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Index of published monumental inscriptions
This database gives details of monumental inscriptions held in the National Library of Scotland's collections.
List last updated: June 2011.
Inscriptions for Midlothian:
| Parish: | Cramond |
| Name: | Cramond Heritage Trust. |
| Description: | Cramond Kirkyard Memorial Inscriptions. 1993. |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.94.5171 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Anderson, W P. |
| Description: | Silences That Speak, Records of Edinburgh's Ancient Churches and Burial Grounds ... 1931. |
| Shelfmark: | Biog.D.5.1.A2 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Duncan, A. |
| Description: | Elogiorum sepulchralium Edinensium electus: Monumental Inscriptions selected from Burial Grounds at Edinburgh. 1815. |
| Shelfmark: | ABS.2.94.55(10) |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Monteith, R. |
| Description: | An Theatre of Mortality ... 1704. |
| Shelfmark: | Mf.SP.64(29) |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Monteith, R. |
| Description: | An Theatre of Mortality; a Further Collection of Funeral Inscriptions over Scotland gathered from Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Stirling, Linlithgow, St Andrews, Glasgow, Haddington, Kirkcaldy, Montrose, Coupar, Inverness, Kinghorn, Kirkcudbright, Dunfermline, Dumbritton [Dumbarton?], Dunbar, Elgin, Nairn, Fortrose, Dunkeld, Spynie, Tranent, Alloa, Falkirk, Kilsyth, Hamilton, Melrose, and several other places elsewhere. 1713. |
| Shelfmark: | L.C.1476(2) |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Torrance, D R. |
| Description: | North-East Midlothian monumental inscriptions : Duddingston Kirkyard, Greendykes Burying Ground, Inveresk Kirkyard, Liberton Kirkyard, Newton Kirkyard, Old Newton Kirkyard: to which is added the Poll tax records for Duddingston, Inveresk & Liberton. 2000. |
| Shelfmark: | Gen.6.LM2 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Corstorphine |
| Name: | Cowper, A S. |
| Description: | Corstorphine Parish Church Heraldry. 1982. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.85.130 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Corstorphine |
| Name: | Cowper, A S. |
| Description: | Watsons of Saughton Tombstone in the South Aisle (Corstorphine). 1984. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.85.131 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Dean |
| Name: | Cowper, A S. |
| Description: | The Dean Cemetry, Edinburgh. 1993. |
| Shelfmark: | Gen.6.LM |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Duddingston |
| Name: | Torrance, D R. |
| Description: | Tombstone Inscriptions and 1694 List of Pollable persons in the Parish of Duddingston. 1991. |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.91.2633 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Pleasance |
| Name: | Mein, E M. |
| Description: | Inscriptions, Friends Burial Place, Pleasance, Edinburgh (in "The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club", Vol.27 (1949), p.172-.). |
| Shelfmark: | SCS.OEC |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Corstorphine |
| Name: | Cowper, A S. |
| Description: | Gogar Churchyard in the Parish of Corstorphine ... pre-1855 Inscriptions on Tombstones. 1977. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.80.361 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Greyfriars |
| Name: | Brown, J. |
| Description: | The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. 1867. |
| Shelfmark: | Hist.S.96.B |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Greyfriars |
| Name: | Paton, H. |
| Description: | Register of Interments in the Greyfriars Burying-Ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700. 1902. (Scottish Record Society) [No monumental inscriptions, but lists names of those buried during the period] |
| Shelfmark: | SCS.SRS.26 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Morningside |
| Name: | Morningside Association. |
| Description: | Monumental Inscriptions in Morningside Cemetry as they were in 1981. Vol.1. 1982. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.84.114 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Restalrig |
| Name: | Grant, F J. |
| Description: | Index to the Register of Burials in the Churchyard of Restalrig, 1728-1854. 1908. (Scottish Record Society) |
| Shelfmark: | SCS.SRS.32 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, St Cuthberts |
| Name: | Smith, J. |
| Description: | Monumental Inscriptions in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. 2 volumes. 1915-1919. (Scottish Record Society) |
