garngad and is still known as such by residents that have a familial link and is still displayed in local shops and bars.
Glasgow Necropolis
- Category: burial
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8628° or 55° 51′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.23185° or 4° 13′ 55″ westInception
1833Open location code
9C7QVQ79+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 4991193OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1529512
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Glasgow Necropolis” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Necropolis de Glasgow”
- Chinese: “格拉斯哥墓地”
- Chinese: “格拉斯哥大墓地”
- Dutch: “Glasgow Necropolis”
- Esperanto: “Glasgova Nekropolo”
- French: “Glasgow Necropolis”
- French: “Nécropole de Glasgow”
- German: “Glasgow Necropolis”
- Italian: “Glasgow Necropolis”
- Scots: “Glesga Necropolis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cladh Mór Ghlaschu”
- Spanish: “Necropolis de Glasgow”
- Spanish: “Necrópolis de Glasgow”
- “Glasgow Necropolis”
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