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From: "marybegger" <>
Subject: [WIG] Fw: Gravestones
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:40:55 +0800


Maisie (Mary Brown Clint Egger)
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:26 PM
Subject: Gravestones


The following is a sampling of information I received from listers regarding purchasing gravestones/headstones for family members buried in cemeteries in Glasgow.

Quite a few of my relatives are buried in Sighthill Cemetery, Springburn, Glasgow. This seems to be the nearest cemetery, other than the Necropolis, behind Glasgow Cathedral, for those who lived in Townhead or in the northern areas of Glasgow.

There was a cautionary note from some listers that there has been much vandalism and out and out theft of gravestones in some of the cemeteries. We were also cautioned by the docent at Glasgow Cathedral gift shop not to wander around the Necropolis looking for other relatives' gravesites because of the "druggies" and other unsavoury characters frequenting this cemetery. This is an appalling situation and one that should not obtain:

Thank you to the listers on the Lanark gen. site for the following information on costs, etc:

#1 Response:

Headstone Arranged through
Monkland Memorials
Cemetery Gates
Viewfield Rd.
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
Scotland ML5 SPT

2ft. 6in X 2 ft 3 in
27 letters for both parents in gold lettering with names and dates of birth and age

Cost: £450 for headstone: £90 cemetery fee: £145 for inscription = £685 total

Monklands Memorials billed the lister in Canada and also provided photographs (and a brochure.)


#2 Response:

Headstone Arranged through the Co-operative Society

White marble "open book" design, plus inscription
2' 5" width - 1" 5" length
On a stand with a set-in vase, metal lid to remove old water and dead flowers.
Cost £350.

#3 Response:

Headstone advertisement pricing stones at around £600, which may or may not include other costs.
There is a place at Eglinton Toll, Glasgow, called Lipton's.

#4 Response:

Headstone information
Mossmans
284 High Street,
Glasgow, Scotland
Attn. Jim Bruce Fax 0141 552 2161

Lister Duncan Malcolm went above and beyond by making a personal visit to Mossman's to make enquiries.

The cost of stones varies according to size and materials - granite is most expensive and lasts much longer without maintenance.

Cemetery fee: £95 for foundation works
Stone: £200 - £600 depending on the size and quality
Inscription: £1.65 to £2.25 per letter --- with a suggestion to cut into the stone as opposed to raised
"lead" letters as it is cheaper and lasts longer.

Duncan wrote to Glasgow City Council Offices, 20 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5ES, but they are unable to supply maps or plans of the cemetery for public use but he was given a contact who, given sufficient notice, would be able to make arrangements to direct him to the site (of his grandparents' grave.)

This information from the listers has been most helpful. I will forward it to other gen. sites as a guideline for those who may be interested in erecting headstones or gravestones in memory of their relatives.

In grateful appreciation,

Maisie (Mary Brown Clint) Egger
formerly of Townhead and Balornock, Glasgow
Paso Robles, California

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