Glasgow Necropolis

Summary

Glasgow Necropolis is a cemetery^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Glasgow Necropolis is located in Glasgow City^[3].
• Glasgow Necropolis is located in Glasgow^[4].
• Glasgow Necropolis is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Glasgow Necropolis's image is recorded as Glasgow Necropolis - aerial - 2025-04-17 01.jpg^[6].
• Glasgow Necropolis's instance of is recorded as cemetery^[7].
• Glasgow Necropolis's maintained by is recorded as The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis^[8].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Commons category is recorded as Glasgow Necropolis^[9].
• +1832-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glasgow Necropolis^[10].
• Glasgow Necropolis's OS grid reference is recorded as NS6048265549^[11].
• Glasgow Necropolis's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.862521, 'lon': -4.231115}^[12].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/097dlk^[13].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as LB33890^[14].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as GDL00366^[15].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Canmore ID is recorded as 45014^[16].
• Glasgow Necropolis's official website is recorded as http://www.glasgownecropolis.org^[17].
• Glasgow Necropolis's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building^[18].
• Glasgow Necropolis's heritage designation is recorded as Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape^[19].
• Glasgow Necropolis's BBC Things ID is recorded as 208b0db5-8023-4fbf-a7b6-a7a6101eafe5^[20].
• Glasgow Necropolis's category for people buried here is recorded as Category:Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis^[21].
• Glasgow Necropolis's CWGC burial ground ID is recorded as 2081112^[22].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Find a Grave cemetery ID is recorded as 1061924^[23].
• Glasgow Necropolis's quantity buried is recorded as {'amount': '+50000'}^[24].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID is recorded as 100942^[25].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID is recorded as 222782^[26].
• Glasgow Necropolis's Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID is recorded as 200709^[27].

Body

Geography

Glasgow Necropolis is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Glasgow City^[3], a council area^[28], in United Kingdom^[29] and Glasgow^[4], a civil parish^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].

Designation and Status

Glasgow Necropolis's instance of is recorded as cemetery^[7]. Heritage statuses include category A listed building^[18] and Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape^[19].

History and Context

+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glasgow Necropolis^[10].

Why It Matters

Glasgow Necropolis ranks in the top 2% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]