Photographs of the Southern Necropolis in the Gorbals district of Glasgow

Photographs of the Southern Necropolis

in the Gorbals district of Glasgow

It was opened in the year 1840

to provide an affordable and respectable place of burial

for the people of Gorbals

and the surrounding areas of the City of Glasgow.

Over 250,000 individuals have been buried within the many lairs.

There are three sections to the cemetery:

Central opened in 1840; Eastern opened in 1846;

and the larger Western section opened in 1850.

The entrance to the cemetery is via the grand gatehouse built in 1848.

The cemetery is protected as a Category B listed building,

the gate lodge is listed at Category A.

City of Glasgow

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