Friends of Glasgow Necropolis
Contact c/o Cathedral House Hotel, 28/32 Cathedral Square, Glasgow D4 OXA
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Website http://www.glasgownecropolis.org
The Friends group was launched on 22 June 2005 and is a registered charity.In 1831 a competition was held for designs to convert the Fir Park into a cemetery. David Bryce of Edinburgh won first prize and his brother John of Glasgow the second. George Mylne was appointed to landscape the cemetery and was appointed as Superintendent and head gardener. The first burial was in 1832. After extensions, over the years the cemetery area ended up as 37 acres. There were 50,000 burials and the Necropolis was one of the few cemeteries to record details of the deceased including profession and cause of death.