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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: Chudleigh on Wednesday 30 September 20 11:23 BST (UK)
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Many old graveyards (attached to ecclesiastical buildings) and cemeteries have disappeared from Lanarkshire. Often, burial records, lair plans and M.I. records remain with the local authorities and can be consulted by family historians. I have written up brief histories on Glasgow City's lost burial grounds for the GWSFHS's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/gwsfhs/) and am now trying to identify more in the Lanarkshire area. Can anyone help with other local burial grounds that have now disappeared?
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Broomknoll churchyard, Chapel Street burial ground and most of Wellwynd churchyard, all three were in the burgh of Airdrie.
1st Relief Congregation Church burial ground in Lower Auchingramont Road, Hamilton.
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Thank you - I picked up the Airdrie ones from your excellent post in 2018, though I wondered if any others were covered in the 'Raddle' article "The Churchyards of Airdrie Burgh"? The Central Library in Hamilton is presently looking out information for me on the Lower Auchingramont Road site.
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The article published in the Raddle was mine! The Central Library has an excellent lair plan of the 1st Relief burial ground, it includes lair owners, if you can't get a copy send me a pm.
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Lodger,
Don't know if you can help but, the burial ground that I cannot find anywhere relates to Bellshill Relief Church.
After years of searching, I finally found all the baptisms for one family recorded at Bellshill Relief, between 1787 and 1802.
I know they lived elswhere in Lanarkshire at this time and assume that Bellshill Relief was their home parish church.
I also located burial records for the mother in 1831, Father in 1851 in the register
Second wife is not on the register but, her 1855 death certificate states she was buried in Bellshill Burying Ground.
I'm guessing that this burial ground has disappeared but, would you know where it was?
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Hi Anne,
The burial ground is still there, probably in a modified form due to road-widening etc.
The church is still in use and is a landmark building, right at the cross in Bellshill.
http://standrewsufchurch.co.uk/
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Thank You Lodger,
Will take a wee trip over there this week and have a good scout around.
He was a fairly wealthy man so, I'm hoing against hope that some form of headstone still exists.
Before locating this register, I did a lot of research on this family and shared it with someone who chose to place it all on a public tree.
Within weeks, the information was appearing on multiple trees and had grown impossible arms and legs.
Additional children, ridiculous parents and a wealth of impossible ancestors have been added to this family.
Even although the father is on the 1851 census stating that he was born in Bothwell, this info was ignored and everyone simply copied from everyone else
Thanks
Anne
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Within weeks, the information was appearing on multiple trees and had grown impossible arms and legs.
Additional children, ridiculous parents and a wealth of impossible ancestors have been added to this family.
Even although the father is on the 1851 census stating that he was born in Bothwell, this info was ignored and everyone simply copied from everyone else
This is why I have 2 trees on Ancestry, one simple one with just names and dates without siblings and another, complete tree with photographs, certificates, census information, all known siblings in each generation and any other details that I find. This one I keep for my own use and only allow a few select people to view.
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Lodger
Thank you for your help, and Hamilton Central Library has kindly sent me a copy of the lair plan of the burial ground at Lower Auchingramont Road. I noticed on an earlier post that you have a photo of the former UPCS premises and I wondered if I could have your permission to copy it for my article for the FHS web page? I will of course acknowledge you as a source.
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Hi Chudleigh,
Yes, by all means use the image. One of my gt-gt-gt-grandmothers was baptised by the minister of that church shortly after her birth, she was born on 20th September 1800, 220 years ago.
The building now houses the auction market belonging to L.S. Smellie Ltd.
I think one stone has survived from the burial ground which is now the car park behind Hamilton Town Hall and Central Library, it is built into the back boundary wall of the car park.
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Hi Chudleigh, here is the picture you asked for in your p.m. It is taken from Muir Street, the road running up on the left is Lower Auchengramont Rd, the burial ground would have been on the left, out of the picture.
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Hi Lodger
Could I just clarify - the First Relief Congregational Church (United Presbyterian) became the Muir Street Relief Church and then became Auchingramont Church, before the congregation moved away, presumably in the first half of the 20th century? You've probably seen it, but there was a fascinating photo of the burial ground in The Hamilton Advertiser, including Keiths Buildings in the background.
Chudleigh
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Yes, I think it was always officially "1st Relief Congregation" but that was too much of a mouthful for the good folk of Hamilton, so it was known locally as "Muir St Relief". It moved up to Brandon Street I think and then later merged with Auchingramont. This chart may be useful. I've seen the picture, yes.