• 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...
  • 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...
  • Southern Necropolis Eastern addition (provided by Glasgow City Archives) Note: there is no orientation on this plan, but the shape of the site boundary wall would...
  • Do you want to learn more about Glasgow Southern Necropolis? Visit CWGC for its history, location maps, visitor information, and war dead casualty details.
  • The Southern Necropolis may lack the charm (and funding) of its northern counterpart, but that does not make it any less important or significant to Glasgow’s...
  • With over 250,000 souls, including notable Glaswegian figures, the Southern Necropolis offers a unique stroll through centuries of history, art, and architecture...
  • On the evening of 23rd September 1954, Glasgow police received a call summoning them to the Southern Necropolis, a vast cemetery in the Gorbals, one of the...
  • The Southern Necropolis opened in 1840. The final resting place of over 250,000 contributors to Glasgow`s rich historical legacy.
  • The Southern Necropolis was officially opened in July 1840 and the first burial took place on 21st July 1840.
  • The Southern Necropolis is a cemetery in the Gorbals district of southern Glasgow, Scotland.