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Southern Necropolis, Glasgow

cemetery in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
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Summary

Southern Necropolis, Glasgow is a cemetery[1]. It draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (cemetery category, ranking #145 of 1,138).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Glasgow City[3], Glasgow[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Location: Glasgow[6]
  • Commons category: Southern Necropolis[7]
  • Inception: 1840[8]
  • OS grid reference: NS5939963430[9]
  • Heritage designation: category B listed building[10]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials at the Southern Necropolis[11]
  • Quantity buried: 250,000[12]
  • Associated electoral district: Glasgow East[13]
  • Historic county: Lanarkshire[14]

Why It Matters

Southern Necropolis, Glasgow is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Peter17-Bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Os grid reference → NS5939963430
    Scottish buildings at risk id → 915757
    Country → United Kingdom
    Cwgc burial ground id → 4007326
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Glasgow's Southern Necropolis gatehouse.jpg"
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