| Shelfmark: | SCS.SRS.47 and SCS.SRS.51 |
| Parish: | Inveresk |
| Name: | Paterson, J. |
| Description: | History of the Regality of Musselburgh. 1857 (reprint, 1984). pp.211-238: Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Inveresk. |
| Shelfmark: | H1.85.120 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Mitchell, J F. |
| Description: | Edinburgh monumental inscriptions (pre 1855). Volume 1 - Old Calton burial ground & New Calton burial ground. 2003. |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.204.1169 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Mitchell, J F. |
| Description: | Edinburgh monumental inscriptions (pre 1855). Volume 2 - Canongate churchyard & Holyrood Chapel Royal.. 2003 |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.204.1168 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Mitchell, J F. |
| Description: | Edinburgh monumental inscriptions (pre 1855). Volume 3 - St John's Episcopal churchyard, Buccleuch burial ground, Jeish burial ground & Quaker burial ground. 2003 |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.204.1167 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh |
| Name: | Mitchell, J F. |
| Description: | Edinburgh monumental inscriptions (pre 1855). Volume 4 - Greyfriars burial ground. 2003 |
| Shelfmark: | HP2.204.1154 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Comely Bank |
| Name: | Ellery, C. |
| Description: | Comely Bank cemetery, Edinburgh: monumental inscriptions. 2006. |
| Shelfmark: | PB5.207.443/6 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, East Preston Street Cemetery |
| Name: | Scottish Genealogy Society |
| Description: | East Preston Street burial ground: a summary with index of all inscriptions found on monuments in the burial ground in May 1989. 2008. |
| Shelfmark: | PB5.208.848/3 |
| Parish: | Newton |
| Description: | Newton parish memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2007. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.208.220/2 |
| Parish: | Lasswade |
| Description: | Old Pentland, a part of Lasswade parish: memorial inscriptions and other assocaited records. 2007. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.207.385/4 |
| Parish: | Lasswade |
| Description: | Rosewell (Hawthornden), a part of Lasswade parish: memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2007. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.207.418/1 |
| Parish: | Crichton |
| Name: | Recording Angels |
| Description: | Midlothian: Crichton parish memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2009. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.209.778/12 |
| Parish: | Carrington |
| Name: | Recording Angels |
| Description: | Midlothian: Carrington parish memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2002. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.203.0293 |
| Parish: | Fala |
| Name: | Recording Angels |
| Description: | Midlothian: Fala & Soutra parish memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2002. |
| Shelfmark: | HP4.203.0292 |
| Parish: | Soutra, see Fala |
| Parish: | Newbattle |
| Name: | Recording Angels |
| Description: | Midlothian: Newbattle parish memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2007. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.209.452/6 |
| Parish: | Cockpen |
| Name: | Recording Angels |
| Description: | Midlothian, Cockpen Parish: memorial inscriptions and other associated records. 2009. |
| Shelfmark: | PB6.209.320/7 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Dean |
| Name: | Ellery, Craig |
| Description: | Dean (Edgehill) Cemetary & Dean Parish Church: monumental inscriptions/transcribed, edited and compiled by Craig Ellery for the Scottish Genealogy Society |
| Shelfmark: | PB5.211.547/5 |
| Parish: | Portobello |
| Name: | Ellery, Craig |
| Description: | Portobello Cemetery, Edinburgh [electronic resource]: monumental inscriptions |
| Shelfmark: | CDROM.2860 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Grange |
| Description: | Grange Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions [electronic resource] |
| Shelfmark: | CDROM.2923 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Grange |
| Name: | Denholm, Jessie A |
| Description: | Grange cemetery burials 1846-1854 [electronic resource] |
| Shelfmark: | CDROM.2922 |
| Parish: | Edinburgh, Portobello |
| Name: | Ellery, Craig |
| Description: | Portobello Cemetery, Edinburgh monumental inscriptions |
| Shelfmark: | PB5.211.1146/16 |
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