Rosebank Cemetery
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Rosebank Cemetery is a 19th-century burial ground in Edinburgh
, Scotland. It is located at the junction of Pilrig Street and Broughton Road in the Pilrig
area, close to the historical boundary of Leith
. The cemetery is protected as a Category C(s) listed building.
A large memorial commemorates the Quintinshill rail disaster of 22 May 1915, in which 215 soldiers of 7th Battalion The Royal Scots were killed. The men, mostly from Leith, were on their way to board ship at Liverpool. The bodies were returned to Leith and buried on 24 May. These are among 270 First World War casualties and 36 Second World War casualties interred at Rosebank.
A number of 19th-century merchants and ship owners from Leith are buried at Rosebank. There are also several 20th-century Islamic burials
.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Scotland. It is located at the junction of Pilrig Street and Broughton Road in the Pilrig
Pilrig
Pilrig is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name derives from a tower at the end of a field .Pilrig lies midway between Leith and Edinburgh, west of Leith Walk. It is split by Pilrig Street, which marks the division between the EH6 and EH7 postcode districts...
area, close to the historical boundary of Leith
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
. The cemetery is protected as a Category C(s) listed building.
History
The cemetery was developed by the Edinburgh and Leith Cemetery Company, with David Cousin as architect, and opened on 20 September 1846. It covers an area of 4.37 hectares (10.8 acre).A large memorial commemorates the Quintinshill rail disaster of 22 May 1915, in which 215 soldiers of 7th Battalion The Royal Scots were killed. The men, mostly from Leith, were on their way to board ship at Liverpool. The bodies were returned to Leith and buried on 24 May. These are among 270 First World War casualties and 36 Second World War casualties interred at Rosebank.
A number of 19th-century merchants and ship owners from Leith are buried at Rosebank. There are also several 20th-century Islamic burials
Islamic funeral
Funerals in Islam follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia calls for burial of the body, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding the body, followed by salah...
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Notable interments
- Sir Arthur MitchellArthur Mitchell (physician)Sir Arthur Mitchell K.C.B., M.D. was a Scottish doctor involved in the study and care of patients with mental illness. He served on several public commissions, and also wrote a number of works on historical subjects.-Biography:...
(1826–1909), physician and historian. - Sydney MitchellSydney MitchellArthur George Sydney Mitchell was a Scottish architect. He designed a large number of bank branches, country houses, churches and church halls...
(1856–1930), architect and son of Sir Arthur Mitchell. - Christian Salvesen (1827–1911), Norwegian merchant who settled at Leith and founded the company which now bears his name.
- Alan Brebner (d. 1890), civil engineer and an associate of lighthouse designers DavidDavid Stevenson (engineer)David Stevenson FRSE FRSSA was a Scottish lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped found a great dynasty of lighthouse engineering.-Background:...
and Thomas StevensonThomas StevensonThomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot was a pioneering Scottish lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology...
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External links
- Rosebank Cemetery, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandThe Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government 'sponsored' [financed and with oversight] through Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government...
- Inscriptions of Tombstones in Rosebank Cemetery