Well folks, I paid a long visit to the Globe yesterday, the weather was excellent and I took LOTS of pictures.
To be honest, it was about 40 years since I was last there (and I'm only in my late twenties!) and since that time the trees have really grown, so it does look a bit like it's in the middle of the woods.
Almost 99% of the stones I saw had either a date prior to mid 1905 (when Airbles cemetery opened) or had a reference to an earlier burial (children who died in infancy). So, as soon as Airbles opened, burials at the Globe began to drop away unless there was family already buried there. Which means it's really a very small window in the history of the parish of Dalziel, from 1876 until probably the late 1950s or early 1960s.
There are 3 family plots from my grandmother's side of the family there, I remembered where 2 of them were situated but never knew where the other one was. Out of the 2 that I knew, one stone had either disappeared or was lying on its face and the other was broken in two and lying on its back.
I will try to edit the pictures as soon as possible and then post a list of what I have.
In the meantime, anyone who thinks there may be a family plot there can contact me.
It seems to me that there will be a lot of incomers to Motherwell buried here. It was opened because of the growing population due to the new Iron & Steel works and the railways, coal mines etc. Many of these people came up from England & Wales. The locals were still using their old family plots in the 2 parochial burial grounds (one at Dalziel Old Manse and the other at Windmillhill).
Some stones at the Globe have reference to children who were interred in these churchyards earlier.
Some stones have survived really well while others, like the huge memorial to the Colville family, have been obliterated.
I'll add a couple of pictures here to give an idea.
One thing I should mention, it is NOT a good idea to visit this place alone. I parked at the top end of Braidhurst Street and it took me a good 10 minutes walk, down a very isolated path to reach the cemetery. The path continues up into Kirklee, a part of New Stevenson and, as I was walking down, (just before midday), 2 delightful specimens of young womanhood came from the Kirklee direction, one of them was carrying a half-full bottle of Buckfast wine and they were both in a very jolly condition. Pictured below, the one in the pink top was carrying the bottle.
