Cemeteries · Central Scotland
Southern Necropolis
Southern Necropolis is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Southern Necropolis is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1840. Coordinates: 55.8434°, -4.2469°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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The Southern Necropolis is a cemetery in the Gorbals district of southern Glasgow, Scotland. 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.
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- Coordinates
- 55.8434, -4.2469
- District
- Glasgow City
- Postcode
- G5 0TE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Glasgow East
- Established
- 1840
Sources
- osm: w44635018 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Southern Necropolis (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Southern Necropolis?
- Southern Necropolis is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.8434°, -4.2469°.
- When was Southern Necropolis built?
- Southern Necropolis dates to 1840 — the Victorian period.