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Latitude: 55.9388 / 55°56'19"N
Longitude: -3.1759 / 3°10'33"W
OS Eastings: 326643
OS Northings: 672372
OS Grid: NT266723
Mapcode National: GBR 8SL.5L
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.5ZXM
Plus Code: 9C7RWRQF+GJ
Entry Name: Newington Old Burial Ground, 31 East Preston Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 31 East Preston Street and Dalkeith Road, Newington Old Burial Ground, Including Boundary Walls and Watchtower
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365304
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27934
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 31 East Preston Street, Newington Old Burial Ground
East Preston Street Cemetery
Newington Old Burial Ground
ID on this website: 200365304
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Cemetery
Laid out 1820. L-plan burial ground. Main entrance on East Preston Street; original cast-iron carriage gates and tall droved ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps; pedestrian gateway and cast-iron gate adjoining to right. High surrounding rubble walls; railings to NE corner with East Preston Street and Dalkeith Road;
Wall monuments and free-standing stones, predominantly Greek Revival; Tudor style burial enclosures to external walls; decorative enclosures to N of watchtower containing graves of John Scott (died 1829) and Hugh Handyside (died 1833); iron railing mortsafe enclosure to S wall to grave of Rev. William Limont (died 1833).
WATCH TOWER: dated 1820; 2-stage, circular-plan, corbelled and castellated watchtower with external staircase set in re-entrant angle of boundary walls; doorway at ground; 2 single windows and further doorway at 1st floor.
Opened on 4 December 1820 as an extension to Buccleuch burial ground which had become overcrowded. The high walls and watchtower (which housed an armed guard) were considered essential precautions against the resurrectionists. Notable internments; many leading Edinburgh clergymen and professionals along with Jean Lorimer ('Chloris'), subject of several of Burns' songs.
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