Sighthill Cemetery Explained

Sighthill Cemetery
Map Type:	Scotland
Established:	1840
Location:	Central Glasgow, Scotland
Country:	United Kingdom
Coordinates:	55.877°N -4.2362°W
Type:	Active

Sighthill Cemetery is an active cemetery in central Glasgow, Scotland dating from 1840. It has an operational crematorium.^[1] It lies within the Sighthill neighbourhood on the A803 Springburn Road between Cowlairs Park and Petershill Park, north of Glasgow city centre, bounded to the north by Keppochhill Road.

History

Sighthill Cemetery was laid out on former farmland linked to the Fountainwell Farm in 1839/40.^[2] ^[3]

The first burial was on 24 April 1840. The cemetery is laid out in an informal pattern with serpentine paths, typical of the first British cemeteries.^[4]

The cemetery contains 116 war graves.^[5]

The cemetery itself is a listed entity,^[6] and its entrance lodge with gates^[7] and the Martyrs' Monument (see below)^[8] and all with Category B status.

Notable burials

George A. Walker Arnott (1799–1868), botanist
Andrew Bonar (1810–1892), Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland
Thomas Barclay (1792–1873), Principal of Glasgow University
James Hedderwick (1814–1897), newspaper editor
Robert Jamieson (1802–1880), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
John Mitchell (1786–1881) was a Glasgow merchant and ship owner, known as "the Father of the Glasgow Town Council".
John Mossman (1817–1890), sculptor
William Mossman (1793–1851), sculptor
James Seaton Reid (1798–1851), Irish-born academic
Sarah West (1790–1876), actress
William Rae Wilson (1817–1893), social reformer

Other memorials

Monument dating from 1847 to the leaders of the 1820 Radical War (otherwise known as the 1820 Insurrection), including John Baird (1790–1820) and Andrew Hardie.^[2] Although several records state that those executed were re-interred at Sighthill that is neither likely nor what the monument itself says.^[9]

Notes and References

Web site: Sighthill Cemetery | 0141 287 3961 | Glasgow.
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE01009 Sighthill Cemetery Gates (Glasgow School of Art Archives)
https://canmore.org.uk/site/45013/glasgow-225-springburn-road-sighthill-cemetery Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery
Web site: Map Galleries .
Web site: Glasgow (Sighthill) Cemetery | Cemetery Details . .
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200377437-sighthill-cemetery-225-springburn-road-glasgow-glasgow#.YxfN5-zTVkw Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200377439-lodge-and-gatepiers-sighthill-cemetery-225-springburn-road-glasgow-glasgow#.YxfOjezTVkw Lodge And Gatepiers, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200377440-martyrs-monument-sighthill-cemetery-225-springburn-road-glasgow-glasgow#.YxfOPezTVkw Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow