Larbert Old Parish Churchyard Falkirk Local History Society Page 1 LARBERT OLD PARISH CHURCHYARD Geoff B Bailey The churchyard at Larbert is one of the largest in the Falkirk district, having been extended several times in the 18 th and 19 th centuries. In its latter form it was dominated by the presence of the Carron Company, which was one of the major factors in the massive increase in the population of the parish and which contributed greatly to its wealth. This is reflected in the lavishness and variety of the later monuments and in the extensive use of iron for grave markers and for plot boundaries. Amongst the latter are some of the oldest cast iron railings in the world. CONTENTS: Cast Iron Carron Company Drowning Trades Poetry and Prose The Gravestones Inventory of Gravestones: Dundas Enclosure North of Main Path Index of Names Bibliography ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. General Phase Plan of Larbert Churchyard 2. Table tomb nos. 719-721 of the early ministers . 3. Wall tomb number 239 marking the western perimeter of the early churchyard 4. The Carronvale monument of the 1824 5. The present church with the Dundas enclosure in front of it. 6. The obelisk to George Smith 7 / Cast iron grave marker no. 518 made by George Smith & Co of the Sun 8. Foundry, Glasgow. The angel figure on the plinth of grave marker no. 518. 9. A clay marker, No. 510, with finial 10. Dundas Enclosure flat stone 1 11. Dundas Enclosure flat stone 2 12. Eastern Larbert Churchyard, stones numbered for the inventory 13. Western Larbert Churchyard,stones numbered for the inventory
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Larbert Old Parish Churchyard
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LARBERT OLD PARISH CHURCHYARD
Geoff B Bailey
The churchyard at Larbert is one of the largest in the Falkirk district, having been extended several times in the 18th and 19th centuries. In its latter form it
was dominated by the presence of the Carron Company, which was one of the major factors in the massive increase in the population of the parish and which contributed greatly to its wealth. This is reflected in the lavishness and variety
of the later monuments and in the extensive use of iron for grave markers and for plot boundaries. Amongst the latter are some of the oldest cast iron railings
in the world.
CONTENTS:
Cast Iron Carron Company
Drowning Trades Poetry and Prose
The Gravestones Inventory of Gravestones:
Dundas Enclosure North of Main Path Index of Names
Bibliography
ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. General Phase Plan of Larbert Churchyard
2. Table tomb nos. 719-721 of the early ministers.
3. Wall tomb number 239 marking the western perimeter of the early churchyard
4. The Carronvale monument of the 1824
5. The present church with the Dundas enclosure in front of it. 6. The obelisk to George Smith
7 / Cast iron grave marker no. 518 made by George Smith & Co of the Sun
8. Foundry, Glasgow. The angel figure on the plinth of grave marker no. 518.
9. A clay marker, No. 510, with finial
10. Dundas Enclosure flat stone 1
11. Dundas Enclosure flat stone 2
12. Eastern Larbert Churchyard, stones numbered for the inventory
13. Western Larbert Churchyard,stones numbered for the inventory
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Illus 2: Table tomb nos. 719-721 of the early
ministers.
Illus 1: General phase plan of Larbert Churchyard.
This large scale and richness is in
marked contrast to the church’s humble beginnings. By 1160 there was a
subordinate chapel of the Church of St Ninians (Stirling) at Larbert and in that year they were gifted by the Bishop of
St Andrews to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, along with a similar
chapel at Dunipace. After the Reformation, in the 16th century, one reader served both Larbert and
Dunipace, though Dunipace had more people. Around 1585 Larbert was
erected into a separate parish, but in 1617 was re-united with Dunipace by Parliamentary Commission – evidently
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Illus 3: Wall tomb number 239
marking the western perimeter of the
early churchyard.
there were too few people in the parish to sustain a separate charge. Over the next few years Larbert Church got caught up in national politics. King James VI
exiled Reverend Robert Bruce of Kinnaird to Inverness, and subsequently allowed him back to his home parish. Bruce naturally started to preach from the
pulpit of the old semi-deserted church, fulfilling the roll of minister for the parish despite the lack of any stipend. It is said that he attracted very large audiences with attendees from all over central Scotland. Around 1624 he paid to have the
decaying church building demolished and a modest new one constructed in its place. It stood in the northern part of the contemporary churchyard and its
location can still be made out on the ground (A on illus 1). When Robert Bruce died in 1631 he was buried under the pulpit and his grave is well marked. Being a Presbyterian church we might expect the pulpit to occupy a position near to
the centre of the north wall. From his grave a narrow low mound can be seen heading westwards almost as far as the present path – this is the line of the
north wall. To the south-east of his grave the stone walls of the east end of the church survive to their original height. Here the south and north walls of the Dundas Tomb (3 on illus 1) re-use those of the church. Both contain blocked up
windows and the 17th century moulded eaves course remains. In the east wall is the wide public entrance formed in 1663 by Sir Robert Elphinstone of Quarrel –
the lintel still bears the date and his initials. This end of the church is narrower than the main body and presumably contained a loft in the roof space for that noble family. Just beyond the N/S path already referred to lie the table tombs of
the early ministers (nos. 719-721), taking their traditional place outside the west door. The path presumably marks the position of the west wall. An 18th century
map shows that there was also an aisle on the south side (RHP 1497A).
The precise size and shape of the early
churchyard cannot be discerned, but the area outlined as (B) on illus 1 gives a good
approximation. The earliest gravestones that appear to be in situ date to the 1630s and lie to the south of the church just delineated, as we
might expect. These markers are small with rounded tops (for example nos. 98, 100 and
150) and have crude depictions of skulls and bones in low relief. Presumably another formerly stood beside the entrance and is
referred to as the ‘Deil’s Stane;’ “so called from its having borne those foul images of mortality,
the skull and cross-bones” (Nimmo 1880).
Some of the plain recumbent stones may be
earlier, but the earliest dated one is from 1680 (no. 181). Many of these flat stones lie under
the present W/E path, which may be significant. The entrance to the graveyard was from the village to the east and seems to have been more or less on the site of the current entrance, directly in line with
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the east door of the old church. The western boundary is marked by the large wall tomb dated 1717 (no. 239), which also bears a skull and cross bones.
In the mid 18th century, around 1750, the sides of this irregular enclosure were
straightened out, allowing more ground to be incorporated, particularly to the north. Plots on the periphery were allocated to the landed
families of the parish – Glenbervie (nos. 140-145);
Carronvale (nos. 689-691). To the north was the old manse of 1635 and to the east was the
parish school and the houses of the village. The main road
southwards probably ran through these houses and on to the Low Town and the crossing
of the River Carron.
Illus 4: The Carronvale monument of the 1824 with Doric pilasters and swan-neck pediment over the central
compartment. Behind it, on the right, is the old manse.
The 1760s and 1770s saw a massive increase in the number of people living in the parish and demand for lairs rose. Sometime in the early 1780s it appears
that the kirkyard was doubled in size by a large extension to the west. The lines of the north and south sides of the extension were projected from those of the
older churchyard, meaning that the east side was 42m long, but the west side only 30m. From east to west it was 64m long, with the westernmost 15m primarily used for Carron Company employees. In 1790 the north-west corner
was reserved for the Company’s management and marked by march stones.
In December 1782 James Bruce of Kinnaird acquired the land to the south of the churchyard along its eastern half for use as a family plot. He enclosed this by a substantial wall. On the north this acted as a retaining wall capped by triangular
copestones. The Glenbervie enclosure must have already been in place and so the entrance from the churchyard lay immediately to its east. This was flanked
by stout short stone piers and contained a flight of steps. A cast iron obelisk in memory of his wife was placed on a stone plinth opposite this entrance. Monument, stairs and the pulpit of the church (the burial place of James Bruce’s
great grandfather) were all in line. The gate pier on the east took a graceful Dutch curve down to the top of the retaining wall and this method of reducing
the height of the wall was also used in the south. The west and east walls of the enclosure were about 6ft tall. These returned around the south side, but after about 10m curved down to a low wall topped with cast and wrought iron railings.
This let light flood into the enclosure. It also provided views – outwards across the Carron Valley, and inwards to the brilliantly painted obelisk so that it could
be seen by approaching travellers from the south. The obelisk was a marvel of technology (Bailey 2013).
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In 1790 a manse was built to replace that of 1635. The new building was placed to the south of the Bruce of Kinnaird Enclosure, towards the east end, obscuring
the view so carefully created. Gardens and orchards for the minister were laid out to the west of the manse. These included a walled garden, open to the
south, terraced into the hill. A large addition was made to the manse in 1828.
David Hamilton, architect, was asked to advise the congregation at Larbert on
ways of improving the church building. In 1818 he suggested that a new church should be built rather
than rebuilding or enlarging the old one which was surrounded by burials. The Heritors agreed. The
following year the field next to the kirkyard was purchased for £105 and the contract for a new church awarded to Muir and Wright, builders, for
£3,300 and the stone from the old church. The new design was by Hamilton and has been described as
common Tudor or perpendicular Gothic style. It opened in 1821, having cost £4,432.
Illus 5: The present church with the Dundas enclosure in front of
it, and that of Robert Bruce in the foreground.
Gillespie, in the third edition of Nimmo’s History of
Stirlingshire, describes the atmosphere that pervaded the local society at this time with regard
to the so-called Resurrectionists. “The intense and wide-spread excitement
which prevailed in the earlier part of the present century from the cruel trade of body-snatching, must be fresh in the memory of many still alive. In grave
spoliation for purposes of dissection, only one "subject" was known to have been taken from the Larbert burial ground. It was that of a girl named Moir, whose corpse was lifted shortly after interment. But the young "Athenians" were not
allowed to carry her far. On their route to Edinburgh, they had, for the night, to conceal the body in a dung-heap at Polmont; and the proprietor’s carts
proceeded in the morning for a portion of the manure, the diabolical theft was opportunely detected. Nor did the upturning of the corpse create any great surprise. Its presence, at least, was no matter of prolonged bewilderment. The
student enterprise was caught at a glance. Night again came, and watch was laid for the return of the "burglars"; and, just as had been anticipated, forward
drove the Surgeon Square party for the body. No sooner, however, had they left with their charge, than Mr. Scott, of Gilston, rode smartly on in front of them; and, by the time they reached Linlithgow, the whole strength of the town was
turned out for their defeat. Rough, indeed, was the usage they received. Not only was the corpse most unceremoniously taken from the conveyance, but the
machine itself was drawn to the roadside and broken to fragments. The body of the young woman was afterwards brought back to Larbert and reinterred. For some months after this, the watch-house – still standing in the churchyard – was
regularly occupied. Latterly, however, burial ground watching became a mere farce.
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A curious class of friendly societies arose out of the resurrectionist panic which
thus set in, about 1829, on the detection of Burke and Hare. They were called mortcloth and safe societies. The mortsafe was a heavy metal case, or a
wooden-house with a stone, which was put over the coffin of the dead for some weeks after interment, and watched by a party of members, to all of whom both mortcloth and safe were free; but, at the same time, were let out on a charge to
non-members.”
The watch-house referred to seems to have stood inside the graveyard at the north-east corner of the walled garden, providing good views across the area.
In 1852 the Kirk Session produced a register of lairs and demanded that anyone that claimed possession of one should produce appropriate evidence, otherwise
the lair would be taken back into the ownership of the church (Falkirk Herald 7 October 1852). This was normal practice, but it seems to have been continued at Larbert for longer than elsewhere in the area.
Around 1855 the graveyard was extended to the south, wrapping it around the
walled garden. The existing terrace at this point was accentuated and steps were provided. These formed the focus for the early burials in the extension. One of the grandest of the monuments here is that of the Sherriff and Bell
families and is surrounded by an oval enclosure formed from a neatly moulded low stone wall topped with an ornate cast iron railing. It is centred on the path
leading from the terrace steps. In general this low lying ground does not seem to have gained favour and contains few grave markers. The soil is more clayey than the sandy ridge and therefore damp.
Another extension came in 1874. A wooded strip 22m wide along the north side
was incorporated. A tall wall was built along the road frontage to maintain the quiet atmosphere of the burial ground and a gateway placed in its centre with
elaborate iron gates. The inside face of this wall was highly sought after and here can be found the monuments to the wealthy industrialists and merchants of the high Victorian period in Larbert. The opportunity was also snatched to
extend the Carron Enclosure to the west and to construct a private mausoleum for the Dawson family.
In 1898 the kirk’s ownership of the burial plots was again emphasised. At the beginning of the year the session clerk seems to have made a mistake in
assigning the wrong plot for a new internment. When the grave was dug the bones in the plot were dug out and flung to one side in the belief that they were
of some age. In fact they belonged to the children of William Inglis, a moulder, and had been placed there in 1886. The grave digger pointed out that even such recent bones would have completely decayed in the ground and that he
had not noticed them. The kirk actively resisted a claim for 10s 6d for damages, arguing that it had the right to place bodies wherever it chose (Falkirk Herald 22
Jan1898 & 9 Feb1898).
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Illus 6: The obelisk to George Smith,
looking NW.
The public’s distaste for disturbing the last resting place of the mortal remains of families was growing. At the beginning of the 20th century the graveyard was
formally closed (the final closing order being passed in 1904) and only those families with spaces in the existing lairs were permitted to continue with
interments. George Binnie, the manager of the Falkirk Iron Co, had a family plot at the churchyard in his name (No. 1035), but when he died in 1904 he was buried in Falkirk Cemetery. Similarly when Alexander Cuthell died in 1917 he
was not buried with his brother and parents, but in the new Larbert Cemetery. In 1933 a row of dwelling houses and the sextant’s tool shed adjoining the
western boundary of the old manse were demolished and extra lairs squeezed in for the Jones family. These were to be the last. A new tool shed was provided behind the Carronvale enclosure and its blocked up doorway can still be seen.
Nowadays the maintenance squads bring their own equipment on the back of a lorry.
Cast Iron
By the end of the eighteenth century cast iron was used to cheaply reproduce repetitive decorative detail. Its use for grave markers was an obvious step,
though when it came it did so as large pieces of individual one-off monuments that were a tribute to the engineering skills of the manufacturers – and therefore a
source of wonderment to one and all!
In 1954 the Royal Commission on Historic Monuments Scotland noted three cast iron obelisks in the graveyard. Unfortunately
time has not been kind to them in the half century since. The oldest, from 1785, was
the most important and was commissioned by James Bruce the Abyssinian Traveller. It was designed by William Haworth and
constructed at Carron Iron Works (Bailey 2013). It now stands ignominiously in the
car park, amputated from its stone plinth and enclosure.
The second obelisk dated from 1827 and was erected to the memory of Captain John
Paterson. It was there in 1969 when the Mitchells did their survey (M & M 704), but
no trace of it now remains. The site is against the north wall and is marked only by the stone sills on which the iron monument
stood inside an ornately railed enclosure (beside no. 670). Its size made it unusual
enough to be reported in the newspapers: “IRON MAUSOLEUM – On Saturday a great
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number of persons were attracted to the yard of the Shots Iron Foundry, at the back of the Canongate, for the purpose of viewing a splendid mausoleum which
had been cast there. It is about eight and a half feet square and ten feet high, surmounted by an obelisk, the whole height being thirty feet. The sides of the
squares are panelled and adorned with pilasters; a large cornice runs round it about nine feet from the ground; above the cornice is an ornamental part, four feet high, which serves as a base to the obelisk, at the corners of which is an
urn, each placed upon a pedestal set in an angular direction. On what will form the front, when placed in its intended situation in Larbert Churchyard, is an
inscription in raised letters, cast with the panel on which it appears, and which are exceedingly well formed. Above the inscription is the date of erection in large characters, and higher up in Greek, the following words from Homer, in
allusion to the materials of the tomb:-- “KUIMHΣATO XALKEON YΠNON,” “he sleeped an iron sleep.” It is the first sepulchral monument of a large size, we
believe, which has been executed in metal in this country... The design, which is very appropriate and elegant, we understand was furnished by Mr Raeburn, architect in this city. The castings are remarkably smooth, and the joints though
all in solid metal, are quite invisible. The entire weight does not exceed eight tons and a half, and the price will be moderate. It is to the memory of Captain
Paterson of the East India Company’s Service and his family, whose names are recorded in the inscription, and has been erected by that gentleman’s executor, Captain Barrower. From money left for that purpose.” (Edinburgh Advertiser
September 1827). The Royal Commission observed that it could be entered by a door in its east side and that the squat obelisk was founded upon four low
arches. The Greek inscription should be read “He slept the brazen sleep,” or the sleep of death (RCAHMS 1961, 158).
The third obelisk is structurally unsound and has been fenced off and the urn top is missing. It commemorates George Smith, who died in 1833 (no. 806). In
form it is very similar to the stone obelisks in the churchyard. It stands on a stone base and the plinth contains a granite panel on each face (that on the south is missing), one of which carries the inscription.
The obelisks are the earliest of the cast iron memorials. Slowly a more practical form emerged, making the most of replication, but with a conservative edge.
They combined the advantages of stone and cast iron. There are numerous composite markers in Larbert Churchyard. Many of the upright gravestones
have cast iron finials in the shape of vases/urns, caskets or spheres attached by dowels (for example nos. 46, 347, 429, 430, 616). Conversely, iron frames contain stone plaques. This was a good compromise allowing additional
inscriptions to be economically added over the years. The framed variety was in vogue around 1852-1898, as can be seen from the dates on them.
Date 1852 1852 1867 1869 1869 1869 1873 1874 1898 None/ lost
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Illus: Cast iron grave marker no. 518 made by George Smith & Co of the Sun Foundry, Glasgow. The angel
figure on the plinth is only about 3ins high.
The more normal form of cast iron marker, consisting of a plaque set into the ground on two legs, is only found in very small numbers.
Within the survey area there was only one (no. 979) and it did not have an inscription.
Another can be found in the later northern extension.
There are also a couple of examples of clay markers. No. 510 is a good example. It is of
yellow clay similar to that used for statues, garden features and chimney cans at the
Grangemouth Coal Company’s works near Skinflats. The fine clay face allowed the latter part of the inscription to be added by carving. Illus: A clay marker, No. 510, with finial.
Carron Company
The most conspicuous presence of the Carron Company is the Carron Enclosure at the western end of the churchyard. Here the managers from 1759-1873, William Cadell junior to William Dawson, are buried. This richly embellished plot
is dealt with elsewhere. Although the brothers Joseph, William and Thomas Dawson – all of whom had a hand in the top management - are buried in the
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Carron Enclosure, their brother John is in the main churchyard (no. 877). He had been in charge of the pig iron section and was the clerk for the Carron
Victualling Society. He died at Mount Carron in 1879.
The skilled engineers and designers of the late eighteenth century works were proud to boast of their connection with the works. Thus we have William Haworth, designer (no. 1054a); George Burgess, master millwright and joiner
(no. 23); John Kerr, designer (no. 1054a); and John Smith, patternmaker (no. 395).
Alexander Turnbull (no. 434) was employed at the Carron Iron Works for 71 years! He died at the age of 80 and must have started work at 9. William Adam
(no. 820) was “for nearly 60 years in the service of Carron Company” and died in 1879 aged 73. Not everyone was so lucky and some had their lives cut short.
James Walker (no. 500) and two of his sons, David and James, “lost their lives at Carron Works 8th December 1839.” This incident was reported in the Edinburgh newspapers (Watters 2010, 380). It was a Sunday and about mid-
day there was a great explosion of molten metal from the furnace. Six men died. According to his gravestone Martin Dow (No. 885) was “killed at Carron
22nd Sep 1882.” This was indeed the Carron Works and the 23 year old was sitting on the buffer of an empty wagon reading a letter that his brother had written to his father, who was in the 42nd Highlanders in Egypt, when an engine
brought in more empty wagons. Martin was crushed (Falkirk Herald 23 September 1882).
Walter Bain was born in Larbert in 1790 and entered Carron Company’s mercantile fleet in 1802, first aboard the Apollo and then the Melampus. He was
press-ganged into the Royal Navy in 1810, serving on HMS Duncan until 1814. He re-entered Carron Company’s service in 1816 on the Proserpine, for 23 years
as Mate and 13 years as Master. He married Mary Gentles in 1815 (No. 953). His grandson was George Forrest the celebrated explorer and botanist. His son
was James Gentles Bain, mentioned on the same stone. JG Bain was Master of SS Carron, then SS Derwent and a different SS Carron. John Nicol lived in Carronshore and was master of the Penelope in the 1850s (No. 232). John
Smith (No. 129) died at West Carron in 1851, which at that time was largely occupied by employees of the Company. He is presumably the same John Smith
who was Master of the Carron Company smack Penelope in 1845 (information on these Carron shipping employees from Brian Watters).
Drowning
The proximity of bodies of water such as the River Carron and the Carron Dams tempted many, particularly but not exclusively youngsters, to swim on hot summers’ days or to skate on the winter ice. All of these losses were
devastating to their families. Particularly poignant is the inscription to John Walker (No. 707) who was drowned in the river on 26th November 1841 in full
sight of his friends. He was a fit young man of 25 years. “BY A FEW FRIENDS AS A TOKEN/ OF RESPECT, THE FOLLOWING/ LINES ARE INSCRIBED, DROP ON
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THIS MOUND A SYMPATHIZING TEAR, A MARTYR TO HUMANITY LIES HERE. HE TRIED HIS BEST ANOTHER’S LIFE TO SAVE, FAILED IN THE ATTEMPT AND MET
AN EARLY GRAVE.” Earlier James Wright (562) had drowned in the River Carron on 23rd February 1822 aged 28 years and his monument was also “Erected by a
few Friends as a Token of Respect.” William Bachop (No. 841) drowned at Carron on 11th November 1862, aged 17 years. James McLaren was “accidentally drowned” on 9th January 1878, aged 32. Even a shipmaster, Adam
Stark (No. 395), foundered in the Carron on 12th October 1841, aged 39 years. In the case of Robert Bowie who drowned in the River Carron just to the south of
the churchyard the cause was put down to the fact that he had been drinking (Falkirk Herald 17 August 1898). He was 34 years old.
The parish produced many sailors and it is not surprising to see that some of these failed to return, their exact dates of death during the voyage uncertain.
John Scobie was lost at sea “about December 1866” (No.284). His brother William was also lost at sea in command of the ship “John Kerr” of Greenock “about September 1879”. Walter Kerr was a shipmaster at the age of 27 when
he went missing in 1825 (No. 1055). William Sutherland was on the Theresa when he drowned (No.59). Perhaps the best known of the gravestones
connected with the sea is near the entrance to the churchyard (No. 67) and boasts a wonderful carving of the Prince Ferdinand. This commemorates James Muir “who lost his life (with another of the hands) at Hispaniola in Mounta
Christa River (going over the Barr for fresh water) out of the long boat.” This is on the northern coast of the island, which is west of Cuba.
Ships are also depicted on No. 200, which dates to 1767 and shows a topsail schooner of the type that would have made the journey from Carron to London.
Presumably Robert Towers was its captain. Peter Webster was a captain (No. 802), as was Alexander Masterton - but the details on his gravestone have been
lost (no. 803). On the other hand the gravestone of Walter Bain, mentioned in the previous section, makes no mention of his connection with the sea. Another
schooner is shown on No. 534 belonging to George Calder, 1815.
Passengers too went down with their ships – Robert Nicol on passage to New
Zealand in the 1870s (No. 960). Robert Borland and his son, William, were drowned “at Sierra Leone coast of Africa” (No. 897), but it is not clear if they
were passengers or crew. William Higgen was 55 years old when he was lost at sea (No. 886), which might suggest that he was a passenger. Alexander Wilson was sailing back from Australia in the Royal Charter when his ship went down off
the Welsh coast (No. 643) in 1859.
The 1874 extension continues this grim theme. One man drowned on the Barrier Reef off Australia. And one young girl drowned in the Carron Dams. In
November 1862 four men employed by the Carron Company drowned in the Carron Dams whilst ice skating. James Hogg was a bricklayer aged 17years; John Fleming a dresser of 19; William Bauchop, moulder, 18; and Peter Lorn
also a moulder, aged 17. Fleming had been a member of the Carron Volunteers and was buried in Larbert Churchyard with military honours (Falkirk Herald 20
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November 1862). Four years later James Kelly was accompanied to the family lair by a large procession of the Artillery Corps (ibid 1 Feb 1866).
Trades
Few trades are given in the inscriptions, and these tend to be from the skilled
professions. We have a smith in Stenhousemuir (26), a merchant with the Honourable East India Company (119), farmer (138 & 650), gardener (140),
antiquary in Airdrie (184), railway worker (396), merchant (131 & 240), ironfounder (489), baker (48 & 612), engineer (348), Inspector of the Poor (669
& 774), blacksmith (819), schoolmaster (698), surgeon (1002), student of medicine (69) and photographer (702). To these we can add older artisans from the trade symbols. A mason (89), a farrier (117), a farrier dated 1740 (177), a
miller (174) and a blacksmith 1805 (1036),
Ministers of Larbert abound. 1621 Bruce, Robert 1631 No. 608
1619 Norrie, Alexander 1645
1645 Forsythe, James 1649
1650 Hog, Thomas 1662
1662 Muschet, Archibald 1686
1686 Sutherland, Alexander1690
1690 Whyte, Hugh 1716 No. 719
1717 Campbell, Archibald 1731
1732 Aitken, William 1740
1741 Smith, James 1746 No. 736
1748 Taylor, Lachlan 1785 No. 720
1785 Harvie, George 1793 No. 721
1794 Knox, Robert 1825 No. 785
1826 Bonar, John 1843
1843 McGil, Francis Jan 1847 No. 228
1847 McLaren, John 1898 No. 356
Several of these are buried in close proximity to one another, as acknowledged
on a piece of doggerel on Taylor’s table stone: “In this and other Graves hard by/ The Bodies of three Pastors lye/ Where lips did saving Knowledge teach/ By Gospel truths they did Preach/ These truths obey & you will wise/ Like them to
dwell above the skies.”
It is not surprising to see John Bonar absent; he walked out at the Disruption in 1843. It is presumably this event that is referred to on No. 568 to Charles Grieg - “whose honest consistent piety of his old age kept in mind the
riotousness of his early manhood, and condemned it. He shared in the revived spiritual life of 1843, and all that knew him admitted that it was so.”
In 1680 two silver communion cups were donated to the church by Sir Robert Elphinstoun of Quarrel’s younger brother, John. This was such a significant
event at that time that it was recorded on his gravestone; they are still in the possession of the church.
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Poetry and Prose
By the late Victorian period it was common to add the odd commemorative
phrase at the bottom of the stone, often taken from the bible, but not infrequently taken from popular texts of the time. These will be found littered amongst the transcriptions laid out below. Here it is only necessary to pick out
two of my favourites from the earlier stones. The first dates to 1803 and reads “Study not so much to live long, as to live well by virtuous perseverance while
on earth you dwell.” (No. 836). The second is slightly earlier, from 1795 (No. 999), and states “Thro life what care and ills molest/ Alternate rounds of joy and fear/ The weary wanderer hopes for rest/ And seeks it there but finds it here.” The most quoted inscription from the churchyard can be found on the north wall
of the old churchyard (No. 618). It seems to date to 1635 and may thus have been inserted in the original manse wall: “Here lyes interred within his urne
The corps of honest good John Burne Who was the eight John of that name
That livd with love and died wt fame In changing tymes sadest disaster Trew to his King Lord and Master
Kynd to his kenered neighbur frend Whos good lyfe hade ane happie end
His soul to God he did bequeath His dust to lye this stone beneath”
The term Honest is found elsewhere in the churchyard and is not a euphemism for something best not said. It is found, for example on the grave of a gardener
(No. 140), erected by his grateful “master” (a sign of the old feudal ties). “Here lie the Relicks of an Honest Man, a Nathaniel in Whom Was Neithe Guile nor Gall, a Diligent and Faithful Servant, Warmly attached to his Master and his interest,
John Gibson, Gardener to Sir James Dunbar of Mochrum Who died on the 12th of/ October 1771, in the 20th Year of his Service And 58th of his Age. In regard to
his Memory his Master Here deposited his Body With this inscription.”
The Gravestones
A large number of the gravestones have the remnants of a surface wash of
paint, usually beige or cream in colour. Some also have traces of red or black in the cut letters. These indications suggest that it was once common to paint the stones and that at the end of the 18th century the graveyard was a far more
colourful place.
There is also plenty of evidence for the re-use of headstones. Often this is suggestive, such as the names on one side of a stone bearing absolutely no
relationship with those on the other. More conclusive are the many occasions were one of these sets of inscriptions has been filled in with white lime putty
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(and then presumably the whole face painted over – examples include Nos. 368, 370, 571, 866, 975). There are also a number of stones were the traces of an
underlying inscription can still be seen under the main one (Nos. 81, 351, 885, 1023). In most cases we might expect the original lettering to have been
completely removed by cutting back the face. No. 307 re-used the leg of a table tomb. It was normal practice for the church to raise money by periodically putting the lairs up for sale, or rather for lease. Any family not re-purchasing
their lairs forfeited not only the right to future burials, but also the risk that someone else might remove those already present in order to put in their own
family members. At the end of the 19th century the Larbert sextant reckoned that bodies would not last ten years in the ground – bones and all. Removing stones from graves were the owner had lost the right of possession was a
natural consequence and it therefore made sense to re-use them.
Around about 1790 the local sandstones were augmented by a fine-grained pinkish sandstone with prominent bedding plains. This is a phenomenon seen in other graveyards in the area and was probably made possible by the canal
network. The texture of the stone made it easy to get well-formed lettering. Unfortunately, because the headstones are placed with the bedding plains in a
vertical position with their ends exposed on the top edge there is a high degree of lamination, exacerbated by the physical damage caused by modern grass cutting machinery. By the mid 19th century pink and grey granites had been
introduced from Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire, transported by rail. These were always expensive and their use at Larbert is limited.
INVENTORY OF GRAVESTONES
The churchyard was surveyed in July 1969 by Mitchell and Mitchell as part of their national record of monumental inscriptions. The reference number used in
their publication on East Stirlingshire is given at the end of each entry in the following format - M & M 99. In some cases a stone recorded by them has since fallen or been removed and the information from 1969 is used here as the
primary record. It is noticeable that these tend to lie adjacent to the main path.
Dundas Enclosure:
Stones 1 and 2 below are flat stones, which would have floored the aisle. They must have been placed in the north wall after the construction of the new church
in 1821.
1. Wall, 2.09 x 1.08m. IN.MICHAEL.ELPHI/ NGSTOWNE.DUCEM/ KILSYTHEVS.CAES/ VM.15 AVGVST 1645/ CAVSA.DOMVS.CL/ ARO PRAECLARA.IN/ SIGNIA.FEC[I]T..NOBI/ LIOR.FATIS P[OS]T/
GIFTED.TO.THIS.KIRK.TVO/ COMMVUNION.CVPPS. The shield on the left is charged, for Elphinstone: a chevron with a crescent for difference between three boars’ heads
erased. The initials are those of Michael Elphinstone and the motto is “Cause Caused”.
The right hand shield is charged, for Bruce: a saltire, on a chief a mullet. The initials are for Mary Bruce, daughter of Robert Bruce of Kinnaird (she
married Michael in 1618), and the motto is “Do well, and doubt not.”
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Illus: The Eastern end of Larbert Churchyard with the stones numbered for the inventory.
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1. Wall, arched. 0.85 x 0.43 in 1.24 x 3.24m. Inscription lost. [George Fairburn --- Carron, his wife Mary Hardie, son John – Mitchell & Mitchell No.
1].
2. Head, pointed arch. 1.75 x 0.69 x 0.12m. Fallen face down.
3. Wall, triangular pediment. 1.80 x 0.83m. Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ MR. JOHN DOVE/ WHO DIED AT GLASGOW 5TH JULY 1848,/ IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE./ AND OF/ MARION WRIGHT/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT GLASGOW
23D JANUARY 1847./ IN THE 69TH YEAR OF HER AGE./ “Blessed are the dead/ who d-- -- the Lord.” [M & M 2]
4. Head, arched. 2.05 x 0.76 x 0.14m. (a) In loving Memory/ of/ JOHN WALKER/ ELLERSLIE,/ WHO DIED 17TH SEPT. 1900,/ AGED 58 YEARS./ ALSO/ MARGARET YUILLE/ HIS WIFE,/ WHO DIED 4TH OCT. 1905,/ AGED 59
YEARS. (b) “UNTIL THE DAY DAWN” [on upper plinth] (c) ROBERTS/ FALKIRK [on lower plinth].
5. Head, central triangle. 0.90 x 0.91 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER BAIRD/ AND/ JANE MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JOHN/ DIED 11TH DECEMBER 1873.
6. Head, bi-lobed & cavetto. 0.55 x 0.74 x 0.13m. 1793/ William Bow/ Elifabeth Hardie. [M & M 12].
7. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.99 x 0.13m. (a) 1778 [along top] (b) The Designed Burying place of/ John Benny & Ann Muirhead his/ Spouse and their Children. [M & M 11].
8. Head, tri-lobed. 0.85 x 0.95 x 0.13m. 1841/ DAVID MASTERTON/ AND/ JEAN INGRAM. [M & M 10].
9. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.76 x 0.14m. (a) 1764 [along top] (b) DD MMCL/ Alexander Dow. [M & M 9].
10. Head, arched. 1.40 x 0.59 x 0.12m. (a) IN/ LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ OUR
MOTHER/ GRACE HIGGEN,/ WHO DIED 19TH FEB. 1881,/ AGED 35 YEARS./ ALSO OUR FATHER/ ARCHIBALD BRUCE,/ WHO DIED 4TH DEC. 1914,/ AGED
70 YEARS./ BRUCE. (b) JB ABERCROMBIE [on plinth].
11. Head, square. 0.30 x 0.47 x 0.10m. 17 81/ PM GD. [M & M 8]
12. Head, arched. 0.30 x 0.35 x 0.10m. 1784/ JB MP. [ M & M 7]
13. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.60 x 0.68 x 0.07m. (a) 1807 [along top] (b) [lost - laminated]. [M & M 6].
14. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.77 x 0.08m. 1861/ ERECTED/ BY/ DAVID ADAM/ AND/ ELIZABETH REID/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JOHN/ WHO DIED MAY
31ST 1838/ AGED 7 YEARS.
15. Head, S-arch with upturned ends. 0.95 x 0.74 x 0.13m. 1838/ ROBERT COWIE/ AND/ ELISABETH FORSYTH/ DIED 9TH JANUARY 1858/ AND 1ST
NOVEMBER 1868/ MARGARET COWIE/ WHO DIED 23RD MAY 1903 AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 5].
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16. Head, S-arch with upturned ends. 0.70 x 0.62 x 0.11m. (a) No 73 [along top] (b) 1826/ THOMAS WATSON/ AND/ CATHARINE MCNAIR,/ THE
FORMER/ DIED 12TH JANUARY 1872 AGED 78 YEARS./ THE LATTER/ DIED 13TH FEBRUARY 1872 AGED 73 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER/ JANET
WHO DIED IN INFANCY. [M & M 4]
17. Head, corner turrets & cavetto. 0.85 x 0.88 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES DAVIE/ TO THE MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ISABELLA JOHNSTON/ WHO DIED
FEBRY 1848/ AGED 71 YEARS. [M & M 3].
18. Head, bi-lobed. 0.60 x 0.78 x 0.13m. 1855/ ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES
PENMAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ BARBARA MARSHALL/ WHO DIED MAY 22D 1855/ AGED 66 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES PENMAN/ DIED APRIL 28TH 1857/ AGED 65 YEARS.
19. Head, arched pediment. 1.45 x 0.62 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN COOPER,/ & MARGARET THOMPSON,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR TWO SONS/
WILLIAM THOMPSON,/ BORN 7TH APRIL 1848,/ DIED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1860/ JOHN COOPER JUNR/ BORN 12TH JULY, 1834/ DIED 6TH DECEMBER 1867/ THE ABOVE/ JOHN COOPER/ BORN 24TH JUNE 1801/ DIED 20TH APRIL 1875/
ALSO/ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET THOMPSON/ BORN 30TH MAY 1805/ DIED 17TH JANUARY 1882/ ALSO THEIR GRANDSON/ ALEXANDER COOPER/ DIED
5TH NOV 1898 AGED 31 YEARS./ / “Not lost, but gone before”.
20. Head triangle. 0.95 x 0.68 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER MCCOUSTRA,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ANN MARSHALL,/ DIED 17TH
MARCH 1863 AGED 33 YEARS.
21. Head, triangle. 0.95 x 0.89 x 0.12m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT
EASTON/ IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE/ HELEN RANKINE/ WHO DIED 1ST SEPR 1869/ AGED 31 YEARS.
22. Head, cut corners. 1.30 x 0.74 x 0.12m. 1783/ ALEXANDER MUNRO./
Senior./ AGNES MALCOLM./ AGNES MALCOLM DIED 1854 AGED 4 YEARS/ ROBERT HASTIE DIED 1866 AGED 21 YEARS/ DAUGHTER AND SON OF/
JANE JOHNSTONE MUNRO DIED 1868 AGED 55 YEARS/ AND/ WILLIAM MUNRO DIED 1891 AGED 81 YEARS. [M & M 13]
23. Head, low arch. 0.85 x 0.84 x 0.12m. (a) ERECTED/ By GEORGE BURGES,/ in Memory of MARY MCKIPPEN/ his Spouse, who died 11th Septr 1786/ Aged 36 Years./ And/ ANN SMITH his second Spouse,/ who died 12th Jany 1792,/
Aged 37 Years./ Also,/ Four of their Children./ “Oh Time, how rapid is thy career;/ How quickly move thy chariot wheels.” (b) ALSO INTERRED HERE,/
THE ERECTOR OF THIS STONE,/ GEORGE BURGES; FOR MANY YEARS/ MASTER MILLWRIGHT & JOINER,/ AT CARRON WORKS. DIED 3D MAY 1814./ THE STONE REPAIRED,/ AND OLD INSCRIPTION RENEWED BY/ HIS
YOUNGEST SON, DAVID BURGES/ OF CARRON BANK, HELENSBURGH,/ NOW PROPRIETOR OF THIS LAIR,/ JULY 1862. [on west face]. [M & M 14].
24. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.59 x 0.13m. 1854/ JAMES MCLAUCHLAN/ AND/ MARY ARNOT.
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25. Head, cavetto between corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.78 x 0.78m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES GARDNER/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JANET DAVIE/ HIS SPOUSE/ WHO
DIED ON THE 22 OF JUNE 1844/ AGED 46 YEARS./ JAMES GARDNER/ DIED JULY 11th 1851/ AGED 47 YEARS. [M & M 15].
26. Head, cavetto. 0.55 x 1.01 x 0.16m. (a) 17 86 [along top] (b) DECR 25TH 1785 DIED MARGARET HENRY IN THE/ 55TH YEAR OF HER AGE SPOUSE OF ALEXR GARDNER/ SMITH IN STENHOUSE MUIR WHO DEPARTED/ THIS LIFE
DECr 4TH 1804 IN THE 75th YEAR OF/ HIS AGE/ / THIS STONE IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF/ A LOVING MOTHER BY HER TWO SONS JAMES/ AND
WILLIAM GARDNERS. [M & M 16].
27. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.44 x 0.12m. 1788. [James Reid – M & M 17].
28. Head, square. 0.30 x 0.34 x 0.18m. (a) 1801 [along top] (b) R C. [M & M
18].
29. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.40 x 0.10m. (a) A. R./ A. R. (b) AP [west face]
[M & M 19].
30. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.85 x 0.11m. (a) Holds 2 Lairs [along top] (b) Erected by/ JAMES MITCHELL TURNBULL/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANE
MCLEOD/ DIED 25TH JULY 1895, AGED 44 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON JAMES/ DIED 25TH FEB 1899, AGED 13 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS
MARGARET/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY.
31. Head, triangular pediment. 2.25 x 0.72 x 0.20m. (a) ERECTED BY/ JAMES DAVIE/ farmer [on pediment] (b) IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JAMES
DAVIE,/ DIED 16TH MARCH 1851 AGED 86 YEARS./ ALSO HIS MOTHER MARGARET DUNCAN,/ DIED 19TH JANY 1861 AGED 91 YEARS./ ALSO HIS
SISTER MARGARET DAVIE,/ RELIC OF JOHN STEVENSON,/ DIED 15TH APR 1879 AGED 93 YEARS,/ ALSO/ JANE DAVIE HIS SISTER/ DIED 26TH DECEMBER 1882 AGED 87 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES DAVIE,/ DIED 14TH
AUGUST 1891 AGED 91 YEARS, (c) Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. [on plinth]. [M & M 20].
32. Head, truncated triangle between lobes. 0.60 x 0.55 x 0.13m. J.C. J.L. [M & M 21].
33. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.65 x 0.12m. IN MEMORY OF/ ALLISON WALKER BRYCE/ DIED 15TH SEP. 1897, AGED 52 YEARS/ MARY BOYLE STEP MOTHER,/ DIED 1ST AUG. 1903 AGED 66 YEARS,/ DANIEL BRYCE/ DIED 15TH
FEB. 1904 AGED 57 YEARS.
34. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.70 x 0.13m. 1819/ MICHAEL RAL/ and/
CATHERINE JOHNSTON. [M & M 30].
35. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.45 x 0.48 x 0.11m. 1819/ M R/ C J. [M & M 29].
36. Head, plinth only.
37. Head, triangle with rounded corners and finial. 1.20 x 0.67 x 0.17m. Erected/ by/ WILLIAM & ELIZABETH GRIEVE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR
DAUGHTER/ ELIZA JANE GRIEVE/ WHO DIED 6TH FEBY 1892 AGED 15 YEARS.
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38. Head, plinth only survives. (a) ROBERT WALKER & MARY ALLAN (b) J. BAIRD [on lower plinth].
39. Head, square between lobes. 0.75 x 0.62 x 0.12m. (a) 1783 [along top]/ 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN MOFFAT/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANET
LESLIE/ DIED 18TH SEPTEMBER 1873/ AGED 47 YEARS/ THE ABOVE JOHN MOFFAT/ DIED 4TH FEB 1896 AGED 70 YEARS. [M & M 27]
40. Head, rounded corners. 0.35 x 0.29 x 0.09m. JR MA. [M & M 26]
41. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.76 x 0.12m. 1811/ JOHN RENNIE/ MARY ALEXANDER. [M & M 25].
42. Head, S-arch between corner turrets. 0.60 x 0.66 x 0.07m. 1855/ WILLIAM REID/ AND/ JANET HODGE.
43. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.86 x 0.13m. 1835/ RICHARD CAMPBELL/ and/ ANN
GILLESPIE. [M & M 24]
44. Head, S-arch between corner turrets. 0.65 x 0.57 x 0.07m. 1835/ WILLIAM
REID/ AND/ JANET HODGE.
45. Head, S-arch. 1828/ JAMES GENTIL/ AND/ MARGT MURRAY. [M & M 23].
46. Head, bi-lobed with cast iron finial in centre. 1.10 x 0.92 x 0.14m
ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN FORSYTH/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ISABELLA YUILLE/ DIED 3RD JANUARY 1879,/ AGED 28 YEARS.
47. Head, triangle. 1.36 x 0.80 x 0.14m. Erected/ BY/ WILLIAM FREW/ AND/ ELIZABETH MILNE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ ELIZABETH/ DIED 27TH JULY 1870 AGED 3 YEARS.
48. Wall, 1.80 x 1.88 x 0.25m. ERECTED BY/ JOHN MARSHALL BAKER LARBERT/ AND/ AGNES STEVENSON. [M & M 22].
49. Head, arch. 2.10 x 0.76 x 0.12m. Fallen face down. [James Anderson died 1847, wife Margaret Smith died 1843, daughter Elizabeth died 1851, Thomas Anderson in Kinnaird died Melbourne Victoria 16 May 1888 aged 70, wife
Margaret Fleming died 12 July 1872 aged 45, children Marion Allan died 30 August 1864 aged 21 months, daughter Marion Fleming died 10 May 1867
aged 9 months, John Anderson farmer Kinnaird died 1819, hi wife Agnes Neilson died 1807 – M & M 31].
50. Head, obelisk. 3.65 x 0.50 x 0.52m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES FLEMING/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARY DUNCAN./ DIED 24TH MARCH 1870,/ AGED 30 YEARS/ JAMES/ THEIR SON DIED 11TH AUGT 1874/ AGED 6 YEARS. [M & M
32].
51. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.65 x 0.10m. (a) 1888/ ERECTED BY/ ALEXANDER
MITCHELL./ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ WILLIAM MITCHELL/ DIED 13TH JULY 1851,/ ALSO OF HIS MOTHER/ JANET PHILIP/ DIED 22ND NOV. 1874. (b) 1830/ THOMAS ALLAN/ and/ ELIZABETH MIRK [on west face]. [M & M
33]
52. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.67 x 0.10m. (a) 1863/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER
MITCHELL/ IN MEMORY OF/ HELEN ALLAN/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED THE 29TH
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OCTR 1862/ AGED 39 YEARS/ WILLIAM/ THEIR SON DIED 21ST JULY 1870/ AGED 26 YEARS/ THOMAS ALLAN/ THEIR SON DIED 19TH FEB. 1888,/ AGED
28 YEARS/ THE ABOVE ALEXANDER MITCHELL/ DIED 13TH NOV. 1897, AGED 76 YEARS (b) 1830/ THOMAS ALLAN/ and/ ELIZABETH MIRK [on west face].
[M & M 34].
53. Head, pointed arch. 1.30 x 0.75 x 0.13m. 1886/ In/ Memory of/ THOMAS MCGILCHRIST/ DIED 18TH FEBY 1880,/ AGED 83 YEARS/ HIS WIFE/ JANET
M.B. CRAWFORD,/ DIED 8TH SEPTR 1874,/ AGED 82 YEARS.
54. Head, triangle. 1876/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER ALLAN/ AND/ ANN
SCOTT/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JOHN/ DIED 29TH OCT 1873 AGED 16 MONTHS/ ROBERT SCOTT/ DIED 27TH MAY 1873 AGED 18 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ALEXANDER ALLAN/ DIED 3RD MAY 1896 AGED 57 YEARS/ ANNE
SCOTT ALLAN/ DIED FEB 1ST 1903 AGED 23 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ANN SCOTT/ DIED 27TH JANUARY 1933 AGED 93 YEARS. [M & M 35].
55. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.79 x 0.12m. 1840/ GEORGE MARSHALL/ AND/ JEAN BUCHANAN. [M & M 36].
56. Head, pointed arch. 0.90 x 0.48 x 0.14m. IN/ MEMORY OF/ GEORGE
MCLAY/ WHO DIED 5TH SEPT 1882/ AGED 89 YEARS/ AND/ BARBARA LINDSAY/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 27TH JULY 1894/ AGED 80 YEARS.
57. Head, low cavetto. 0.75 x 0.68 x 0.11m. 1887/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN MCLEOD/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANE ROBERTSON/ DIED 5TH OCT. 1873 AGED 34 YEARS.
58. Head, cavetto & central arch. 1.75 x 0.61 x 0.16m. (a) IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ WILLIAM LESLIE/ BORN 24TH FEBRUARY 1822,/ DIED 5TH MAY
1895./ ALSO/ MARY HARLEY HIS WIFE,/ BORN 22ND MAY 1822,/ DIED 13TH OCTOBER 1886,/ AND THEIR CHILDREN/ MARTHA BLACK,/ DIED 6TH MARCH 1864,/ AGED 7 YEARS./ MARY ANN,/ DIED 15TH MARCH 1868,/ AGED 5
YEARS./ ALSO/ ELIZABETH HARDY,/ DIED 21ST APRIL 1902,/ AGED 42 YEARS./ ALSO/ AGNES,/ DIED 10TH NOV. 1918 AGED 74 YEARS. (b)
“BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD.”/ ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILY. [upper plnth] (c) ROBERTS & SON/ Falkirk [LOWER PLINTH].
59. Head, ogee & S-arch. ).85 x 0.75 x 0.06. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ AGNES BINNIE/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ WILLIAM SUTHERLAND/ WHO WAS DROWNED IN THE THERESA/ ON THE 1ST DECR 1867 AGED 36 YEARS,/ THE
ABOVE AGNES BINNIE/ DIED 18TH FEBY 1911 AGED 76 YEARS.
60. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.60 x 0.75 x 0.12m. 1858/ ALEXANDER DICK/
DIED APRIL 4TH 1858./ ELIZABETH MITCHELL/ DIED APRIL 13TH 1849. [M & M 37].
61. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.40 x 0.07m. 1839/ A.DICK/ And/ E. MITCHELL.
[M & M 38].
62. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.53 x 0.18m. 1860/ DAVID MATHIESON/ AND/ ANN
MITCHELL. [M & M 39].
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63. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.96 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ CORNELIUS LAING/ & ISABELLA BOW/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED CHILDREN/ JANET DIED
AGED 9 MONTHS./ CORNELIUS DIED AGED 6 YEARS./ MARGARET DIED AGED 7 YEARS/ ANDREW DIED AGED 9 YEARS. [M & M 40].
64. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.69 x 0.13m. (a) 1882/ RICHARD BOW/ AND/ AGNES MCDONALD/ THE ABOVE RICHARD BOW/ DIED 1ST MAY 1874, AGED 55 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE AGNES MCDONALD/ DIED 12TH APRIL 1902 AGED
81 YEARS. (b) 1785/ John Bow [on west side]. [M & M 41].
65, Head, cavetto & bi-lobed. 0.95 x 0.96 x 0.13m. ERECTED BY/ ROBERT
ANDERSON & ANNIE LINDSAY/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ ROBERT ANDERSON/ DIED 21ST OCT. 1896, AGED 64 YEARS.
66. Head, low arch between lobes.
0.90 x 1.03 x 0.13m. ERECTED BY/ ROBERT ANDERSON & ANNIE LINDSAY/
IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JAMES ANDERSON/ DIED 8TH MARCH 1899, AGED 4 YEARS.
67. Head, central arch, illus. 0.90 x
0.76 x 0.18m. (a) JOHN MUIR/ AND/ ANN McEWEN [along top]. (b) Reddidit mare mortvos/ Hie lapis.erectus ot, in
by JOHN/ and ALEXr MUIRS, lawfull sons of/ ROBERT MUIR & ELIZABETH MORRISON/ indwellers in the Barony of Quarrole/ in Memory of JAMES MUIR their Broth/ er, who lost his life (with
another of the/ hands) at Hispaniola in Mounta Christa/ river (going over the Barr for fresh wa/ ter) out of the long boat belonging to/ the Prince
Ferdinand. ANDREW ANDER/ SON Captain, & were taken up & interr’d/ by him, on the 8th of may MDCCLXI/ The deceast JAMES MUIR was born/ the
25th of June MDCCXLII. in the/ old town of Stenhouse, in this Parish. [E face]. (d) mors/ vincit/ omnia/ JAMES MUIR/ DIED 28th MAR/ 1903/ AGED 63 YEARS/ HIS WIFE/ ELIZABETH/ CLARKSON/ DIED 39th JANY/ 1926/ AGED
81 YEARS (N edge]. (e) Ejicito/ Ancho/ ram/ JAMES/ INFANT SON OF/ JAMES MUIR/ AND/ ELIZABETH/ CLARKSON [S edge]. [M & M 48].
REDDIDIT MARE MORTUOS = The sea has given up its dead HIC LAPIS ERECTUS EST IN SIGNO AMORIS BENEVOLENTISSIMI PRO FRATRE CHARISSIMO = This stone was put up as a token of most kindly love for a
dearest brother MORS VINCIT OMNIA =Death conquers all things
EJECTO ANCHORAM = I cast out my anchor 68. Head, triangle, 0.85 x 0.75 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ MARY GODFREY,/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN MATHIESON/ DIED 13TH NOV. 1876,/ AGED 67 YEARS.
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69. Head, cross on podium. 2.90 x 0.47 x 0.47m. (a) ERECTED BY/ ANNE WILSON,/ IN MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND, JOHN REID,/ WHO DIED 9 SEP.
1841,/ ROBERT REID,/ THEIR SON,/ DIED 19TH SEP. 1840,/ AGED 1 YEAR./ ANN WILSON DIED 17TH OCTR 1880,/ AGED 61 YEARS. (b) ALSO/ IN
MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER REID,/ STUDENT OF MEDICINE,/ WHO DIED 21ST JAN. 1819 AGED 21 YEARS. [on south face]. [M & M 47].
70. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.77 x 0.11m. (a) RG. JW. PG. JW. [along top] (b)
1842/ ROBERT GILLESPIE/ AND/ JANET MCLEAN. [M & M 46].
71. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.11m. 1851/ ALEXANDER
GILLESPIE/ AND/ CHRISTAIN GARDNER. [M & M 45].
72. Head, obelisk. 1.90 x 0.47 x 0.48m. ERECTED BY/ JOHN MACVEY/ IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT MACVEY/ HIS FATHER/ DIED 23RD FEB. 1890,/ AGED
77/ ISABELLA SIMPSON/ HIS MOTHER/ DIED 26TH JUNE 1851/ AGED 36./ ROBERT MACVEY/ HIS BROTHER/ DIED 20TH SEP. 1877, AGED 30. [M & M
44].
73. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.76 x 0.07m. ERECTED BY/ HANNAH GRIERSON/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ WILLIAM SCOBBIE/ DIED 29TH JULY 1885 AGED
35 YEARS.
74. Head, cavetto & arch. 0.80 x 0.76 x 0.12m. 1851/ JOHN GILMOUR/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER/ AGNES WAUGH/ WHO DIED MAY 28 1850/ AGED 77 YEARS. [M & M 43].
75. Head, cut corners. 0.75 x 0.72 x 0.11m. 1869/ JOHN REID/ AND/
CATHERINE TASKER/ CHRISTINA/ THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED/ AUGUST 1869/ AGED 10 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE/ CATHERINE TASKER/ DIED 10TH MAY
1891 AGED 62 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JOHN REID/ WHO DIED 31ST MAY 1896 AGED 87 YEARS.
76. Head. Central low arch. 0.70 x 0.79 x 0.15m. 1851/ GEORGE CLARK/ AND/
JANE DUNN. [M & M 42].
77. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.59 x 0.14m. In Memory/ OF OUR FATHER/ ROBERT
BUCHANAN/ DIED 25TH JAN 1897 AGED 58 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ EUPHEMIA MITCHELL/ DIED 8TH DEC 1925 AGED 81 YEARS.
78. Flat, 1.82 x 0.74m. 1787/ WILLIAM URE/ MARY POW. [M & M 49].
79. Head, S-arch. 0.20 x 0.71 x 0.10m. 1814/ Ebenezer Rad [Reid]. [M & M 50].
80. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.42 x 0.11m. E. Reid. {M & M 51].
81. Head, pointed arch. 1.25 x 0.59 x 0.16m. IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER
HUSBAND/ THOMAS JEFFREY TURNBULL/ WHO DIED AT BANNOCKBURN/ 28 SEP 1893, AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO/ MARY ANN DONALDSON/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT BANNOCKBURN/ 2ND MAY 1925 AGED 81.
82. Head, square. 0.40 x 0.53 x 0.15m. Blank.
83. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.62 x 0.09m. 1858/ THOMAS TURNBULL/ AND/
ELIZABETH MARSHALL. [M & M 52].
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84. Head, S-arch. 1852/ HENRY TURNBULL/ AND/ ELIZABETH EASTON. [M & M 53].
85. Head, bi-lobed. 0.65 x 0.83 x 0.14m. MARY WILSON/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ WILLIAM SMITH/ WHO DIED FEBY 15TH 1859/ AGED 48 YEARS./
JAMES/ THEIR SON DIED DECR 24TH 1846/ AGED 4 YEARS./ MARY WILSON,/ DIED 12TH AUGUST 1884/ AGED 72 YEARS. [M & M 54].
86. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.70 x 0.05m. 1851/ ROBERT BALDERSTON/ AND/
JANE BROWN/ ROBERT B. RISK. [M & M 55].
87. Table, 1.76 x 0.75m. 1751/ A.U. AA/ ALEXANDER URE/ CHRISTIAN
MILLIAR/ His Spouse Died 7th January/ 1826/ JAMES GILCHRIST. [M & M 56].
88. Head, 4-lobed. 0.55 x 0.63 x 0.12m. 17 AW#AA 54.
[M & M 57].
89. Head, central low arch,
illus. 0.70 x 0.94 x 0.14m. (a) ROBERT URE/ AND/
MARION CURRIE/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MATTHEW JOHN URE KIDD/ BELOVED SON OF
ANDREW AND AGNES KIDD/ AND GRAND-CHILD OF
ROBERT AND MARION URE/ WHO DIED TUESDAY 7TH MAY 1889 AGED 7½ YEARS (b) In Domino ominus nostra fiducia. [M & M 58].
IN DOMINO OMNIS NOSTRA FIDUCIA = All our confidence is in the Lord
90. Head, S-arch. 1785/ JAMES COWAN/ JANET URE. [M & M 59].
91. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.97 x 0.14m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1853/ SAMUEL NIVEN/ AND/ JEAN CUTHILL. [M & M 60].
92. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.90 x 0.73 x 0.14m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ HENRY NIVEN/ AND/ MARY NICOL. [M & M 61].
93. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.73 x 0.06m. ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/
JOHN YORKSTON/ DIED 5TH JULY 1875 AGED 25 YEARS/ MAGGIE BOYD/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 30TH DECEMBER 1874./ MALCOLM YORKSTON,/ DIED 9TH NOV.
1894, AGED 68 YEARS./ HIS WIFE ANN MILLER/ DIED 25TH JULY 1872, AGED 40 YEARS.
94. Head, arch. 0.95 x 0.62 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES WAUGH/ AND/
CHRISTINA COWAN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ DAVID/ DIED THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY 1873/ AGED 20 YEARS.
95. Head, cavetto & bi-lobed. 0.80 x 0.75 x 0.15m. 1820/ ANDREW HAY/ and/ MARGARET FERGUSON. [M & M 69].
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96. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.62 x 0.07m 1871/ ERECTED/ BY/ ANN FOORD/ WHO DIED 3RD MARCH 1875/ AGED 52 YEARS.
97. Flat, 1.66 x 0.74m. JOHN NEILSON/ ANN YOUNG/ 17 [O3?] [shield]. [M & M 68].
98. Head, rounded. Illus. 0.30 x 0.31 x 0.09m. (a) 16 (b) BW [on west face]. [M & M 67].
99. Head, 4-lobed. 0.55 x 0.75 x 0.16m. WB AT. [M & M 66].
100. Head, rounded. Illus. 0.30 x 0.32 x 0.09m. (a) 63 (b) EB [on west face]. [M & M 65].
101. Table, 1.84 x 0.83m. 1774/ GEORGE NEILSON/ AND/ HELEN BUCHANAN/
HIS WIFE/ ARCHIBALD NEILSON-/ DIED 14TH MAY 1873 AGED 78 YEARS/ ELIZABETH KERR/ DIED 17TH OCTOBER 1880 AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 64].
102/ Head, low arch. 0.55 x 0.58 x 0.13m. (a) No 33 [along top] (b) 1793/ PETER.MAXTON/ GRIZEL.DUN. [M & M 63].
103. Head, S-arch. 0.45 x 0.66 x 0.15m. 1849/ JOHN FAIRLEY/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JAMES FAIRLEY. [M & M 62].
104. Head, arched pediment. 1.85 x 0.69 x 0.18m. 1870/ ERECTED BY/
WALTER AND ANN WEIR,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER/ MARGARET ADAM WEIR,/ WHO DIED AT INCHES 5TH DECR 1866,/ AGED 19
YEARS/ WALTER WEIR,/ DIED AT ROSEHILL 3D MARCH 1871,/ AGED 72 YEARS/ ANN WEIR HIS WIFE/ DIED 13TH FEBRUARY 1883,/ AGED 79 YEARS./ JOHN WEIR/ DIED AT MUIRHEAD BONNYBRIDGE/ 4TH SEP. 1900, AGED 62
YEARS.
105. Head, cavetto & low arch. 0.60 x 0.65 x 0.05m. Lost.
106. Head, low arch. 0.75 x 0.51 x 0.12m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ HENRY CAIN/ AND/ ANN HENDERSON.
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107. Head, arch. 1.55 x 0.80 x 0.10m. THE –RYING PLACE OF/ JA--- BACHOP/ A--- CASTLEHILL/ MU---VONSIDE/ DIED – JULY 187-. [broken]
108. Head, cut corners. 0.50 x 0.63 x 0.13m. 1744/ JM#MG/ AM MM. [M & M 70].
109.Flat, 1.78 x 0.94m. 1789/ JM JK. [M & M 71].
110.Head, rounded corners. 0.35 x 0.57 x 0.11m. 1805/ Alexander Cherry/ Margaret Ure. [M & M 72].
111. Flat, 1.70 x 0.74m. 1805/ Alexander I---/ Margaret Ure. [M & M 73].
112. Head, corner quadrants with central triangle. 1.05 x 0.83 x 0.14m. 1880/
ERECTED BY/ DONALD MCKENZIE/ AND/ JESSIE DICKSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ MARY/ DIED AT CARRON 18TH APRIL 1880/ ALSO/ TWO DIED IN INFANCY.
113. Flat, 1.95 x 0.79m. 16 83/ IT IC/ GH ET/ HD/ WM MW/ W.M. A.K. [M & M 74].
114. Flat, 1.67 x 0.80m. 16 77/ IT IC/ GH ET/ HM ID/ WM MW/ W.M.A.K. [M & M 75].
115. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.90 x 0.76 x 0.15m. (a) 1820/ THOMAS ALLAN/
and/ JANET HUTTON/ WILLIAM ALLAN/ and/ MARION CARR. (b) 1777/ TA#JH [on west face]. [M & M 76].
116. Head, pointed arch. 1.20 x 0.56 x 0.16m. ERECTED BY/ MARY GILLESPIE/ IN MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND/ JAMES ALLAN/
WHO DIED 17TH APRIL 1882/ AGED 79 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ MARY GILLESPIE/ WHO DIED
28TH SEP. 1883/ AGED 80 YEARS/ ALSO/ THEIR GRANDAUGHTER/ MARGARET LUMSDEN/ BORN 6TH AUGUST 1861,/ DIED 7TH
AUGUST 1882./ ALSO THEIR SON/ WILLIAM ALLAN/ DIED 16TH JAN 1895 AGED 67 YEARS./
ALSO HIS WIFE/ ANN TEMPLETON LUMSDEN/ DIED 18TH DECEMBER 1901 AGED 67 YEARS.
[M & M 77].
117. Head, cavetto & bi-lobed. 0.90 x 0.82 x 0.13m. (a) 17 WL HF 77 [along top] (b)
1850/ ROBERT LESLIE/ AND/ MARTHA BLACK (c) MEMENTO MORI [on west face]. [M & M 78].
118. Table, 1.59 x 0.62m. ROBERT LESLIE/ AND/ MARTHA BLACK/ ELIZABETH/ Their Daughter Died 11/ ---. [M & M 79].
119. Head, low arch with raised corners. 0.85 x 0.79 x 0.09m. (a) JAMES
COWAN/ AND JANE LAIRD (b) 1815/ GEORGE CRAWFORD/ and/ AGNES CHRISTIN/ JANET M.D. CRAWFORD [cemented over on west face] [M & M
80].
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120. Head, arch. 1.45 x 0.85 x 0.14m. TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN SMITH ESQ/ OF PINFOLDBRIDGE/ LATE OF THE HONBLE EAST INDIA/ COMPANY’S
SERVICE,/ WHO DIED ON THE 16TH DAY OF SEP 1828/ AGED 81 YEARS/ MARY CLYDE,/ WIFE OF HUGH SMITH/ BORN 22ND JANUARY 1804/ DIED 27TH
JUNE 1871./ HUGH SMITH,/ BORN 10TH JANUARY 1806/ DIED 20TH AUGUST 1885.
121. Head, central low arch. Illus. 0.70
x 1.07 x 0.16m. (a) 17 56 [along top] (b) 1842/ HUGH SMITH and MARY CLYDE
123. Head, triangle. 1.10 x 0.48 x 0.13m. MOTHER/ ELIZABETH ARTHUR/
HUTTON/ BORN CARRONSHORE,/ OCT-25-1874/ DIED ITHACA, N.Y. U.S.A./
JULY-24-1966.
124. Head, S-arch. 0.40 x 0.82 x 0.17m. 1788/ Alexander Cherry/ Margret Ure. [M & M 84].
125. Head, S-arch. 1.20 x 0.79 x 0.08m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT BACHOP/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ HELEN SLIMON/ WHO DIED
AT BURNTISLAND IN 1831/ ALSO OF HIS SON/ HENDERSON/ WHO DIED 18TH JULY 1858/ AGED 31 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ROBERT BACHOP/ WHO DIED 20TH JUNE 1870/ AGED 75 YEARS/ IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/
OF HELEN S BACHOP THE BELOVED DAUGHTER/ OF ROBERT & MARION BACHOP AGED 24 YEARS/ ALSO THREE CHILDREN WHO DIED IN INFANCY.
[M & M 90].
126. Head, triangle. 1.10 x 0.60 x 0.12m. 1871/ ARCHIBALD GILLESPIE,/ AND/
CATHERINE JOHNSTON,/ THE ABOVE/ CATHERINE JOHNSTON/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ ARCHIBALD GILLESPIE/ DIED 13TH SEP. 1891/ AGED 69 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ARCHIBALD GILLESPIE,/ DIED 1ST JANY 1900,/ AGED 88
YEARS.
127. Head, cut corners. 0.55 x 0.64 x 0.15m. (a) 1770 [along top] (b) JOHN
WALK/ER . JANET/ TOWRS. [M & M 89].
128. Head, triangle & corner turrets. 0.95 x 0.76 x 0.08m. ERECTED/ BY/ DAVID DUNCAN/ AND/ CHRISTIANA YOUNG/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/
JOHN/ DIED 7TH JULY 1874 AGED 23 YEARS/ DAVID DUNCAN/ DIED 17TH MAY 1884 AGED 76 YEARS/ CHRISTIANA YOUNG/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 24TH JUNE
1884 AGED 75 YEARS/ ALEXANDER DUNCAN/ DIED 16TH JUNE 1896 AGED 55 YEARS.
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129. Head, cross on pedestal. 2.60 x 0.84 x 0.53m. (a) Erected/ BY/ WILLIAM SMITH, WEST CARRON,/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS FATHER/ JOHN SMITH DIED
21ST NOVR 1851 AGED 63 YEARS./ HIS MOTHER/ MARGARET BAULD, DIED 21ST OCTR 1870, AGED 75 YEARS/ HIS NEICE/ MARGARET URE, DIED 6TH
JULY 1864, AGED 6 YEARS./ ROBERT SMITH, DIED 9TH NOV. 1876 AGED 48 YEARS./ JANE C. SMITH, DIED 21ST FEB. 1880 AGED 45 YEARS./ WILLIAM SMITH, DIED 15TH NOV. 1889 AGED 63 YEARS. (b) WE MOURN BECAUSE
LOVE’S LINKS ARE BROKEN,/ AND GRIEVE TO PART FROM FRIENDS SO TRUE,/ STILL HOPE AND FAITH TO US BETOKEN,/ THAT WE SHALL YET PAST
JOYS RENEW. [on upper plinth] (c) THY/ WILL BE/ DONE [on cross] (d) IN MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER SMITH/ WHO DIED 18TH SEPTR 1901,/ IN HIS 64TH YEAR./ ALSO HIS WIFE/ GRACE FERGUSON,/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ ON
THE 1ST MAY 1906. [on north panel] (e) J. & J. BAIRD/ FALKIRK [on lower plinth]. [M & M 88].
130.Head, central arch. 1.10 x 0.72 x 0.11m. ERECTED/ IN/ MEMORY OF/ JOHN AITKEN/ WHO DIED 23RD FEBRUARY 1864 AGED 42 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ CHRISTINA FORRESTER/ WHO DIED 27TH MARCH 1897 AGED 72 YEARS.
131. Head, urn on pedestal. 2.35 x 0.72 x 0.19m. (a) ERECTED BY/ JOHN FORREST/ MERCHANT, LARBERT, 1868. [on pediment] (b) IN MEMORY OF/
JAMES FORREST,/ HIS FATHER, WHO DIED 19TH NOV. 1856,/ AGED 56 YEARS./ ISABELLA,/ HIS SISTER, WHO DIED 4TH JUNE 1849,/ AGED 6 YEARS./ WILLIAM AND ALEXANDER,/ HIS BROTHERS, WHO DIED IN
INFANCY./ ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER,/ MARGARET ANDREW,/ DIED 4TH DECR 1878,/ AGED 81 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JOHN FORREST/ DIED
25TH NOV. 1897, AGED 74 YEARS. [M & M 87].
132. Head, obelisk. 2.00 x 0.29 x 0.29m. (a) ERECTED BY/ HIS SISTERS/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JAMES FORREST/ WHO DIED/ 4TH APRIL 1898/ AGED
72 YEARS. (b) ROBERTS/ FALKIRK [on plinth]. [M & M 86].
133. Head, triangular pediment with finial. 2.00 x 0.68 x 0.19m. (a) SACRED/
TO THE MEMORY OF/ CORNELIUS HOTCHKIES/ CARRONSHORE/ WHO DIED 6TH MARCH 1851/ AGED 19 YEARS/ JOHN DIED 21ST MAY 1874/ AGED 39
YEARS/ CORNELIUS HOTCHKIES/ DIED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1882/ AGED 30 YEARS/ PETER HOTCHKIES/ DIED 7TH JUNE 1889/ AGED 52 YEARS/ JOHN SON OF/ GEORGE HOTCHKIES/ DIED 12TH APRIL 1881,/ AGED 2 YEARS & 3
MONTHS/ GEORGE HOTCHKIES/ DIED 26TH SEPTEMBER 1901/ AGED 61 YEARS/ MARY CORBET,/ WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ GEORGE HOTCHKIES,/ WHO
DIED AT CARRONSHORE/ 22ND DECEMBER 1916 AGED 73 YEARS (b) J SCOTT [on plinth] (c) HOLDS.2.LAIRS [on west face]. [M & M 85].
134. Head. Lost. [Possibly M & M 91].
135.Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.60 x 0.73 x 0.08m. 1850/ GEORGE TAYLOR/ AND/ JANET WALKER. [M & M 92].
136. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.76 x 0.08m. 1861/ ROBERT WEBSTER/ AND/ JANE EASON. [M & M 93].
137. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.84 x 0.07m. 1862/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT
WEBSTER/ IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WIFE/ JANE EASON/
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WHO DIED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1862,/ AGED 27 YEARS./ DEEPLY REGRETTED. [M & M 94].
138. Head, central triangular pediment. 1.00 a 0.79 x 0.12m. (a) 1848 [on pediment] (b) Erected/ BY/ MARGARET NICOL/ TO THE MEMORY OF HER
HUSBAND/ JOHN EASON/ FARMER INCHES/ WHO DIED SEPt 21st 1848/ AGED 50 YEARS. [M & M 95].
139. Head, arched pediment. 1.40 x 0.58 x 0.12m. ARCHIBALD SMITH/ ---- --/
----. [M & M 96 – wife Mary N Eason died 2 Feb 1871 aged 22].
140.Glenbervie plot. Head, low S-arch. 0.92 x 0.87 x 0.16m. Here lie the
Relicks of an/ Honest Man, a Nathaniel in Whom Was/ Neithe Guile nor Gall, a Diligent and/ Faithful Servant, Warmly attached to his/ Master and his intereft, John Gibfon/ Gardener to Sir James Dunbar of/ Mochrum Who died
on the 12th of/ October 1771, in the 20th Year of his/ Service And 58th of his Age./ In regard to his Memory his/ Master Here depofited his Body/ With this
infcription-.
141.Glenbervie plot. Table, chamfered top. 0.55 x 2.13 x 0.84m. (a) In memory of [along top] (b) Helen Dundas S Stirling/ wife of --- --- ---/ of
Glenbervie Born MDCCCXXXIV Died MDCCCLXVII [on chamfer] (c) She is not dead but sleepeth [on side]
142.Glenbervie plot. Table, chamfered top. 0.55 x 2.13 x 0.83m. (a) In memory of [along top] (b) Charlotte Stirling/ ---- ---- ---/ ---- ---- (c) I shall be satisfied when I awake/ with Thy -----. [M & M 98 – youngest daughter
1838-1866].
143.Glenbervie plot. Head, obelisk. 5.30 x 0.83 x 0.84m. (a) ERECTED/ TO
THE MEMORY/ OF/ SYLVESTER DOUGLAS STIRLING, ESQR/ OF GLENBERVIE,/ WHO DIED 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1846,/ AGED 43 YEARS./ “But God was with him.”/ AND ALSO OF HIS WIFE/ ANNE CRAIGIE CONNELL/ BORN 31ST
AUGUST 1811,/ DIED 23RD AUGUST 1899,/ “So he giveth his Beloved sleep.” PSA. CXXVII.2. (b) MCDONALD & LESLIE/ SCULPt/ ABERDEEN [on middle
plinth]. [M & M 97].
144. Glenbervie plot. Wall, triangle. 0.50 x 0.65m. IN MEMORY OF/ ISABELLA
G H STIRLING/ ELDEST DAUGHTER OF/ SYLR DOUGLAS & A.C. STIRLING/ OF GLENBERVIE/ BORN 1831 DIED 1862./ “Looking unto Jesus”.
145. Glenbervie plot. Wall, triangle. 0.50 x 0.66m. IN MEMORY OF/ CHARLES
DOUGLAS STIRLING/ ONLY SON OF/ S.DOUGLAS & ANNE C. STIRLING/ OF GLENBERVIE/ BORN 18TH MAY 1840 DIED 29TH APRIL 1856/ / BLESSED ARE
THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY/ SHALL OBTAIN MERCY. MATTW V.7. [M & M 100].
146.Head, pointed arch. 1.00 x 0.79 x 0.15m. 1885/ ERECTED BY/ HECTOR MCPHAIL/ AND/ LILLIAS GRIERSON.
147.Head, urn. 2.30 x 0.71 x 0.18m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE MOIR [on pediment] (b) IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ ANN LAWSON HIS
SPOUSE/ WHO DIED 30TH SEPTR 1867 AGED 35 YEARS/ CHARLES/ THEIR SON DIED 22ND JUNE 1866 AGED 4 YEARS/ PETER/ WHO DIED 17TH MARCH
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1866 AGED 8 MONTHS. (c) THOU SHALL KEEP THEM O LORD; THOU SHALT PRESERVE THEM/ FROM THIS GENERATION FOR EVER PSALM XII & 7.
148.Head, obelisk. 1.50 x 0.28 x 0.28m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES BAIRD/ AND/ MARGARET HILL/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR BELOVED SON/ THOMAS H
BAIRD/ DIED 3RD APRIL 1874/ AGED 8 YEARS/ ALSO/ TWO OF THEIR/ CHILDREN/ DIED IN INFANCY. (b) “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK/ AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.” [on plinth].
149.Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 0.66 x 0.06m. 1853/ DAVID SINCLAIR/ AND/ CHRISTINA MCDONALD/ JAMES BLACK CAMERON F.E.I.S./ DIED AT
GRANGEMOUTH/ 22ND MAY 1876 AGED 42 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ MARGARET SINCLAIR/ DIED 5TH APRIL 1923, AGED 79 YEARS. [M & M 105].
150. Head, tri-lobed. 0.55 x 0.67 x 0.14m. 1853/ DAVID SINCLAIR/ AND/
CHRISTINA MCDONALD. [M & M 104].
151. Flat, 1.53 x 0.59m. 1835/ JAMES PHILP/ and/ ISABELLA URE/ 2 Lairs/ A-
H-/ --/ WM --.
152. Head, round. Illus. 0.40 x 0.44 x 0.10m. (a) – IP (B) T -/ 16 38.
153. Head, central arch with turrets.
0.95 x 0.70 x 0.07m 1851/ ALEXANDER ADAMSON/ AND/ CHRISTIAN BRAIDWOOD/ WILLIAM/
THEIR SON DIED JANY 31ST 1851/ AGED 9 MONTHS/ ALSO/ ALEXANDER/
WHO DIED JANY 12TH 1854/ AGED 20 MONTHS/ ALEXANDER/ WHO DIED 3RD APRIL 1869/ AGED 8 YEARS/ JOHN/
WHO DIED 26TH JULY 1876,/ AGED 50 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ALEXANDER
ADAMSON/ DIED 20TH OCT 1891 AGED 71 YEARS/ JAMES/ DIED 1ST OCT 1894 AGED 34/ CHRISTIAN BRAIDWOOD/
DIED 20TH JAN 1898 AGED 80 YEARS.
154. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 1.25 x 0.32 x 0.12m. 1875/ ERECTED/
BY/ ALEXANDER BROWN/ AND/ HELEN HOTCHKIES,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JOHN/ DIED 11TH JUNE 1859,/ AGED 6 YEARS.
155. Head, truncated triangle. 1.10 x 0.61 x 0.14m. Erected by/ CHRISTINA
MCKAY/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ROBERT CUTHELL/ DIED 5TH JUNE 1897 FROM THE EFFECTS/ OF AN ACCIDENT AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR
SONS/ ROBERT/ DIED 3RD JUNE 1873 AGED 2 YEARS/ THOMAS/ DIED 27TH OCT 1873 AGED 4 YEARS/ DUNCAN/ DIED 24TH OCT 1874 AGED 5 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ CHRISTINA MCKAY/ DIED 29TH DEC. 1924, IN HER 80TH YEAR.
156. Head, arch. 0.95 x 0.62 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ MARGARET WALKER,/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND,/ JOHN CUTHELL/ DIED 13TH JULY 1872,/ AGED
63 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET WALKER/ DIED 16TH DEC 1889 AGED 76 YEARS/ THOMAS CUTHELL THEIR SON/ DIED 4TH JULY 1900, AGED 53
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YEARS/ ALEXANDER CUTHELL, SON,/ DIED 5TH MARCH 1917, AGED 58 YEARS./ INTERRED IN LARBERT CEMETERY.
157. Head, tri-lobed. 0.40 x 0.59 x 0.14m. 1874/ JAMES BAIRD,/ AND/ MARGARET HILL.
158. Head. low arch. 0.85 x 0.46 x 0.12m. 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ MARION HOWDEN/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ PETER MCCANN/ DIED 11TH JUNE 1874/ AGED 59 YEARS.
159. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.50 x 0.81 x 0.06m. 1817/ JAMES HERVEY/ and/ ELIZABETH RICHARDSON. [M & M 106].
160. Flat, 1.60 x 0.71m. MEMENTO MORI/ 16 80/ IR.AM/ TR.IK/ HR IR EB/ 1789/ THOMAS RICHARDSON/ JANET GRAHAME/ ---- ---/ --- ---. [M & M 107 – (James Richardson), Helen Leishman)].
161. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.69 x 0.15m. (a) 1814/ James Robertfon/ Janet Ruffell (b) 1775/ H.R. M.B [on west face]. [M & M 108].
162. Head, central triangle. 0.75 x 0.83 x 0.11m. 1871/ ERECTED BY/ JOHN ALLAN,/ IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER/ JOHN ALLAN,/ DIED 23RD JULY 1870 AGED 58 YEARS,/ THE ABOVE JOHN ALLAN SENR/ DIED AT TAMFOURHILL./
ALSO OF MY MOTHER AGNES AITKEN/ DIED 10TH DECEMBER 1882 AGED 66 YEARS.
163. Head, low S-arch. 0.85 x 0.70 x 0.17m. 1890/ ALEXANDER SMITH./ IN MEMORY OF/ ELIZABETH BAULD SMITH/ DIED 3RD MAY 1883 AGED 51 YEARS.
164. Head. arch. 0.60 x 0.50 x 0.11m. 1871/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM MORRISON/ AND/ AGNES COWIE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ JAMES
DIED 22D JUNE 1855/ AGNES DIED 11H AUGUST 1856/ WILLIAM DIED 11H AUGUST 1856.
165. Head, low S-arch. 0.70 x 0.58 x 0.10m. (a) Inscription lost. (b) HOLDS
THREE LAIRS [on west face].
166. Head, low arch. 0.90 x 0.93 x 0.15m. 1804/ GEORGE LIESHMAN/ AGNES
RUSSEL. [M & M 109].
167. Head, arch. 0.85 x 0.58 x 0.12m. No inscription.
168. Head, tri-lobed. 0.80 x 0.90 x 0.13m. 1805/ Robert Heugh and Jannet/ Watt’s Burying Ground/ AND OF THEIR CHILDREN/ ROBERT HEUGH,/ MARGARET HEUGH OR JAFFRAY,/ AND MARY HEUGH OR MURDOCH. [M & M
110].
169. Head, low S-arch. 0.85 x 0.70 x 0.10m. 1834/ MARGARET KERR/
ERECTED THIS STONE/ TO THE MEMORY OF HER MOTHER/ JANET WILSON/ WHO DIED ON THE 29th OF MAY 1834/ AGED 67 YEARS. [M & M 111].
170. Head, pointed arch. 1.30 x 0.63 x 0.15m. ERECTED BY/ JAMES HARLEY/
AND HELEN HOWDEN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ FRANCIS,/ DIED 20TH JUNE 1864,/ AGED 2 YEARS & 9 MONTHS./ JAMES,/ DIED 10TH MARCH
1877,/ AGED 2 YEARS & 10 MONTHS;/ WILSON,/ DIED 7TH MAR. 1879, AGED
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2 YEARS/ ISABELLA KERR,/ DIED 13TH APRIL 1891, AGED 22 YEARS./ THOMAS,/ DIED 28TH MAY 1897, AGED 26 YEARS/ THE ABOVE HELEN
HOWDEN/ DIED 21ST SEP. 1898 AGED 61 YEARS. [M & M 113].
171. Head, truncated triangle. 0.30 x 0.40 x 0.09m. (a) Robert Broun/ Ifabel
Heni (b) R.B.E.B. [on west face]. [M & M 114].
172. Head, 4-lobed. 0.75 x 0.65 x 0.12m. 1829/ ROBERT BROWN/ AND/ ELIZABETH BOWIE. [M & M 115].
173. Head, low tri-lobed. 0.80 x 0.87 x 0.13m. 1822/ ERECTED/ by/ WILLIAM FORRESTER/ and/ MARGARET GRAHAME/ AND THEIR CHILDREN. [M & M
116].
174. Flat, 1.76 X 0.79m. ---8/ IM.IH/ John ---. [M & M 117].
175. Table, 1.85 x 0.86m. 1850/ WILLIAM CLARK/ AND/ AGNES SIMPSON/
JAMES/ THEIR SON DIED APRIL 23RD 1850/ AGED 11½ MONTHS/ JAMES SIMPSON THEIR SON/ DIED 11TH MARCH 1858 AGED 8 MONTHS/ AGNES
THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED 19TH JANRY 1860 AGED 12½ MONTHS/ THE ABOVE AGNES SIMPSON/ DIED 9TH MARCH 1874 AGED 49 YEARS/ THE ABOVE WILLIAM CLARK/ DIED 20TH NOV. 1877 AGED 59 YEARS/ ROBERT CLARK
ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM CLARK/ DIED 30TH APRIL 1884 AGED 58/ ISABELLA ALLAN WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ ROBERT CLARK/ DIED 9TH OCTR
1882 AGED 35/ WILLIAM CLARK SON OF THE ABOVE/ ROBERT CLARK/ DIED 24TH NOVR 1883 AGED 12./ JOSEPH CLARK YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM CLARK/ DIED 9TH SEPR 1889 AGED 12./ WILLIAM SON OF THE
ABOVE/ WILLIAM CLARK/ DIED 18TH JAN 1895 AGED 44 YEARS. [M & M 118].
175A. Flat, 1.50 x 0.54m. Lost.
176. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.89 x 0.12m. 1842/ Erected/ BY/ JAMES BOW/ and/ CHRISTIAN GRAY/ IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES BOW
ANDERSON/ WHO WAS KILLED IN EGYPT 18th MAR. 1884 AGED 21 YEARS/ DAVID BARBER/ DIED 1ST JULY 1893
AGED 37 YEARS/ JOSEPH BARBER/ DIED 31ST NOV. 1896 AGED 69 YEARS.
[M & M 119].
177. Head, tri-lobed. Illus. 0.55 x 0.61 x 0.15m.17 40/ IS AM. [M & M
120].
178. Head, triangle. 1.70 x 0.61 x
0.17m. ERECTED/ BY/ CHARLES WALKER/ AND/ MARY ADAMSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/
CHRISTIAN BRAIDWOOD/ WHO DIED FEBY 25TH 1869 AGED 22 YEARS/ AND/
MINNIE FINLAYSON/ WHO DIED FEBY 3RD 1874 AGED 2 YEARS/ AND 7 MONTHS./ CHARLES/ DIED 13TH JUNE 1897 IN HIS 19TH YEAR/ MARY ADAMSON/ DIED 18TH MARCH 1899 AGED 51 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/
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CHARLES WALKER/ DIED 8TH MARCH 1909 AGED 58 YEARS/ JOHN WALKER/ DIED 29TH DEC 1903 AGED 34 YEARS.
179. Head, cavetto & triangle. 1.10 x 0.77 x 0.16m. 1889/ ERECTED BY/ JOHN HUNTER,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE/ MARGARET HOTCHKIES,/
DIED AT CARRONSHORE 16TH APRIL 1889,/ AGED 50 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JOHN HUNTER/ DIED AT CARRONSHORE 9TH MARCH 1899, AGED 63.
180. Head, low S-arch. 0.45 x 0.62 x 0.09m. 1870/ JOHN HUNTER/ AND/
MARGT HOTCHKIS.
181. Flat, 1.70 x 0.66m. 1680/ IC.IS/ IH.IC/ WH JJ. [M & M 126].
182. Head, triangular pediment. 2.00 x 0.78 x 0.21m. (a) ERECTED BY/ JAMES AITKEN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER,/ MARY MOCHRIE,/ DIED 24TH JANUARY 1874, AGED 49 YEARS./ HIS FATHER/ GEORGE AITKEN,/ DIED 10TH
FEBRUARY 1874, AGED 48 YEARS./ HIS BROTHER/ ALEXANDER/ DIED 12TH JUNE 1869, AGED 3 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ JAMES AITKEN,/ DIED 12TH DECR
1877, AGED 29 YEARS./ ALSO/ JOHN AITKEN,/ DIED 21ST NOV 1884, AGED 32 YEARS./ ANNIE KAY AITKEN/ THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOHN AITKEN/ DIED 7TH OCT 1894, AGED 13 YEARS & 2 MONTHS/ ALSO HIS
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER/ CHRISSIE AITKEN,/ DIED 12TH APRIL 1898 AGED 4 YEARS & 7 MONTHS/ ALSO/ CHRISTINA KAY,/ WIDOW OF THE ABOVE JOHN
ATKEN/ DIED 5TH JULY 1912 AGED 66 YEARS./ ALSO HER SECOND DAUGHTER/ JANET AITKEN/ DIED 10TH MARCH 1969 AGED 89 YEARS/ WIFE OF GEORGE AITKEN/ DIED TEXAS U.S.A., 27TH JUNE 1907. (b) J. & J.
BAIRD/ FALKIRK.
183. Flat, 1.70 x 0.65m. Inscription worn off. [M & M 125 – Robert Galbraith
1772 Winga(te)].
184. Head, tri-lobed with central finial. 1.30 x 0.90 x 0.15m. 1848/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JAMES MURDOCH/ LATE ANTIQUARY AIRDRIE/ WHO
DIED 25TH DECEMBER/ 1846/ THIS STONE IS/ ERECTED/ BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW/ IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM STEWART MUNGALL HEAD/
WHO DIED 19TH APRIL 1892 AGED 66./ ALSO HIS WIFE MARY WEBSTER/ WHO DIED 9TH DEC. 1898 AGED 73. [M & M 124].
185. Head, truncated triangle. 1.58m x 0.64 x 0.13m. Erected/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN MCLAREN/ WHO DIED AT DAWSON’S LAND/ STENHOUSEMUIR 27TH OCT 1898/ AGED 81 YEARS/ ALSO AGNES SILCOCK/
WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ JOHN MCLAREN/ DIED – JAN 1916/ AGED 2- YEARS.
186. Head, triangular pediment. 1.80 x 0.62 x 0.18m. IN MEMORY OF/ HELEN
COUSLAND/ WIFE OF THOMAS FOORD,/ WHO DIED 2ND JULY 1860,/ AGED 72 YEARS.
187. Head, arch. 1.85 x 0.89 x 0.17m. Fallen face down. [M & M 123 – 1857,
James Mitchell Oct 1815 died Dec 1846, son John died 2 Jan 1868 aged 65, wife Catherine Rae died 28 May 1883 aged 78, son James died 10 July 1900
aged 67, his wife Helen M Flemington died 27 March 1901 aged 63; Peter Wright, wife Janet Mitchell, daughter Margaret].
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188. Head, central low arch. 0.95 x 0.70 x 0.07m. 1860/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN DUNCAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ELIZABETH MITCHELL/ WHO DIED 29TH
SEPTR 1858/ AGED 31 YEARS/ MARGARET AND ELIZABETH/ THEIR DAUGHTERS/ DIED 10TH APRIL 1858/ THE FORMER AGED 4/ THE LATTER 2
YEARS. [M & M 122].
189. Head, 5-lobed. 0.95 x 0.65 x 0.07m. 1861/ JOHN MCLEOD/ AND/ JANET MAXWELL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ MARGARET,/ WHO DIED 19TH
NOVR 1860/ AGED 18 YEARS./ ALSO IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER/ JOHN MCLEOD/ WHO DIED 20TH MAY 1870 AGED 48 YEARS/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF
MY SISTER/ MARY JANE MCLEOD,/ WHO DIED 5TH MAY 1871 AGED 19 YEARS.
190. Head, cavetto & central arch. 1.70 x 0.58 x 0.18m. (a) ERECTED BY/ JOHN BELL COCHRANE/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS FATHER/ ROBERT COCHRANE/
DIED 29TH JANUARY 1874/ AGED 78 YEARS/ HIS MOTHER/ MARY STARK/ DIED 31ST JANUARY 1843/ AGED 45 YEARS./ THE REMAINS OF SEVEN OF
THEIR/ CHILDREN WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ARE INTERRED HERE/ ELIZABETH JOHNSTON/ DIED 16TH MARCH 1879,/ AGED 71 YEARS. (b) J. & J. BAIRD/ FALKIRK. [M & M 121].
191. Head, ogee. 0.50 x 0.57 x 0.10m. 1827/ JOHN BROWN/ AND/ ELIZABETH HILL. [M & M 127].
192. Head, cavetto. 0.85 x 0.93 x 0.15m. A.G. 1788 M.T/ ALEXANDER GILLESPIE/ AND/ HELLEN DRUMMOND/ 1852. [M & M 128].
193. Head, arch. 1.65 x 0.64 x 0.19m. (a) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JANET
MCKINNES OUR MOTHER/ DIED 23RD NOV. 1891 AGED 77./ JOHN WILKIE OUR FATHER/ DIED 30TH SEP. 1892 AGED 77./ MARGARET WILKIE OUR
SISTER/ DIED 1849 AGED 11 MONTHS./ JANET WILKIE OUR SISTER/ DIED 27TH JUNE 1873 AGED 26. (b) “A FEW SHORT YEARS OF TRIALS PAST/ WE REACH THE HAPPY SHORE/ WHERE DEATH DIVIDED FREINDS AT LAST/
SHALL MEET TO PART NO MORE.” [on plinth].
194. Head, square. 0.45 x 0.54 x 0.20m. 1791/ ARCHD BROWN/ AND/ MARGT
YOUNG/ JOHN BROWN/ AND/ ELIZA HILL. [M & M 129].
195. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.58 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER
OSWALD/ AND/ AGNES ANN GLEN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER/ ANN/ WHO DIED 27TH JUNE 1869/ AGED 4 YEARS.
196. Head, triangle. 0.85 x 0.62 x 0.15m. IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ DONALD
ALLAN/ SON OF/ ALEXANDER & ISABELLA MCRAE/ WHO DIED AT NORTH LODGE, LARBERT HOUSE,/ 29TH JAN 1895 AGED 3 YEARS & 10 MONTHS.
197. Head, 4-lobed. 0.85 x 0.82 x 0.12m. 1838/ THIS IS THE BUIRING/ GROUND OF/ JAMES URE/ AND/ MARGARET CALLANDER/ HIS SPOUSE,/ WHO DIED 19TH JANY 1832/ AGED 60 YEARS/ ALSO THEIRD SON WILLIAM/ WHO
DIED 31 DICERY 1836/ AGED 24 YEARS. [M & M 130].
198. Head, bi-lobed. 0.45 x 0.51 x 0.10m. 1754/ ID.IS.MM. [M & M 131].
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199. Head, tri-lobed. 0.75 x 0.74 x 0.10m. 1802/ JOHN REID/ ELIZABETH DUNAN. [M &
M 132].
200. Head, 4-lobed. (Illus) 0.80 x 0.76 x
0.15m. (a) 17 67 [along top] (b) 1816/ Robert Towers/ Agnes Reid. [M & M 133].
201. Head, bi-lobed. 0.85 x 0.92 x 0.13m.
1879/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM BAIN/ AND/ JANE CURRIE.
202. Head, triangle. 0.95 x 0.62 x 0.17m. Erected by/ MARY FORREST/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN MARSHALL/ DIED 27TH
JAN. 1892, AGED 72 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ MARY FORREST/ WHO DIED MRCH
YEARS/ ALSO/ JAMES YOUNGEST SON/ DIED AT BOOKLYN NEW YORK/ ON 29TH JULY 1912 AGED 32 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JANE RAE,/ DIED 11TH MARCH
1918 AGED 77 YEARS.
204. Head, 5-lobed. 0.90 x 0.91 x 0.16m. (a) IN MEMORY OF/ PETER LOWE/ DIED 9TH JULY 1879, AGED 70 YEARS./ AND AGNES DUNCAN HIS WIFE/ DIED
27TH NOV 1879, AGED 82 YEARS (b) 1786/ --es McPherson and/ Marion Balloch [on west face]. [M & M 134].
205. Head, arch. 1.20 x 0.55 x 0.15m. Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOMAS MCKINLAY/ DIED 3RD AUG. 1893 AGED 80 YEARS/ HIS WIFE/ MARGARET HORN/ DIED 29TH JUNE 1894 AGED 66 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON/ THOMAS/
DIED 6TH JAN. 1894 AGED 32 YEARS/ DAVID MCKINLAY/ AND/ MARY DOBBIE.
206. Flat, tapering. 1.58 x 0.70. 1675/ RB KF/ MB. [M & M 139].
207. Head, low arch. 0.85 x 0.40 x 0.13m. IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN WALKER/ DIED 30TH OCT 1898/ AGED 78 YEARS/ ELIZABETH SAMUEL/ HIS WIFE/ DIED
5TH JUNE 1907/ AGED 79 YEARS. [M & M 140].
208. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 1.00 x 0.88 x 0.10m. Lost.
209. Head, 4-lobed. 1835/ JOHN MUIRHEAD/ and/ MARY ARMSTRONG/ In
memory of their son JAMES/ who died March 16th 1832. [M & M 138].
ALEXANDER WILSON,/ Ship-Owner Carron-Shore,/ who died in the year 1816,/ Aged 62 Years./ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXR WILSON/ His Son. [M & M 137].
211. Head, bi-lobed. 0.65 x 0.92 x 0.10m. ERECTED/ BY/ JANE HAUGH,/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES BURNET,/ DIED 15TH APRIL 1876,/ AGED
60 YEARS.
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212. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.47 x 0.07m. 1871/ JOHN SMITH/ AND/ ISABELLA BRYCE URE.
213. Head, tri-lobed. 0.65 x 0.68 x 0.13m. 1830/ H M/ J C. [M & M 136].
214. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.59 x 0.12m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ WALTER
WADDLE/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARY TAYLOR/ WHO DIED 3RD SEPR 1870/ AGED 34 YEARS.
215. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.75 x 0.71 x 0.07m. JOHN GRAY/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARGARET HAWORTH/ WHO DIED 10TH JUNE 1858/ AGED 36 YEARS.
216. Head, S-arch. 1829/ JOHN STARK. [M & M 135].
217. Head, triangle. 1.30 x 0.63 x 0.18m IN/ MEMORY OF/ CAPN PETER WEBSTER,/ DIED 12TH MARCH 1880,/ AGED 57./ AND/ HIS WIFE/ MARGARET
MACVEY/ DIED 22ND FEBRUARY 1873,/ AGED 52.
218. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.69 x 0.12m. COLIN MORRIS/ AND/ ISABELLA
AITKEN.
219. Head, ogee with triangle & central lobe. 1.05 x 0.91 x 0.17m. (a) 1878/ IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT BAIN/ AND/ JESSIE SMITH (b) A/ ANDREW
ROBERTSON [on west face]. [M & M 141].
220. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.16m. (a) WILLIAM WARK/ AND/ JOHN
SMITH/ JAMES ALLAN/ AND/ MARY GILLESPIE (b) 1775/ William Smith/ Mary Allan [on west face]. [M & M 142].
221. Head, low arch with central dip. 0.75 x 0.61 x 0.19m. HOLDS 2 LAIRS/
ERECTED BY/ JOHN PHILIP/ AND HELEN MCFARLAN/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR DAUGHTER JANE PHILIP/ DIED 14TH NOVEMBER
1877/ AGED 1 YEAR AND 9 MONTHS/ ANNIE PHILIP/ DIED 1T OCTOBER 1883/ AGED 15 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE/ HELEN MCFARLANE/ DIED AT CARRON 6TH JAN. 1898 AGED 62.
222. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.76 x 0.12m. 1853/ WILLIAM MCCONNEL/ AND/ ELIZABETH WILSON. [M & M 143].
223. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.70 x 0.69 x 0.14m. (a) 1763 [along top] (b) DAVID STARK/ MARGRET GEL/ LMOER. [M & M 144].
223A: Flat (in front of 223). [M & M 145 – 163/ DS/ &/ MG].
224. Head, cavetto. 0.70 x 0.74 x 0.14m. (a) 17 64 [along top] (b) WC 1827 HD/ WILLIAM MCWATT/ DIED 6TH OCT 1863 AGED 30 YEARS./ FRANCIS
WILLIAM MCWATT/ DIED 6TH OCTR 1869, AGED 7 YEARS./ HELEN MCWATT/ DIED 23RD APRIL 1874, AGED 15 YEARS./ / COME TO THE SAVIOUR MAKE NO
DELAY/ HERE IN HIS WORD HE’S SHOWN US THE WAY/ HERE IN OUR MIDST HE’S STANDING TODAY/ TENDERLY SAYING “COME”. [M & M 146].
225. Head, cavetto. 0.55 x 0.85 x 0.12m. (a) No 50 [along top] (b) 1827/
WILLIAM CLARK/ AND/ HELEN DUNCAN/ MALCOLM CLARK/ ---- DEC 1883 AGED 43. [M & M 147].
226. Flat, 1.74 x 0.84m. 1775/ Henry Laing/ Sufanna Rankine. [M & M 148].
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227. Head, triangular pediment. 1.05 x 0.84 x 0.13m. IN/ MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER MACVEY JUNR/ WHO DIED 7TH DECEMBER 1854. [M & M 149].
228. Head, triangular pediment & urn. 3.50 x 0.70 x 0.70m. (a) THE/ REVEREND FRANCIS MACGILL/ MINISTER OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF/
LARBERT AND DUNIPACE./ CUT OFF TO THE GREAT GRIEF OF HIS/ FRIENDS AT THE EARLY AGE OF 27 YEARS./ LIES HERE INTERRED./ HIS MINISTRY WAS SHORT,/ BUT HIS NAME/ WILL LONG BE DEAR TO HIS BEREAVED
FLOCK/ WHO CALLING TO MIND-/ HIS GIFTS AS A PREACHER OF THE WORD-/ HIS FAITHFULNESS AND GENTLE CARE/ AS A PASTOR- HIS ABUNDANT
LABOURS/ AS A SERVANT OF THE LORD- HIS ZEAL FOR/ THE GOOD OF THEIR SOULS. AND THE/ LOVELY GRACES OF HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER-/ WITH DEEP SORROW FOR HIS EARLY DEATH-/ HAVE ERECTED THIS
MONUMENT/ TO HIS MEMORY./ HE WAS ORDAINED SEPTEMBER 8TH 1843./ HE DIED JANUARY 8TH 1847./ “Alas! My Brother.” (b) HE.WAS./
THE.NIGHT.COMETH.WHEN.NO./ MAN.CAN.WORK.” JOHN IX.4./ HIS.NIGHT.HAS.COME./ WHERE.HE.SHALL.SHINE.AS./ THE
BRIGHTNESS.OF.THE./ FIRMAMENT.AND.AS.THE./ STARS.FOR.EVER./ AND.EVER.” [on north face] (c) BOWMAN [on plinth]. [M & M 156].
229. Head, S-arch. 0.45 x 0.53 x 0.13m. (a) 1787 [along top] (b) 1857/
MATTHEW EASTON/ AND/ MARGARET CAMPBELL (c) 2 Lairs/ J A E P [on west face]. [M & M 155].
230. Head, bi-lobed with central low arch. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.14m. 1869/ GEORGE EASTON/ AND/ JANET COWAN. [M & M 154].
231. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.61 x 0.11m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1857/
GEORGE EASTON/ AND/ JANET COWAN/ JOHN/ THEIR SON DIED AUGT 4 1857/ AGED 2½ YEARS. [M & M 153].
232. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.83 x 0.11m. 1835/ JOHN NICOL/ And/ ELIZABETH KAY. [M & M 152].
233. Head, cavetto. 0.50 x 0.76 x 0.13m. (a) 1771 [along top (b) GG:MK/ 1811/ Robert Kay &d/ Mary Towers/ CARRONSHORE. [M & M 151].
234. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.57 x 0.09m. 1820/ PETER KERR/ and/ JANET
WILSON. [M & M 112].
235. Head, pointed arch. 1.80 x 0.62 x 0.16m. (a) Erected/ BY/ GILBERT AND/
DEVINA BRUNTON/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR BELOVED SONS/ ALEXANDER/ DIED FEB 1899 AGED 15 MONTHS/ GILBERT,/ DIED APRIL 1901, AGED 12 YEARS. (b) DEEPLY MOURNED [on plinth].
236. Flat, 1.77 x 0.89m. 1770/ JOHN STEVEN/ ELIZABETH/ McKNNIIRE. [M & M 150].
237. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.63 x 0.08m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ HENRY HARDIE/ AND/ HELEN COWIE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ ROBERT/ WHO
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DIED 23RD OCTR 1869./ AGED 18 MONTHS/ IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ HENRY HARDIE/ DIED 24TH JANUARY 1873 AGED 34 YEARS.
238. Head, bi-lobed. 0.70 x 0.79 x 0.11m. 1871/ ANDREW RAE/ AND/ ELIZABETH CLARKSON.
239. Head/wall, square pediment. 2.45 x 1.73 x 0.59m. 1717/ J.H. I.C./ MEMENTO MORI. [M & M 157].
240. Flat, 2.06 x 1.14m. THE BURYING PLACE OF/ JAMES HENDERSON OF
SPRINGFIELD/ DIED 21ST JULY 1832, AGED 67 YEARS/ WILLIAM HENDERSON MERCHANT,/ SECOND SON DIED IN SANTIAGO DC CHILE/ 15TH SEPTEMBER
1825 AGED 27 YEARS/ DR JAMES HENDERSON/ THIRD SON BURRIED HERE DIED IN LONDON/ 25TH OCTOBER 1838 AGED 31 YEARS/ MARY BOW SPOUSE OF JAMES HENDERSON/ DIED 23RD JULY 1869 AGED 78 YEARS/ ISABELLA
HENDERSON ELDEST DAUGHTER OF/ JAMES HENDERSON AND MARY BOW/ DIED AT SPRINGFIELD 1- SEPTEMBER 18-7 AGED 55 YEARS/ THOMAS
HENDERSON ELDEST SON/ DIED AT SPRINGFIELD 6TH MAY 1874 AGED 72 YEARS/ MARY HENDERSON OR WORDIE/ YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WIDOW OF THE/ REVD JAMES WORDIE D.D./ OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ---A---E/ DIED
AT EDINBURGH 24TH JUNE AGED 75 YEARS. [M & M 158 – Cupar Fife].
241. Head, draped square. 1.75 x 0.75 x 0.21m. (a) Sacred/ T- --- --MORY/ --/
CAT----- ---- ---WEBB./ ALSO --- --- ---SON/ --- --- --- (b) “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” [on plinth] (c) McEWEN/ EDIN [on side of plinth]. [M & M 159 – Caroline Webb 1847].
242. Head, triangular pediment. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.13m. ERECTED/ BY/ JANE MCALLISTER/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES MCALLISTER/
WHO DIED 2ND FEB. 1895 AGED 49 YEARS/ ALSO HER TWO LITTLE GIRLS/ KATE AND GEORGIE/ WHO DIED SAME YEAR/ AGED RESPECTIVELY 9 AND 6 YEARS.
243. Head, scalloped. 0.55 x 0.99 x 0.13m. 1819/ The Burying place of/ THOMAS BROWN/ and/ JANET LAIRD. [M & M 160].
244. Head, arched. 1.30 x 0.57 x 0.1m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES MILLER/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ CHRISTINA COWAN/ DIED 23RD DEC.
1894, AGED 57 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES MILLER/ DIED 4TH APRIL 1897 AGED 62 YEARS (b) ---- ---KIRK [on plinth].
245. Head, triangle. 1.50 x 0.75 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT ADAM/ IN
MEMORY OF/ HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE/ HELEN SMITH/ WHO DIED 15TH JUNE 1857/ AGED 31 YEARS/ ALSO/ HELEN SMITH/ THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED
6TH MARCH 1868.
246. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.78 x 0.13m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM WALKER/ AND/ ANN MEIKLEJOHN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/
WHO DIED 20TH APRIL 18-5 AGED 63 YEARS/ ALSO HIS MOTHER/ MARION FINLAYSON/ WHO DIED 13TH OCTR 1868 AGED 65 YEARS/ WILLIAM/ THEIR
SON WHO DIED 29TH APRIL 1862,/ AGED 2 YEARS/ MARION WALKER/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 21ST JANUARY 1873,/ AGED 16 YEARS.
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247. Head, ogee & triangle. 1.40 x 0.52 x 0.16m. (a) ERECTED BY THE FAMILY/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR MOTHER/ MARY L. SMITH,/ RELICT OF WM
FLORENCE,/ ABERDEENSHIRE,/ DIED AT STENHOUEMUIR/ 26TH MARCH 1899,/ AGED 71 YEARS. (b) ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on plinth].
248. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.59 x 0.12m. 1853 x 0.59 x 0.12m. 1853/ DAVID SINCLAIR/ AND/ CHRISTINA MCDONALD. [M & M 161].
249. Table, 1.83 x 0.91m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER BURT/ AND/ JANE ROSS/
In memory of their Son ALEXANDER/ who died August 24th 1821/ AGED 21 Years/ Also/ Here lie the Remains of/ JAMES BURT/ who died at GLASGOW
28th June 1847/ Aged 44 years/ Also/ Here lie the Remains of/ ANDREW BURT/ who died at Bathgate 28th May 1863/ Aged 66 Years./ / 2 Lairs. [M & M 162].
250. Head, S-arch & corner turrets. 1.15 x 0.84 x 0.15m. 1854/ ALEXANDER COWAN/ AND/ JANET MCFARLEN/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THEIR DAUGHTR
ELIZABETH/ WHO DIED JANUARY 28 1867/ AGED 21 YEARS./ ALSO/ ROBERT/ WHO DIED 24th NOVEMBER 1880,/ AGED 24 YEARS/ ISABELLA COWAN/ DIED 12TH OCTOBER 1882,/ AGED 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS/
ELIZABETH,/ DIED 26TH MAY 1865 AGED 1 YEAR/ DAUGHTER OF/ PETER COWAN/ JANET MCFARLANE AGED 16 YEARS/ ELIZABETH COWAN AGED 9
MONTHS.
251. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.78 x 0.13m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1853/ JOHN BROWN/ AND/ JEAN OSWALD/ THE FORMER/ LOST HIS LIFE 31ST
MARCH 1859/ AGED 40 YEARS/ JANET/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 14TH MAY 1853/ AGED 2 YEARS/ GEORGE HIS SON DIED THE 12 JULY 1900.
252. Head, triangular pediment. 1.30 x 0.81 x 0.13m. (a) ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM AND MARY HIGGINS/ IN MEMORY OF/ LILLIAS YOUNG HIGGINS/ WHO DIED 19TH MARCH 1886 AGED 3 YEARS/ ALSO MARGARET
MCGROUTHER HIGGINS/ DIED 15TH MAY 1886 AGED 1 YEAR & 4 MONTHS. (b) 2 LAIRS [on west face].
253. Head, plinth only. None.
254. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.76 x 0.09m. 1853/ GEORGE LAING/ AND/ MARY
WHITE. [M & M 169].
255. Head, S-arch. 0.45 x 0.45 x 0.12m. 1853/ G.L. M.W. [M & M 168].
256. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.34 x 0.11m. 1832/ T M/ H E. [M & M 167].
257. Head, triangle. 1.90 x 0.65 x 0.17m. Erected/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARGARET BAILLIE,/ WIFE OF FRANCIS BINNIE/ WHO DIED AT WEST
CARRON 28TH FEB.1870/ AGED 36 YEARS./ ALSO SIX OF THEIR CHILDREN WHO DIED YOUNG/ ALSO OF/ MARGARET BINNIE/ WIFE OF JAMES TAYLOR,/ WHO DIED AT GLASGOW 24TH NOV. 1895/ AGED 28 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/
FRANCIS BINNIE/ DIED 11TH FEBRY 1916,/ AGED 87 YEARS & 9 MONTHS.
258. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.45 x 0.56 x 0.13m. 1875/ JAMES:FLEMING/ And/
ELIZABETH:BURT. [M & M 166].
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259. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.79 x 0.14m. Erected/ BY/ GRACE REID/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ALEXANDER REID/ WHO DIED MARCH 15TH
1871.
260. Head, square. 0.80 x 0.67 x 0.14m. 1810/ JAMES.HALLEY/ JEAN.FULTON.
[M & M 165].
261. Head, low S-arch. 0.15 x 0.43 x 0.09m. JH. [M & M 164].
262. Head, bi-lobed with small central triangle. 0.60 x 0.78 x 0.18m. (a)
Strange is the youth that sleeps/ beneath this stone, and/ Affliction sore lor abore (b) MDCCCXII/ John McDonald/ Margaret Ferg/ ufon HOLDS 2/ LAIRS
WITHIN [on west face]. [M & M 163].
263. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.59 x 0.15m. (a) Erected by/ THOMAS & MARY MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER MARY/ WHO DIED
15TH APRIL 1894/ AGED 1- YEARS & 7 MONTHS/ ALSO MARY LITTLE/ BELOVED WIFE OF/ THOMAS MARSHALL/ DIED 11TH JULY 18-3 AGED 31
YEARS (b) DEAR DAUGHTER THOU ART GONE/ WE WISHED THEE LONGER STAY:/ BUT DEATH HAS MADE US MOURN/ BY TAKING THEE AWAY. [lower stone].
264. Head, low arch. 0.20 x 0.29 x 0.09m. W M.
265. Head, tri-lobed. 0.60 x 0.81 x 0.15m. ERECTED BY JOHN DUNCAN/
CARRON SHORE As SACRED to the/ MEMORY of ELIZABETH JOHNSTON/ His Spouse WHO DEPARTED this Life/ on the 6th May 1807. [M & M 171].
266. Head, plinth only. Lost. [Possibly M & M 170 – James McClymont died 15
Dec 1869 aged 77, wife Marion Stout died 27 Oct 1847 aged 48, by William Ure, wife Marion McClymont, son George died 10 Dec 1871 aged 11, William
died 25 Aug 1873 aged 7, Mary M Ure died 18 Jan 1892 aged 16].
267. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.85 x 0.92 x 0.14m. (a) 1807 [along top] (b) 1850/ JAMES GILLESPIE/ AND/ ALLISON THOMSON. (c) DAVID GILLESPIE/
ELIZABETH WAUGH/ Refideing at QUARROLE erected/ this stone as SACRED to the/ Memory of MARION GILLESPIE/ their daughter who Departed th--/ Life
2- of APRIL 1807 Aged ---/ years. [M & M 172].
268. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.39 x 0.08m. D G/ E W. [M & M 173].
269. Head, obelisk. 3.30 x 0.45 x 0.45m. (a) Sacred/ TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/ HELEN GENTLES./ THE BELOVED WIFE/ OF/ MATTHEW COPELAND./ DIED AT CARRON. 2ND JULY 1871./ ALSO/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THEIR BELOVED
SON/ MATTHEW/ WHO DIED AT CARRON 6TH DECR 1876/ IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. (b) MATTHEW COPELAND/ DIED AT CARRON 18TH JUNE 1889/
AGED 75 YEARS./ ALEXANDER COPELAND/ SON OF THE ABOVE/ AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MAGGIE BINNIE/ DIED AT CARRON 11TH FEBY 1892/ AGED 46 YEARS. [ON NORTH FACE].
270. Head, low arch with cut corners. 0.80 x 0.66 x 0.10m. (a) 1810/ W. Crombie/ M. Berrey (b) This ston holds 2 lairs [on west face]. [M & M 174].
271. Head, triangle (cast iron frame). 2.20 x 0.68 x 0.17m. Erected/ BY/ DAVID GILLESPIE/ IN MEMORY OF/ JANET THOMSON/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 11TH
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JUNE 1852./ AGED 35 YEARS./ ELIZABETH, HIS DAUGHTER,/ DIED 3RD SEPTEMBER 1862,/ AGED 19 YEARS:/ SIX CHILDREN DIED IN INFANCY./ THE
ERECTOR OF THIS MONUMENT/ DIED 20TH APRIL 1864,/ AGED 48 YEARS. [M & M 175].
272. Head, low S-arch. 0.40 x 0.75 x 0.13m. (a) No --- [along top] (b) 1810/ James Jack/ Margret Sumerva--/ his Wife Rest Hear. [M & M 176].
273. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.65 x 0.09m. 1842 x 0.65 x 0.09m. 1842/ GEORGE
MCLAY/ AND/ MARGRET STIVENSON. [M & M 177].
274. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 1.06 x 0.14m. (a) No. 89 (b)
1838/ DAVID LAIRD/ and/ JEAN BOAG/ BEQUEATHED THIS BURYING GROUND/ AND STONE TO DUNDAS LAIRD/ THEIR SON AND HEIR TO IT AT THEIR/ DECEASE. [M & M 183].
275. Head, triangle. 1.25 x 0.69 x 0.11m. Erected/ IN MEMORY OF/ HUGH MCINTOSH/ WHO DIED 10TH DECR 1835, AGED 34 YEARS/ AND MARTHA
HUGHES,/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 14TH DECR 1868, AGED 61 YEARS/ ALSO/ WILLIAM THOMSON,/ THEIR GRANDCHILD/ WHO DIED 31ST MAY 1859,/ AGED 2 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. [M & M 182].
276. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.84 x 0.13m. 1870/ WILLIAM MOFFAT/ AND JANET HAMILTON.
277. Head, S-arch. 0.30 x 0.32 x 0.11m. W M/ J H. [M & M 181].
278. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.74 x 0.15m. Here lies the Body of janet/ Dryfdale Daughter of Will/ iam Dryfdales Carron Shore/ Who Died 4th March 1810/
Aged 45 years. [M & M 180].
279. Head, low arch. 0.30 x 0.29 x 0.16m. W.D. (M & M 179].
281. Head, plinth only. W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK.
282. Head, low S-arch. 0.55 x 0.75 x 0.12m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT BELL/ AND/ ELIZABETH RICHARDSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/
MARY/ WHO DIED 12TH MARCH 1864,/ AGED 3 YEARS/ JOHN/ WHO DIED 5TH APRIL 1870,/ AGED 1 YEAR.
283. Head, fallen face down. 1.10 x 0.76 x 0.07m.
284. Head, run on stepped pediment. TO THE MEMORY OF/ LAWRENCE SCOBIE,/ DIED 9TH JANY 1875, AGED 63 YEARS./ HIS WIFE/ CATHERINE HAWORTH,/
DIED 11TH FEBY 1869, AGED 58 YEARS./ THEIR CHILDREN/ MARY/ DIED 18TH JULY 1866, AGED 20 YEARS./ JOHN/ WHO WAS LOST AT SEA ABOUT DECR
1866,/ AGED 23 YEARS./ MARY, DAVID AND LAWRENCE/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ WILLIAM/ WHO WAS LOST AT SEA WHILE IN COMMAND/ OF THE SHIP “JOHN KERR” OF GREENOCK/ ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1879, AGED 39
YEARS/ ANDREW/ DIED AT FALKIRK 21ST FEB. 1884, AGED 44 YEARS/ AND INTERRED IN FALKIRK CEMETERY.
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285. Head, plinth only. [M & M 184 – eroded: John Watson of Carronhall born Oct 1764 died Aug 1849, daughter Margaret; Robert Hunter died 11 Sep 1897
aged 54, wife Agnes Watson died 2 Jan 1900 aged 54, children Lizzie, John died June 1880.].
286. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.28 x 0.12m. J W/ M B. [M & M 185].
287. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) No 87 [along top] (b) 1799/ James Simfon/ Janet Allan. [M & M 186].
288. Head, low arch with corner lobes. (a) No 84 [along top] (b) 1798/ Richard Nifbet/ Elizabeth Simfon. [M & M 187].
289. Head, S-arch. 0.45 x 0.42 x 0.13m. (a) No 88 [along top] (b) 1799/ HP JT. [M & M 188].
290. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.67 x 0.13m. 1874/ WILLIAM STEWART/ AND/
JEAN TURNBULL. [M & M 189].
291. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.80 x 0.16m. (a) No 1 59 [along top] (b) 1811/
William.Frew/ Departed.this.life/ May.23d.1811/ Isobel.Scott/ Died 27th DECR 1841/ JAMES FREW/ Died 2nd May 1848. [M & M 198].
292. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.31 x 0.10m. W.F/ I.S. [M & M 197]
293. Head, square. 0.35 x 0.28 x 0.07m. 1853/ A G. [M & M 196].
294. Head, low arch with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.77 x 0.16m. 1869/ ERECTED/
BY/ JAMES BAIN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ CHRISTINA HOWDEN/ WHO DIED 6TH MAY 1869/ AGED 40 YEARS/ ALEXANDER/ THEIR SON DIED 10TH JANY 1868/ AGED 5 YEARS.
295. Head, urn on triangular pediment. 2.0 x 0.70 x 0.24m. (a) In/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ ALEXANDER HUNTER,/ DIED 10TH
DECEMBER 1859/ AGED 69 YEARS./ AND HIS BELOVED WIFE/ HELEN GILLESPIE,/ DIED 9TH JANUARY 1866/ AGED 74 YEARS./ AND THEIR ONLY SON/ ALEXANDER HUNTER,/ DIED 30TH APRIL 1903/ AGED 79 YEARS./ / “THY
WILL BE DONE” (b) AH [monogram on plinth] (c) ALEX PETRIE/ ABERDEEN [on lower plinth].
296. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.36 x 0.13m. No inscription. [M & M 195?].
297. Head, cavetto & low arch. 0.95 x 0.77 x 0.11m. ERECTED/ BY/ ISABELLA
THOMPSON/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN JENKINE/ WHO DIED 26TH JUNE 1853/ AGED 58 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ISABELLA THOMPSON/ DIED 14TH JULY 1890 AGED 84 YEARS.
298. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.41 x 0.10m. RJ.HR. [M & M 194].
299. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.75 x 0.76 x 0.06m. 1861/ WILLIAM
AND CHRISTINA YOUNG/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER/ JAMES YOUNG/ WHO DIED APRIL 7TH 1818./ ALSO THEIR MOTHER/ MARGARET MORRISON/ WHO DIED IN NOVR 1825. [M & M 193].
300. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.95 x 0.63 x 0.08m. 1850/ ALEXANDER BINNIE/ AND/ JANET RICHARDSON/ HIS WIFE WHO DIED 2ND
JULY 1869/ AGED 51 YEARS/ ALSO/ ANN AITKEN HIS WIFE/ DIED 2ND APRIL
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1889/ THE ABOVE/ ALEXANDER BINNIE/ DIED 2D APRIL 1891/ AGED 74 YEARS. [M & M 192].
301. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.63 x 0.05m. 1853/ ALEXR MITCHELL/ AND/ JEAN CURRIE. [M & M 191].
302. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.78 x 0.09m. 1835/ GILBERT MCINTOSH/ AND/ ANN HENDERSON.
303. Head, arched. 1.95 x 0.66 x 0.14m. (a) Erected/ BY/ WILLIAM
FORRESTER/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ MARY NEILSON,/ WHO DIED 25TH JANUARY 1894,/ AGED 29 YEARS. (b) “ALL FOR JESUS” [on lower
plinth] (c) BUCHANAN/ STIRLING [lower plinth]. [M & M 190].
304. Head, pointed arch. 2.00 x 0.56 x 0.15m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ THEIR SON/ THOMAS HUTCHISON/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER HUTCHISON/ DIED 1ST
JAN. 1895, AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ MARY INGRAM/ DIED 3RD FEB. 1884, AGED 42 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ MARY DIED 28TH SEP. 1864,
306. Head, cavetto. 1.05 x 0.88 x 0.10m. Fallen face down. [M & M 199 – 1851 William McGilchrist & Janet Smibert].
307. Head, square. 0.45 x 0.46 x 0.15m. W.W. A.A. [M & M 200].
308. Head, central triangle. 0.90 x 0.82 x 0.14m. 1814/ WILLIAM WILSON/ AND/ ANN ARCHIBALD. [M & M 201].
309. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.86 x 0.12m. (a) No 72 [along top] (b) 1798/ John Melvin/ Janet Somerville. [M & M 202].
310. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.55 x 0.05m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES MCKAY/ AND/ JANET ANDERSON/ HIS WIFE WHO DIED 28 NOVR 1870/ AGED 29 YEARS.
311. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.69 x 0.04m. 1833/ JOHN WEBSTER/ And/
EUPHEMIA CLUBB/ and their heirs./ - Lairs. [on west face]. [M & M 203].
312. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.96 x 0.12m. 1876/ ERECTED/ BY/
ROBERT WEBSTER/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARGARET RAE./ DIED 4TH MARCH 1872 AGED 55 YEARS/ PETER/ THEIR SON DIED 29TH MARCH 1869/
AGED 22 YEARS.
313. Head, low S-arch. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.11m. (a) GEORGE WADDELL/ AND/ JANET RUSSELL (b) 1813/ DAVID RUSSELL/ and/ HELEN WHYTE. [M & M
204].
314. Head, square. 0.55 x 0.48 x 0.15m. 1853/ W.S. I.D. [M & M 205].
315. Head, low arch. 0.55 x 0.48 x 0.12m. 1874/ ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM COMRIE.
316. Head, urn on scrolled pediment. 1.40+ x 0.64 x 0.18m. Erected by/ JAMES
FORGIE/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ THOMAS FORGIE,/ DIED 28TH NOV. 1844 AGED 41 YEARS./ AND HIS MOTHER/ AMELIA REID,/ DIED 26TH
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SEP. 1877, AGED 71 YEARS./ ALSO/ MARGARET HUNTER,/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ DIED 16TH AUG. 1892, AGED 48 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ JAMES FORGIE,/
DIED 10TH MARCH 1917, AGED 75 YEARS. [M & M 229].
317. Head, triangle. 1.20 x 0.61 x 0.15m. ERECTED BY/ ALEXANDER
CUNNINGHAM/ AND/ JEAN CAMPBELL/ IN MEMORY OF THE ABOVE/ ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE/ 12TH DECEMBER 1893 AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER GRACE/ BORN
20TH APRIL 1872,/ DIED 23RD JULY 1903,/ THE ABOVE/ JEAN CAMPBELL/ DIED 26TH FEBRUARY 1927 AGED 90 YEARS.
318. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.75 x 0.06m. (a) Holds 2 lairs [along top] (b) 1815/ JAMES ALLAN/ EUPHEMIA CAMPBELL (c) 1846/ ARCHIBALD ALLAN/ AND/ EUPHEMIA BORROWMAN [on west face]. [M & M 211].
319. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.60 x 0.07m. (a) 1850/ ALEXR BORROWMAN/ AND/ JANET ALEXANDER (b) 1815/ JAMES ALLAN/ EUPHEMA CAMPBELL [on west
face]. [M & M 210].
320. Head, urn on triangular pediment. 2.65 x 0.70 x 0.26m. (a) In/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ JANET RANKINE,/ BELOVED WIFE OF/
ALEXANDER HUNTER,/ DIED 9TH APRIL 1873/ AGED 56 YEARS,/ AND OF THEIR DAUGHTERS/ ANNE, DIED 16TH FEBRUARY 1869/ AGED 23 YEARS/
JANE, DIED 18TH JANUARY 1853/ AGED 13 MONTHS/ / ALEXANDER HUNTER,/ DIED 30TH JUNE 1898/ AGED 80 YEARS. (b) AH [monogram on upper plinth] (c) ALEX PETRIE/ ABERDEEN [on lower plinth]. [M & M 209].
321. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.70 x 0.78 x 0.05m. (a) 2 LAIRS [along top] (b) Lost (c) --- ---/ --- ---/ -- ---/ MAR--- ----/ WIFE OF PETER --
--/ DIED 16TH MARCH 1--- ----. [M & M 208 – 1850; James Bain & Janet Taylor to Margaret Stark died 16 March 1889 aged 58 years, wife of Peter Bain)
322. Head, ogee with corner lobes. 1.10 x 0.93 x 0.12m. (a) No 77 [along top] (b) 1853/ ALEXANDER WAUGH/ AND/ ISABELLA RAE. [M & M 207].
323. Head, tri-lobed. 1.15 x 0.86 x 0.07m. 1864/ ROBERT TAYLOR/ AND/ MARY MORRISON/ THEIR SON PETER TAYLOR/ WHO DIED 30TH DECEMBER 1869/
AGED 32 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ROBERT TAYLOR,/ DIED 20TH DECEMBER 1865 AGED 51 YEARS/ AND/ MARY MORRISON/ DIED 20TH NOVEMBER 1881 AGED 65 YEARS.
324. Head, arch with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.93 x 0.14m. (a) 1805/ The burying place of/ ANDREW and THOMAS/ RANKINES MARGARET/ MCLUCKIE and
JANET/ COWAN (b) This stone holds three lairs [on west face]. [M & M 206].
325. Head, ogee & cavetto & triangle. 1.20 x 0.54 x 0.12m. Erected by/ A.MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JOHN MARSHALL/ DIED 1858/
JAMES MARSHALL/ DIED 1872./ ELIZABETH H. MARSHALL/ DIED 1891.
326. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.91 x 0.07m. Erected/ BY/
WILLIAM SIMPSON/ AND/ ISABELLA COWAN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WALTER SIMPSON/ WHO DIED 23 APRIL 1849/ AGED 3 YEARS. [M & M 212].
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327. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.39 x 0.10m. 1842/ A.W. J.R. [M & M 213].
328. Head, low arch with corner quadrants. 0.90 x 0.77 x 0.08m. MDCCCXLII/
ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER NIEL,/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JANET GRAHAM/ HIS SPOUSE/ WHO DIED ON THE TWENTY-SIXTH OF MAY, MDCCCXL,/ AGED
TWENTY-NINE YEARS. [M & M 214].
329. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.87 x 0.13m. 1834/ WILLIAM CLAWSON/ AND/ JANET RAE. [M & M 215].
330. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.87 x 0.12m. 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES CUNNINGHAM/ AND/ MARY MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/
JOHN/ DIED 26TH APRIL 1869/ AGED 7 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.
331. Head, low arch. 1.65 x 0.61 x 0.15m. (a) In memory Of/ ROBERT CUNNINGHAM/ DIED AT 54 TRYST ROAD/ STENHOUSEMUIR/ 11TH DECR 1902
AGED 44 YEARS/ HIS WIFE/ EUPHEMIA WEBSTER/ DIED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS/ 11TH MARCH 1936 AGED 74 YEARS/ THEIR SON ROBERT/ DIED OF
WOUNDS IN FRANCE/ 21ST APRIL 1917 AGED 20 YEARS/ THEIR DAUGHTER ELIZABETH/ DIED IN NEW YORK/ 7TH MARCH 1919 AGED 30 YEARS (b) SCWS [on side of plinth].
332/ Head, cavetto. 0.85 x 0.79 x 0.08m. 1825/ ROBERT ------E-/ and/ AGNES GRAHAM. [M & M 216].
333. Head, low S-arch. 1.00 x 0.91 x 0.11m. 1829/ JOHN COWIE/ AND/ ELIZABETH PATON. [M & M 217].
334. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.61 x 0.12m. HUGH BINNIE/ MARY
LAWSON.
335. Head, ogee & low cavetto. 0.55 x 0.89 x 0.07m. (a) 1812/ JOHN
MARSHELL/ MARGARET MITCHELL (b) This Stone holds two Lairs [on west face]. [M & M 218].
336. Head, triangle. 0.70 x 0.55 x 0.16m. 1872/ ERECTED BY/ JOSPEH
MARSHALL,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARGARET GRAY/ DIED 20TH JULY 1872,/ AGED 46 YEARS.
337. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.46 x 0.11m. 1817/ WI.ED/ MARY INGLIS. [M & M 223].
338. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.59 x 0.08m. 1870/ THOMAS HARDIE/ AND/ JEAN MCEWAN.
339. Head, obelisk. 1.60 x 0.44 x 0.18m. Fallen face down.
340. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.94 x 0.14m. (a) No 69 [along top] (b) 1798/ Alexander Gillespie/ Agnes Simpson. [M & M 222].
341. Head, S-arch. 1.10 x 0.74 x 0.09m. 1832/ WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM/ AND/ HELEN DEMPSTER. [M & M 221].
342. Head, low ogee. 0.85 x 0.75 x 0.10m. ERECTED/ BY/ MICHAEL DONACHIE/
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ AGNES EASTON/ WHO DIED 26TH OF JULY 1883/ AGED 42 YEARS.
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343. Head, arch. 1.10 x 0.44 x 0.11m. Erected by/ JAMES and WILLIAM/ HALKET/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR SISTER/ ELIZABETH HALKET/ DIED
21ST JULY 1901/ AGED 64 YEARS.
344. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.81 x 0.09m. ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT DUFF./ AND
ELIZABETH CURRIE./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ GEORGE/ DIED 20TH SEPR 1869 AGED 9 MONTHS/ GEORGE/ DIED 5TH SEPR 1873 AGED 2 WEEKS/ MATTHEW/ DIED 2ND FEBR 1878 AGED 8 YEARS & 6 MONTHS/ MARGARET/
DIED 25TH JULY 1878 AGED 2 YEARS 6 MONTHS.
345. Head, ogee. 0.40 x 0.57 x 0.05m. 1828/ RICHARD PHILLIP/ and/ MARY
SANDS. {M & M 220].
346. Head, triangle. 0.85 x 0.54 x 0.11m. ALEXANDER COWIE/ AND/ MARGARET MARSHALL. [M & M 219].
347. Head, S-arch (cast iron finial missing). 0.70 x 0.78 x 0.12m. 1832/ JAMES MCKENZIE/ Died April 11TH 1849 Aged 53 Years/ BY/ JEAN SIMPSON/ His
Relict/ DIED 20 JUNE 1882 AGED 76/ JANE RANKIN BELOVED WIFE OF/ JAMES MCKENZIE JUN/ DIED 24TH OCT. 1884 AGED 50 YEARS. [M & M 224].
348. Head, triangle with finial. 0.70 x 0.52 x 0.11m. IN/ MEMORY OF/ ELIZA
AGED 3 YEARS/ MARY AGED 1 YEAR/ JAMES AGED 6 YEARS/ MARGARET AGED 3 YEARS/ BELOVED CHILDREN OF/ JOHN MCKENZIE ENGINEER/ ALSO/
JOHN AGED 6 MONTHS SON OF/ ANDREW MCKENZIE GLASGOW. [M & M 225].
349. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.87 x 0.08m. (a) HOLDS 2 LAIRS [along
top] (b) ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN DUNCAN/--- --- ---/ JANE/ DIED 26TH NOVEMBER 1881/ AGED 20 MONTHS/ GEORGE/ DIED 21ST NOVEMBER 1882/
AGED 18 MONTHS/ TARQUHAN/ DIED 2 APRIL 1884/ AGED 8 MONTHS. [M & M 226].
350. Head, bi-lobed. 1.25 x 0.86 x 0.16m. Fallen face down. No 121 [along
top].
351. Head, arch. 0.30 x 0.40 x 0.06m. (a) T H. J N (b) W M [original lettering
overwritten]. [M & M 227].
352. Head, bi-lobed. 0.80 x 0.88 x 0.14m. 1803/ The burying place of/ GEORGE
RUSSELL and/ JEAN GALLOWAY. [M & M 226].
353. Head, plinth only. (a) “ASLEEP IN JESUS” [UPPER PLINTH] (b) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [lower plinth].
354. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.73 x 0.11m. 1829/ GEORGE COLVIN/ AND/ KATREN FORSYTH. [M & M 230].
355. Head, ogee & S-arch. 0.95 x 0.75 x 0.09m. 1869/ JAMES SMITH/ AND/ MARIANNE MUNLESS/ JOHN SMITH/ THEIR SON WHO DIED 13TH MARCH 1868./ AGED 5 YEARS/ ROBERT SMITH/ DIED 14TH NOV 1880 AGED 4
YEARS./ MARYANN MUNLESS/ DIED 16TH MAY 1898 AGED 62 YEARS.
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356. Head, obelisk. 1.45 x 0.31 x 0.31m. IN MEMORY/ OF/ GEORGE DAVID,/ YOUNGER SON/ OF/ JOHN MCLAREN,/ MINISTER OF THIS PARISH/ AND/
ELIZABETH A. BROWN,/ DIED JULY 2ND 1858,/ AND MAY 30TH 1872.
357. Head, cross? Plinth only.
360. Head, pointed arch. 1.40 x 0.58 x 0.17m. Fallen face down.
Illus: The western end of Larbert Churchyard with the stones numbered for the inventory.
359. Head, triangle. 1.25 x 0.64 x 0.14m. 1894/ Erected by/ ALEXANDER
COWAN/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER/ BESSIE COWAN/ DIED 22ND FEB 1900 AGED 1 YEAR 10 MONTHS.
360. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 1.05 x 0.81 x 0.09m. 1855/ Erected/ BY/ JOHN SMITH/ AND/ MARY PARKER/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ WHO DIED OCTR 3D 1854/ AGED 25 YEARS/ ANN SMITH,/ DIED
22ND JULY 1876,/ JOHN SMITH,/ DIED 25TH MARCH 1879,/ MARY PARKER,/ DIED 7TH AUGUST 1889. [M & M 237].
361. Head, arch. 0.40 x 0.46 x 0.15m. (a) No 124 [along top] (b) 1805/ William Smith/ Elizabeth Oswald. [M & M 236].
362. Head, cut corners. 0.40 x 0.40 x 0.07m. (a) Lost. (b) A.G [west face].
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363. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.82 x 0.08m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ AGNES GREIG/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ALEXANDER GRAY/ WHO DIED 11TH AUG
1868 AGED 55 YEARS/ ANDREW/ THEIR SON WHO DIED IN JANUARY 1856/ AGED 13 YEARS/ JAMES/ THEIR SON WHO DIED IN AUGUST 1860/ AGED 8
YEARS/ AGNES/ THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED IN AUGUST 1861/ AGED 7 YEARS.
364. Head, plinth only. [M & M 235? – Andrew Hunter died 20 May 1877 aged
53 years, wife Margaret Anderson died at Station House Coatbridge 6 April 1906, daughter died 22 Aug 1854 in infancy.].
365. Head, S-arch. 0.40 x 0.54 x 0.13m. 1804/ GW SG. [M & M 234].
366. Head, square. 0.40 x 0.30 x 0.11m. 1820/ R B/ M L. [M & M 233].
367. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.65 x 0.79 x 0.07m. Lost.
368. Head, ogee. 0.85 x 0.78 x 0.12m. (a) 1861/ JOHN MCLEOD/ AND/ MARGARET SHARP [west face] (b) 1826/ JAMES WILSON [east face
mortared over]. [M & M 232].
369. Head, pointed arch. 1.70 x 0.81 x 0.10m. Fallen face down.
370. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.94 x 0.06m. (a) IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN
CLARK/ DIED 7TH JUNE 1896 AGED 69 YEARS [west face] (b) 1817/ Erected by THOMA GREIG/ the MEMORY of MARTHA BUCKIE/ his Spouse
who Died 27th FEBY 1815/ AGED 49 Years [east face mortared over]. [M & M 231].
371. Head, triangle. 1.25 x 0.60 x 0.13m. Erected by/ JAMES AND ELLANOR
WILSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ MARY/ WHO DIED AT LARBERT 26TH OCTOBER 1893/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES WILSON/ DIED 6TH ----
ER 1893/ ----.
372. Head, low bi-lobed. 0.95 x 0.78 x 0.08m. 1857/ ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ROBERT HUNTER/ WHO DIED JULY 10TH 1857/ AGED 65
YEARS/ BY/ MARGARET HUSKIE/ HIS WIFE.
373. Head, urn. 3.0 x 0.74 x 0.22m. Erected by/ MARGARET MORRISON/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ROBERT MCLUCKIE/ WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED/ AT CARRONSHORE 19TH SEPR 1876./ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER/
AGNES/ DIED 26TH APRIL 1880, AGED 4½ YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON/ JOHN/ WHO DIED AT LEEDS/ 16TH APRIL 1893, AGED 19 YEARS,/ AND IS INTERRED HERE./ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET MORRISON/ WHO DIED AT
LEEDS/ 18TH FEB. 1917, AGED 73 YEARS.
374. Head, triangle. 1.40 x 0.63 x 0.11m. Erected by/ MARION FINLAYSON/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ALEXANDER OMIT,/ WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT/ GRANTON 25TH SEP. 1880, AGED 25 YEARS./ ALSO HER BROTHER/ WILLIAM FINLAYSON,/ WHO DIED AT LARBERT/ 2ND MARCH
1898, AGED 51 YEARS.
375. Head, pointed arch. 1.80 x 0.59 x 0.15m. Erected/ IN MEMORY OF/
ALEXANDER COWAN/ DIED – JANUARY 1873/ AGED 74 YEARS./ ALSO HIS
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WIFE/ JANET MCFARLANE/ DIED 24TH APRIL 1880/ AGED 68 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON/ JAMES/ DIED 18TH MARCH 187-/ AGED 26 YEARS.
376. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.90 x 0.91 x 0.06m. Lost. [M & M 238 – 1824 David Dow & Isabell Taylor].
377. Head, bi-lobed. 0.80 x 0.88 x 0.14m. (a) No 117 [along top] (b) 1803/ The burying place of/ JOHN LOW and/ MARION TAYLOR. [M & M 239].
378. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.75 x 0.14m. (a) No 41 [along top] (b) 1794/
Duncan Taylor/ Ifobel Campbell. [M & M 240].
379. Head, triangle with corner quadrants. 0.85 x 0.67 x 0.07m. ERECTED/ IN
MEMORY OF/ MARY MITCHELL/ WHO DIED 14TH DEC. 1860/ AGED 75 YEARS/ AND/ JAMES BURT/ HER HUSBAND WHO DIED 14TH MARCH/ AGED 70 YEARS.
380. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.48 x 0.09m. 1857/ J. HOGG/ AND/ M. MCKINLAY.
381. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.62 x 0.08m. 1831/ JAMES DEMPSTER/ AND/
MARGARET FISHAR. [M & M 241].
382. Head, S-arch. 1.10 x 0.78 x 0.08m. 1863/ THIS STONE WAS ERECTED/ BY/ DANIEL MCLAREN/ AND/ ELIZABETH CUTHELL/ IN MEMORY OF TWO OF
THEIR CHILDREN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ALSO DANIEL/ WHO DIED 27TH OF JANUARY 1853/ AGED 16 YEARS/ AND ANN/ WHO DIED 26TH MAY 1855/
AGED 21 YEARS. [M & M 242].
383. Head, triangle. 1.35 x 0.65 x 0.13m. 1880/ ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES DOUGLAS/ AND/ JEAN MCLAY/ HIS WIFE/ THE ABOVE JEAN MCLAY/ DIED
22ND APRIL 1900 AGED 72 YEARS/ THE ABOVE JAMES DOUGLAS/ DIED 8TH AUGUST 1901 AGED 79 YEARS.
384. Head, low arch. 0.90 x 0.60 x 0.09m. 1892/ ERECTED BY/ THOMAS & CATHERINE BORTHWICK/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR CHILDREN WHO DIED IN INFANCY.
385. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.48 x 0.10m. 1854/ ROBERT MOCHRIE/ AND/ ANN NEILL. [M & M 248 – (b) George Mochrie & Margaret Bryce].
386. Head, tri-lobed. 0.85 x 0.87 x 0.14m. (a) No 61 [along top] (b) 1797/ William Reid Jean Risk. [M & M 247].
387. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.43 x 0.12m. WR JR. [M & M 246].
388. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.86 x 0.12m. 1832/ ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE BLAIKIE/ IN MEMORY OF/ ANN MCDONALD his Spouse/ Who Died 24th June
1832 Aged 44 Years. [M & M 245].
389. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.74 x 0.12m. 1872/ JOHN MARSHALL/ AND/
AGNES MCLUCKIE.
390. Head, ogee. 0.35 x 0.30 x 0.09m. 1872/ J. M./ A. MC.L.
391. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.84 x 0.12m. 1841/ JOHN MCLAY/ AND/ AGNES
DAWSON. [M & M 244].
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392. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.40 x 0.63 x 0.11m. 1829/ JAMES LENNOX. [M M 243].
393. Head, ogee with central arch. 0.95 x 0.63 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES –AIRD/ REBEC-- -UNTER/ IN LOVING M----- -F THEIR SON/ WILLI—LAIRD/
DIED 6TH JANU--- ---- AGED 16 YEARS.
394. Head, cavetto with central arch. 1.90 x 0.58 x 0.10m. (a) ERECTED BY/ THE FAMILY/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER/ THOMAS MCLUCKIE/
WHO DIED 1ST JANUARY 1910/ AGED 62 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR MOTHER/ HELEN HUNTER/ WHO DIED 22ND APRIL 1901/ AGED 68 YEARS./ ALSO
THEIR AUNT/ ELIZABETH HUNTER/ WHO DIED 21ST MARCH 1901/ AGED 55 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ THOMAS MCLUCKIE COCKBURN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY. (b) ROBERTSON & SONS/ GRAHAMSTON/ & DENNY [on plinth]
395. Head, obelisk. (a) IN MEMORY OF/ HIS STEPFATHER/ ADAM STARK SHIP-MASTER/ WHO WAS DROWNED IN THE/ RIVER CARRON,/ 12TH OCTOBER
1841,/ AGED 39 YEARS. (b) ERECTED BY/ JOHN SMITH ARDROSSAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS/ FATHER JOHN SMITH/ PATTERN-MAKER, CARRON,/ WHO DIED 18TH JANY 1836,/ ALSO HIS MOTHER/ MARGARET WATT,/ WHO DIED
19TH JANY 1842,/ AGED 40 YEARS. [north side] (c) IN MEMORY OF/ HIS BROTHER ROBERT, WHO DIED 13TH APRIL 1832,/ AGED 1 YEAR AND 3
MONTHS. [south side]. [M & M 249].
396. Head, S-arch. 1.15 x 0.76 x 0.08m. ERECTED/ BY/ AGNES ARTHUR/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES TODD,/ WHO WAS KILLED 2D SEPTR
1863,/ WHILE IN DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY/ AT FRIARTON CROSSING, PERTH,/ AGED 57 YEARS./ ALSO/ EUPHEMIA THEIR DAUGHTER,/ WHO
DIED 18TH NOVR 1836,/ AGED 2 YEARS./ JAMES THEIR SON,/ WHO DIED 3D JULY 1843,/ AGED 7 YEARS./ AND/ JAMES THEIR SON,/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY./ THE ERECTOR OF THIS STONE/ DIED 5TH DECEMBER 1866,/
AGED 57 YEARS/ HER GRANDSON/ DAVID TODD ARTHUR/ DIED 11TH JULY 1868/ AGED 9 WEEKS./ ALSO/ ELIZABETH TODD HOOD,/ HER DAUGHTER
DIED 10TH FEBRUARY 1876,/ AGED 37 YEARS/ AGNES ARTHUR HOOD,/ THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER DIED 5TH SEPTEMBER 1874/ AGED 3 MONTH. [M
& M 250].
397. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.91 x 0.12m. 1830/ JOHN PHILP/ and/ CHRISTIAN WATSON/ CHRISTIAN SWAN. [M & M 251].
398. Head, triangle. Erected/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OUR FATHER/ GEORGE PHILIP/ WHO DIED AT CARRON/ 13TH JULY, AGED 68 YEARS/ ALSO OUR
MOTHER/ MARY WALES PHILIP,/ WHO DIED AT CARRON/ 13TH OCT. 1902, AGED 63 YEARS.
399. Head, bi-lobed & cavetto. 0.85 x 0.85 x 0.11m. (a) No 83 [along top] (b)
1870/ DUNCAN MCLAREN/ AND/ ISABELLA TOWERS.
400. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.40x 0.29 x 0.07m. D S/ J S.
401. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 1.00 x 0.88 x 0.12m. 1869/ ERECTED BY/ DAVID SMITH/ AND JANET SPEIRS/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/
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DAVID ALEXANDER/ DIED 30TH DECR 1866 AGED 1 YEAR./ ELIZABETH/ DIED 12TH JANY 1869 AGED 8 YEARS.
402. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.50 x 0.14m. (a) No 134 [along top] (b) 1831/ ELIZABETH SMITH. [M & M 252].
403. Head, arch. 1.25 x 0.58 x 0.16m. 1895/ ERECTED BY/ JAMES LENNOX, GRAHAMSTON,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JAMES LENNOX/ DIED 4TH DECEMBER 1839/ AND HIS MOTHER/ MARY SHARP/ DIED 16TH JANY 1872./
MARY MONTEITH LENNOX/ DIED 5TH JUNE 1903,/ WIDOW OF/ WILLIAM LENNOX, GLASGOW.
404. Head, low S-arch. 1.00 x 0.74 x 0.07m. 1859/ ALEXANDER TASKER/ AND/ JEAN RANKINE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ ROBERT/ WHO DIED 24TH MARCH 1859/ AGED 1 YEAR.
405. Head, triangle. 1.35 x 0.63 x 0.14m. Erected by/ WILLIAM STEEDMAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ CHRISTIAN ANDERSON/ DIED – APRIL 1873/
GEORGE STEEDMAN/ AGED 9 YEARS/ JAMES STEEDMAN/ AGED 3 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM STEEDMAN/ DIED 30TH MARCH 1918.
406. Head, urn on arched pediment. ERECTED BY ROBERT BLACK/ IN/
MEMORY/ OF HIS BELOVED WIFE, MARGARET MONTGOMERY,/ WHO DIED 28TH JULY 1846,/ AGED 40 YEARS./ ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF HIS THREE
SONS,/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY./ AND HIS DAUGHTER, AGNES./ WIFE OF JOHN BAIRD,/ WHO DIED 12TH MAY 1848,/ AGED 22 YEARS./ AND HER INFANT SON, WHO DIED 18TH MAY 1848,/ THE ABOVE/ ROBERT BLACK/
DIED AT BONNYBRIDGE/ 21ST JULY 1892, IN HIS 88TH YEAR.
407. Head, cavetto. 0.65 x 0.63 x 0.11m. (a) No 154 (b) 1808/ James Black/
Hilan Duf.
408. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.90 x 0.94 x 0.15m. (a) No 1797 66 [along top] (b) JOHN BLACK/ ANN SMITH. [M & M 256].
408A. Head, lost. [M & M 255 – John Philp died 24 June 1888 aged 71 years, his wife Lilias Lowe died 17 July 1868 aged 49 years, daughter Lilias died
29 Oct 1860 aged 16 years, daughter Elizabeth died 8 May 1866 aged 18].
409. Head, low S-arch. 0.50 x 0.74 x 0.09m. 1827/ ANDREW MACLACHLAN/
and/ JULEYAN GLEGG. [M & M 254]
410. Head, low arch. (a) No 135 (b) 1805/ JMc.KH. [M & M 253].
411. Head, bi-lobed. 1.00 x 0.84 x 0.07m. 1857/ ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY
OF/ JAMES RANKINE/ WHO DIED MAY 12TH 1857/ AGED 50 YEARS/ AND OF HIS WIFE/ JANET MURDOCH/ WHO DIED MAY 6TH 1857/ AGED 55 YEARS.
412. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 1.03 x 0.16m. (a) 1798 [along top] (b) THOMAS MONTEATH and/ ISABELL BURNET his fpouf.
413. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.46 x 0.15m. TM IB.
414. Head, ogee & low arch. 0.60 x 0.78 x 0.11m. 1822/ JOHN MCOUSTRA/ AND/ MARY MCLACHON.
415. Head, plinth only.
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416. Head, obelisk. 3.20 x 0.47 x 0.48m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES LIDDELL/ IN/ MEMORY OF/ HIS SON/ ROBERT/ BORN 26TH FEB 1863/ DIED 5TH NOV
1870/ ALSO/ MARY ELIZABETH/ HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER/ DIED 16TH NOVR 1885/ AGED 10 YEARS/ & 4 MONTHS. (b) J. & J. BAIRD [on plnth].
417. Head, pointed arch. 2.00 x 1.01 x 0.19m. Fallen face down.
418. Head, low pointed arch. 1.45 x 0.55 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ JANE WADDELL/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND/ WILLIAM WRIGHT/
DIED 17TH MAY 1889, AGED 35 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ JANE WADDELL/ DIED 22ND DEC. 1942, AGED 87 YEARS. [re-number]
419. Head, bi-lobed. 0.70 x 0.66 x 0.10m. 1816/ ERECTED by/ BENJAMIN RUSSEL and/ AGNES JOHNSON/ ROBERT RUSSEL/ AND/ JANET MALCOLM.
420. Head, triangle. 1.25 x 0.66 x 0.15m. Erected/ BY/ DAVID IRELAND/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JOHN IRELAND/ DIED 18TH MAY 1871, AGED 46 YEARS./ JANET STRACHAN IRELAND DAUGHTER/ DIED 15TH MAY 1860,
AGED 3 YEARS./ JOHN IRELAND SON/ DIED 14TH FEB. 1895, AGED 28 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ DAVID IRELAND. DIED 12TH JULY 1900, AGED 46 YEARS./ BETSY ANDERSON IRELAND/ HIS MOTHER/ DIED 16TH FEB. 1902,
AGED 78 YEARS.
421. Head, bi-lobed & cavetto. 1.10 x 0.91 x 0.17m. (a) No 50 (b) 1809/ John
Buchanan/ Elizabeth Miller.
422. Head, bi-lobed. 1870 x 0.77 x 0.07m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ ANDREW PENMAN/ AND/ ELIZABETH FORSYTH/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED
DAUGHTER/ ELIZABETH/ WHO DIED 18TH JANY 1870 AGED 3 YEARS/ ALSO/ JESSIE PENMAN/ DIED 9TH NOV 1879 AGED 3 YEARS.
423. Head, bi-lobed. 1.10 x 0.65 x 0.11m. IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT WILLIAMSON/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ JANET CAMPBELL,/ DIED 31T JULY 1891 AGED 77 YEARS/ ALSO/ THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER/ MARGARET
MCFARLANE,/ DIED 31T AUG. 1871 AGED/ 5 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE/ JANET CAMPBELL/ DIED 9TH SEPT 1916.
424. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 0.86 x 0.16m. (a) No 103 [along top] (b) 1806/ Erected by JOHN HARDIE CARRON/ As SACRED to the
MEMORY of/ MARY THOMSON HIS SPOUSE/ who DEPARTED this Life/ on the 2nd of September 1805,/ in the 26th year of HER Age./ And whose REMAINS were DEPOSITED here.
425. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.85 x 0.89 x 0.16m. (a) No 103 [along top] (b) 1826/ JOHN HARDIE/ and/ MARY PATERSON/ HENRY, SON OF THE
ABOVE/ AND HIS CHILDREN, ELLEN, JOHN, & MARY.
426. Head, pointed arch. 1.80 x 0.77 x 0.16m. Fallen face down.
427. Head, ogee & S-arch. 0.70 x 0.60 x 0.06m. Lost.
428. Head, low arch. 0.55 x 0.50 x 0.15m. 1874/ ANDREW STEVENSON/ AND/ ANN CLARK.
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429. Head, S-arch with cast iron finials. 0.70 x 0.71 x 0.14m. 1847/ ERECTED/ BY/ JANET COWAN/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES THOMSON.
430. Head, bell with cast iron finial. 0.70 x 0.27 x 0.23m. W M/ J J.
431. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.85 x 0.89 x 0.13m. 1813/ WILLIAM MCWATT/
and/ JEAN JENKINS/ This stone holds two lairs.
432. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.73 x 0.07m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ MARY PEARSON/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ANDREW MCLUCKIE/ WHO DIED
7TH MARCH 1869/ AGED 50 YEARS.
433. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.77 x 0.05m. 1812/ E-----d by/ JANET MCLUCKIE/ -
--/ JOHN ----ADDEN/ M----- -----R.
434. Head, low arch. 1.90 x 0.62 x 0.15m. In Memory Of/ ALEXANDER TURNBULL/ WHO DIED 22ND SEPR. 1885,/ AGED 80 YEARS,/ FOR 71 YEARS
EMPLOYED IN/ CARRON IRON WORKS./ JEAN BLACK HIS WIFE,/ WHO DIED 1ST AUGUST 1902,/ AGED 92 YEARS./ ELIZABETH THEIR DAUGHTER,/ WHO
DIED 12TH JANRY 1852,/ AGED 16 YEARS./ ANDREW THEIR SON/ WHO DIED 11TH DECR. 1854,/ AGED 21 YEARS.
435. Head, cavetto & bi-lobed pediment. 1.90 x 0.61 x 0.19m. (a) ERECTED/
IN [on pediment] (b) LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOMAS ROBERTSON/ DIED 1880 AGED 74 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ STUART MCCRACKEN MCGREGOR/
DIED 1860 AGED 42 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ ROBERT/ DIED 1860 AGED 6 MONTHS/ SCOTT ANDERSON/ DIED 1861 AGED 14 YEARS/ CATHERINE MCGREGOR/ DIED 1873 AGED 14 YEARS/ THOMAS MCGREGOR/
DIED 1890 AGED 37 YEARS (c) W. SHIRRA/ STENHOUSEMUIR [on lower plinth].
436. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.69 x 0.06m. 1816/ THOMAS FENWICK/ and/ ANN ANDERSON.
437. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.70 x 0.06m. 1816/ THOMAS FENWICK/ and/ ANN
ANDERSON/ JAMES/ their Son Died 20th May 1851/ Aged 27 Years.
438. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.34 x 0.10m. R A.
439. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.90 x 0.13m. (a) SACRED/ To the Memory of/ ROBERT ANDERSON./ AGNES BURNET/ his Spouse Died 29th July 1824/
Aged 51 Years./ ALEXANDER, Son of WILLM. HIGGEN/ and MARGT. ANDERSON, Died on the/ 31ST December 1834, Aged 17 Years.
440. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.34 x 0.10m. P A.
441. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.74 x 0.12m. 1831/ WILLIAM HARLEY/ AND/ MARY CRAVEN.
442. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.62 x 0.09m. 1834/ ANDREW HEGGIE/ and/ MARY TAYLOR.
443. Head, cavetto & 4-lobed. 1.00 x 0.81 x 0.13m. 1828/ JOHN
MACLACHLAN/ AND/ ELIZABETH HARLEY.
444. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 1.30 x 0.76 x 0.08m. 1855/ HENRY
TASKER/ AND/ MARGARET ALLAN/ HENRY/ THEIR SON DIED MARCH 8TH
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1855/ AGED 20 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET ALLAN/ DIED 12TH SEP. 1891, AGED 63 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ HENRY TASKER/ DIED 31ST JAN. 1894
AGED 67 YEARS.
445. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.85 x 0.72 x 0.13m. (a) HOLDS TWO LAIRS
[along top] (b) 1844/ WILLIAM RAE/ CHRISTIAN TAYLOR.
446. Head, rounded. 0.45 x 0.32 x 0.08m. 1810/ J MC/ J W/ J J.
447. Head, arch. 0.45 x 0.38 x 0.08m. JOHN KELLY./ DIED 3 DEC 1890/ AGED
67.
448. Head, cavetto. 1.00 x 0.82 x 0.10m. ERECTED BY/ JOHN WAUGH &
ISABELLA TURNBULL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER/ CHRISTINA/ DIED 31ST MARCH 1887 AGED 21 YEARS.
449. Head, obelisk. 2.60 x 0.43 x 0.43m. (a) ERECTED BY/ D.S. KEIR/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER/ MARGARET COOK KEIR/ WHO DIED AT TORWOOD/ 5TH MARCH 1893/ HIS SISTER/ MARY KEIR/ WO DIED AT
PARTRICK, GLASGOW/ 21ST JULY 1894 (b) R. DRAY/ GLASGOW [on plinth].
450. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.90 x 0.16m. 1804/ John Wright/ Margrat Mclaren.
451. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.44 x 0.13m. J W/ M MC.
452. Head, triangle. 1.40 x 0.60 x 0.14m. Erected/ IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN RENNIE/ DIED AT MUNGALLEND, FALKIRK/ ON 17TH SEP 1825 AGED 44
YEARS/ AND HIS WIFE/ MARY RENNIE/ DIED AT MUNGALLEND/ ON 20TH AUGUST 1821 AGED 87 YEARS.
453. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.95 x 0.75 x 0.08m. 1851/ DAVID
COCKBURN/ DIED 12TH DEC 1861 AGED 49/ JANET BRAIDWOOD/ DIED 22ND OCT AGED 53./ JAMIMA/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED MAY 11 1851/ AGED
14 MONTHS/ JESSIE BRAIDWOOD COCKBURN/ DIED 17TH JUNE 1862 AGED 15 YEARS/ MARGARET BLACK COCKBURN/ DIED 2ND SEPT 1863 AGED 22 YEARS/ ALEXANDER COCKBURN/ DIED 19TH JUNE 1903 AGED 64 YEARS.
454. Head, pointed arch. 1.80 x 0.53 x 0.18m. ERECTED BY/ ELIZABETH M./ COCKBURN/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND/ JOHN M.
CRAWFORD/ WHO DIED 18TH JULY 1888/ AGED 48 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH M. COCKBURN/ WHO DIED 20TH JULY 1921/ AGED 78 YEARS.
455. Head, rounded steps. 0.75 x 0.77 x 0.12m. 1821/ WILLIAM PHILLIP/ and/ MARY SANDS.
456. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.73 x 0.08m. Fallen face down.
457. Head, low S-arch. 1.15 x 0.75 x 0.08m. 185-/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN HOGG/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE./ -ARGARET MCKINLAY./ --- DIED 31ST
MARCH 1859./ AGED 35 YEARS./ -LSO THEIR DAUGHTER/ MARION/ WHO D--- -- -EPTEMBER 1865/ ---- -- YEARS/ ELIZABETH/ THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED 20TH SE--/ AGED 13 YEARS/ MARY/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 18TH
--- ----/ AGED 18 YEARS/ ANN/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 7TH APRIL 1874/ AGED 18 YEARS/ ALEXANDER MCKINLAY HOGG/ THEIR SON DIED 20TH
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JUNE 1884/ AGED 25 YEARS/ JANET/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 5TH JUNE 1885/ AGED 43 YEARS/ -----/ DIED -- --- ---.
458. Head, low S-arch with step. 0.85 x 0.61 x 0.11m. 1858/ CHARLES KEMP/ AND/ ELIZABETH JACK.
459. Head, bi-lobed. 0.60 x 0.64 x 0.09m. THOMAS HILL/ AND/ CATHERINE BINNIE.
460. Head, pointed arch. 1.15 x 0.61 x 0.16m. ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE
GILFILLAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ANN MCLAY/ DIED 12TH FEB 1891 AGED 54 YEARS.
461. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.84 x 0.13m. 1852/ ALEXANDER HODGE/ AND/ BETHEA MCWATT.
462. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.86 x 0.14m. (a) No 95 [along
top] (b) 1852/ ALEXANDER HODGE/ AND/ BETHEA MCWATT.
463. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.15m. 1808/ JOHN
WAUGH DIED IN THE 45/ years of his age/ Margret McLuckie.
464. Head, chamfered with corner lobes. 0.50 x 0.56 x 0.17m. 1812/ Andrew Murdoch/ Janet McLuckie.
465. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.89 x 0.10m. (a) No 19 [along top] (b) 1822/ ALEXANDER FERGUSON/ and/ MARGARET REID.
466. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.62 x 0.13m. 1872/ HENRY HASTINGS/ AND/ HELEN HOWDEN./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ ANN DIED ON THE 8TH MARCH 1872./ AGED 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS/ FRANCIS, DIED 19TH
APRIL 1877,/ AGED 2 YEARS & TWO MONTHS./ HENRY, DIED 8TH JULY 1878,/ AGED 10 YEARS./ EUPHEMIA DIED THE 14TH FEB 1885,/ AGED 1
YEAR & 6 MONTHS/ HELEN DIED ON THE 15TH DAY OF MARCH 1890 AGED 13 YEARS/ HENRY RULE SON OF/ JOHN HASTINGS & C MARSHALL/ DIED 8TH MAY 1890 AGED 18 DAYS.
467. Head, low arch. 1.15 x 0.69 x 0.11m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM CONNOCHIE/ AND/ JANET SCOTT/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/
MARGARET/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 19TH JUNE 1866,/ AGED 6 YEARS/ WILLIAM/ THEIR SON DIED 5TH APRIL 1869,/ AGED 2 YEARS/ ANN/ THEIR
DAUGHTER DIED 16TH APRIL 1869,/ AGED 4 YEARS/ JESSIE/ THEIR/ DAUGHTER DIED 24TH MAY 1869,/ AGED 6 MONTHS./ MARY A./ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 10TH MARCH 1873,/ AGED 17 MONTHS/ ARCHIBALD/
THEIR SON DIED 31ST MARCH 1875,/ AGED 19 MONTHS.
468. Head, low pointed arch. 1.40 x 0.55 x 0.14m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ JANE
WADDELL/ AND/ ELSIE SANDIESON/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR YOUNGEST SON/ ALEXANDER/ ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT WARRINGTON/ 5TH MAY 1890, AGED 26 YEARS (b) W.ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on
plinth].
469. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.35 x 0.40 x 0.05m. 1877/ WILLIAM
DEMPSTER/ AND/ MARY BLAIR.
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470. Head, arch. 1.30 x 0.55 x 0.11m. ERECTED/ BY/ DAVID LENNOX/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARION MCKINLAY/ DIED 28TH JULY 1893 AGED
29./ ALSO HIS FATHER/ HUGH LENNOX/ DIED 9TH MAY 1891 AGED 64.
471. Head, triangle. 1.55 x 0.61 x 0.16m. Fallen face down.
472. Head cavetto with corner lobes. 0.85 x 1.09 x 0.16m. (a) No 92 [along top] (b) 1799/ Archibald Waugh/ Marion McCulloch/ Interred here the remains of ROBERT/ WAUGH who loft his life at Honeys/wood july 1st 1803
AGED 20 years.
473. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) No 91 [along top] (b) 1800/ JOHN
ADAMSON/ AND/ JEAN FLEMING.
474. Head, rectangle with rounded corners. 0.60 x 0.29 x 0.12m. 1800/ J.A/ J.E.
475. Head, ogee. 0.65 x 0.57 x 0.10m. 1854/ ARCHIBALD WAUGH/ AND/ AGNES RAE.
476. Head, low S-arch. 0.85 x 0.75 x 0.16m. (a) No 106 [along top] (b) 1803/ James Bruce/ Margret Henry.
477. Head, low S-arch. 0.80 x 0.56 x 0.13m. 1812/ James Bruce/ Margret
Henry.
478. Head, arch. 1.95 x 0.62 x 0.15m. Fallen face down.
479. Head, low S-arch. 0.45 x 0.48 x 0.15m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1855/ DANIEL SHARP/ AND/ MARY GREIRSON.
480. Head, arch. 0.80 x 0.60 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ MARY GRIESION,/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ DANIEL SHARP,/ WHO DIED 7TH JULY 1872,/ AGED 57 YEARS.
481. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.34 x 0.09m. R K.
482. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.38 x 0.11m. JG DP/ M.
483. Head, square. 0.75 x 0.68 x 0.15m. (a) 1766 [along top] (b) 1844/
ROBERT MARSHALL/ AND/ ELIZABETH MCLAREN [on west face]
484. Head, pointed arch. 1.00 x 0.62 x 0.15m. In/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF OUR
SON/ ROBERT BUCHANAN/ WHO DIED 3RD MARCH 1891,/ AGED 20 YEARS.
485. Head, triangle. 1.05 x 0.63 x 0.17m. Erected/ by/ JOSEPH BAXTER/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ SARAH MCWATERS,/ WHO DIED 11TH NOV. 1903,/ AGED 57 YEARS.
486. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.60 x 0.12m. (a) No 94 [along top] (b) 1853/
JOHN SMITH/ AND/ MARGARET KAY.
487. Head, low arch. 0.20 x 0.29 x 0.06m. 1853/ J. S./ M. K.
488. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.78 x 0.14m. (a) 1810 [along top] (b) ERECTED BY/ AGNES MCLAREN/ IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ WILLIAM BAILLIE/ WHO DIED 20TH DEC. 1895 AGED 55 YEARS/ AGNES
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MCLAREN/ WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM BAILLIE,/ WHO DIED 2ND FEB. 1922, IN HER 77 YEAR.
489. Head, triangle with corner quadrants. 1.35 x 0.72 x 0.17m. (a) The property of/ JOHN & MARION DICK. [on pediment] (b) ERECTED BY/
MARION FAIRLEY,/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN DICK,/ FOUNDER, AIRDRIE,/ WHO DIED 26TH MAY 1845,/ AGED 71 YEARS.
490. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.77 x 0.11m. 1837/ THOMAS MARTAIN/ AND/
JANET MCLELLAN.
491. Head, cavetto & low arch. 1.10 x 0.77 x 0.08m. ERECTED/ --/ BETH---- --
- GI----S/ --- --- ---/ --- M---- ---/ --- OF DECEMBER/ --- -- YEARS.
492. Head, triangle. 1.70 x 0.76 x 0.12m. Fallen face down.
493. Head, low arch. 1.75 x 0.61 x 0.15m. (a) In Loving Memory/ of/ GEORGE
BORROWMAN/ WHO DIED 17TH MAY 1897,/ IN HIS 63RD YEAR/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ MARGARET JOHNSTON/ WHO DIED 3RD AUGUST 1887,/ IN HER 54TH
YEAR/ ALSO THEIR SON, ALEXANDER,/ WHO DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1883,/ IN HIS 22ND YEAR. (b) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK.
494. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.50 x 0.48 x 0.13m. (a) 2 LAIRS
[along top] (b) 1853/ ROBERT BURNET/ AND/ JANET PENMAN.
495. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.54 x 0.12m. ERECTED BY/ MARY FAIRLEY/ IN
LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN MCOUSTRA/ DIED 7TH APRIL 1896 AGED 53 YEARS.
496. Head, pointed arch. 1.00 x 0.63 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT
BURNET/ AND/ JANE DONOCHIE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ JANE DIED 23RD JULY 1891,/ AGED 14 MONTHS./ ALSO ALEXANDER/ DIED 7TH
AUG. 1895, AGED 2 YEARS.
497. Head, cavetto, ogee & triangle. 1.10 x 0.56 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ JANE WALKER/ IN MEMORY OF/ HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ WILLIAM AITKEN/
WHO DIED 31ST DEC 1891 AGED 33 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER ANN/ WHO DIED 25TH JULY 1891 AGED 7 MONTHS.
498. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 0.95 x 0.92 x 0.11m. (a) No 102 [along top] (b) 1801/ GEORGE HALLEY/ ELIZABETH THOMSON. [M & M 319].
499. Head, cavetto & arch. 0.90 x 0.77 x 0.13m. (a) No 152 [along top] (b) 1807/ JAMES WALKER/ AND/ ELIZABETH HALEY. [M & M 318].
500. Head, cavetto & arch. 1.10 x 0.83 x 0.12m. (a) No 151 [along top] (b)
1882/ PETER WALKER/ IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER/ AGNES CRAIG/ WHO DIED AT GOSHEN 8TH JANUARY 1838/ ALSO/ HIS FATHER JAMES WALKER/
AND TWO SONS DAVID AND JAMES WALKER/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT CARRON WORKS/ 8TH DECEMBER 1839./ AGNES WALKER DIED 6TH JAN. 1838,/ ROBERT WALKER DIED 12TH MARCH 1839,/ WILLIAM WALKER DIED
15TH AUG. 1844. [M & M 317].
501. Head, cavetto. 0.65 x 0.71 x 0.08m. (a) 1808/ John Pollock/ Jean Miller
(b) This ston holds 2 lairs [west face]. [M & M 316].
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502. Head, low S-arch. 0.85 x 0.65 x 0.07m. 1855/ JAMES AITKEN/ AND/ HELEN GILCHRIST/ MARY/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED JANY 20 1855/ AGED 1
MONTH/ ALSO/ JAMES/ THEIR SON DIED APRIL 3, 1855/ AGED 2 ½ YEARS.
503. Head, ogee & triangle. 1.05 x 0.73 x 0.16m. IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES
MCKINLAY/ DIED 27TH JUNE 1872, AGED 51 YEARS./ ALSO HIS WIFE/ JANET AITKEN/ DIED 8TH FEBRUARY 1889 AGED 68 YEARS.
504. Head, cross. 1.00 x 0.41 x 0.12m. MARGT SIMPSON DRUMMOND/ DIED
19TH JUNE 1892,/ AGED 19 YEARS.
505. Head, bi-lobed with central pointed triangle. 0.50 x 0.57 x 0.16m. 1812/
David Chriftie/ Janet Smith.
506. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.74 x 0.08m. 1821/ WILLIAM MCEWEN/ and/ JEAN DUNCAN.
507. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.50 x 0.06m. 1821/ W MC/ J D.
508. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.64 x 0.07m. 1864/ ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES
GILLESPIE/ TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JOHN GILLESPIE/ WHO DIED 28TH JANY 1855,/ AGED 49 YEARS./ ALSO/ HELEN HIS SISTER/ WHO DIED 4TH MARCH 1860,/ AGED 14 YEARS.
509. Head, truncated triangle. 0.35 x 0.49 x 0.12m. 1870/ M. MARSHALL/ AND/ JANET RANKINE.
510. Head, arch with vase finial. [Ceramic]. 1.00 x 0.59 x 0.11m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ THOMAS MITCHELL./ AND/ JANET MCLAUCHLAN./ IN MEMORY F THEIR CHILDREN/ ANN/ DIED 29TH FEB. 1872 AGED 3 YEARS/
MARGARET/ DIED 27TH JAN. 1888 AGED 5 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JANET MCLAUCHLAN/ DIED 22 MARCH 1894/ AGED 52 YEARS (b) No 23 [on west
face].
511. Head, triangle. 1.35 x 0.60 x 0.16m. (a) Erected by/ JAMES DRUMMOND/ AND ISABELLA CRICHTON/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR LOVING
DAUGHTER/ ISABELLA C. DRUMMOND/ DIED 25TH NOV. 1886, AGED 2 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR BELOVED SON/ ALEXANDER DRUMMOND/ DIED 24TH
JAN. 1897, AGED 18 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JAMES DRUMMOND,/ DIED 29TH OCT. 1897, AGED 44 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ ISABELLA CRICHTON/
WHO FELL ASLEEP 19TH DEC. 1932,/ AGED 78 YEARS./ AND ALSO/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CORPL ROBERT LEISHMAN,/ 5/6TH ROYAL SCOTS,/ HUSBAND OF MARY B. DRUMMOND/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN
FRANCE/ 2ND OCT. 1918, AGED 39 YEARS./ INTERRED IN/ MILITARY CEMETERY SERACOURT. (b) ASLEEP IN JESUS [on plinth].
512. Head, central arch. 1.05 x 0.59 x 0.16m. ERECTED/ BY/ DAVID AND ISABELLA BELL/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR/ BELOVED DAUGHTER BELLA/ WHO DIED 30TH MARCH 1896/ AGED 3 ½ YEARS.
513. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.41 x 0.13m. D.K M.C.
514. Head, pediment with central arch. 1.75 x 0.76 x 0.16m. (a) WILLIAM
MENZIES./ IN MEMORY OF HIS DAUGHTER/ MARGARET, WHO DIED MAY 31, 1844,/ AGED 13 YEARS./ ALSO HIS WIFE JANET BAIRD,/ WHO DIED
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SEPTEMBER 19, 1844,/ AGED 47 YEARS./ WILLIAM MENZIES./ AND MARTHA NEILSON,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JAMES, WHO DIED MARCH
12, 1848,/ AGED 3 MONTHS./ WILLIAM MENZIES./ WHO DIED 13, JUNE 1878,/ AGED 73 YEARS. (b) M CALL/ GLASGOW [on plinth] [M & M 320].
515. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.75 x 0.11m. 1845/ ERECTED/ BY/ PETER WINTON/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JANET LOW/ HIS WIFE WHO DIED JUNE 1843/ AGED 51 YEARS. [M & M 321].
516. Head, cavetto. 0.85 x 0.79 x 0.14m. 1819/ J N/ J (b) 1853/ JOHN MCKENZIE [on west face]. [M & M 322].
517. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.77 x 0.13m. (a) 1853/ JOHN MCKENZIE (b) 1819/ J N/ J [on west face]. [M & M 323].
518. Head, serrated triangle with pinnacle. [cast iron]. 2.50 x 0.76 x 0.17m.
(a) IN MEMORY OF/ MARIAN CAMPBELL/ WIFE OF/ ALEXANDER MACVEY,/ DIED 26TH FEBRUARY 1869,/ AGED 63 YEARS/ JOHN C. MACVEY,/ DIED 3D
OCTOBER 1871,/ AGED 34 YEARS./ ALEXANDER MACVEY,/ DIED 18TH SEPT 1886,/ AGED 85 YEARS. (b) GEO SMITH & CO/ PATENT/ SUN FOUNDRY/ GLASGOW [on plinth].
519. Head, low arch. 0.85 x 0.78 x 0.11m. 1871/ ERECTED BY/ JOHN DUFF AND MARY CAMPBELL.
520. Head, cavetto & low arch. 0.90 x 0.72 x 0.12m. 1842/ JOHN BOW/ AND/ MARY FREW. [M & M 324].
521. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 0.98 x 0.14m. (a) No 76 [along
top] (b) 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN BELL MARSHALL/ AND/ ISABELLA WILSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ JOHN/ WHO DIED 10TH
JULY 1869/ AGED 3 YEARS/ MARGARET/ THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED THE 7TH OF SEPT 1869,/ AGED 12 YEARS/ JOHN BELL MARSHALL DIED 14 FEB 1887 AGED 57/ ISABELLA WILSON, DIED 29TH MAY, 1904, AGED 76.
522. Head, arched pediment with urn. [cast iron] 1.70 x 0.54 x 0.12m. In Memory --/ ERECTED BY/ GEORGE MITCHELL/ AND/ AGNES MILLER,/ IN
MEMORY OF/ THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER/ ANNE,/ WHO DIED 20TH MAY 1874,/ AGED 5 YEARS./ PETER THEIR SON/ DIED 12TH APRIL 1893, AGED 2
½ YEARS. [M & M 325].
523. Head, low arch. 0.85 x 0.70 x 0.09m. In Memory Of/ ALEXANDER MITCHELL/ WHO DIED 15T JULY 1902, AGED 35 YEARS. [M & M 326].
524. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.65 x 0.12m. (a) 1790 [along top] (b) JM JD. [M & M 327].
525. Head, square. 0.55 x 0.26 x 0.17m. (a) 1878 [along top] (b) WC.
526. Head, triangular pediment with corner turrets. 1.30 x 0.91 x 0.10m. ERECTED BY/ ARCHIBALD ALLAN/ AND REBECCA BATCHELOR [on
pediment].
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527. Head, triangle. 1.30 x 0.63 x 0.14m. Erected by/ JOHN HILL/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WIFE/ MARGARET MASTERTON/ DIED 1ST AUGUST
1892, AGED 41 YEARS.
528. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.44 x 0.13m. T.C. & I.L. [M & M 328].
529. Head, truncated triangle. 1.35 x 0.63 x 0.14m. (a) Erected by/ WILLIAM FRASER/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ ELSPETH CHALMERS/ DIED 28TH SEP 1897 AGED 26 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON WILLIAM,/ AGED 7
WEEKS. (b) “OH FOR THE TOUCH OF VANISHED HAND/ AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL” [on plinth].
530. Head, broken. 0.80 x 0.80 x 0.07m. Lost. [M & M 334 – William McLachlan died 17 Feb 1828 aged 61 years, wife Janet Cowen died 31 July 1836 aged 64 years].
531. Head, pointed arch. 1.90 x 0.60 x 0.15m. IN/ AFFECTIONATE/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ ALEXANDER LINDSAY/ DIED 21ST FEB. 1864/ AGED 64
YEARS./ MAGDALENE ERSKINE STEWART/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 2ND JUNE 1883/ AGED 75 YEARS./ ALEXANDER THEIR SON/ DIED 14TH JAN. 1884/ AGED 23 YEARS.
532. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.30 x 0.37 x 0.11m. W R/ A D.
533. Head, ogee. 0.70 x 0.76 x 0.11m. 1826/ WILLIAM BAIRD/ and/ AGNES
DAWSON. [M & M 333].
534. Head, S-arch (illus). 0.90 x 0.74 x 0.08m. (a) 1815/ GEORGE CALDER/ MARGARET LYON (b) 1832/ JOHN CALDER/ AND/ JANET SMITH [on west
face]. [M & M 332].
535. Head, triangle. (Illus) 0.95 x 0.58 x 0.14m. 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN
GRINDLAY/ AND/ ELIZABETH WILSON/ IN MEMORY OF HIS DAUGHTER/
JANET GRINDLAY/ BORN 26TH FEB 1867/ DIED 9TH JAN 1872/ ALSO/ ELIZABETH GRINDLAY/ BORN 16TH MARCH 1873/ DIED 23RD JAN. 1893/ /
HOW SWEET IS THY REST WITH/ THE BIRD WARBLING O’ER THEE/ NO MORE OF EARTH TRIALS/ CAN HARM THEE NOW.
536. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.75 x 0.13m. 1812/ JOHN WEIR/ HELEN
BLACKWOOD. {M & M 331].
537. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.82 x 0.14m. 1812/ JOHN CHAMBERS/ ELIZABETH
HARTLEY. [M & M 330].
538. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.57 x 0.09m.
1818/ ERECTED BY/ DANIEL FISHER/ and/ MARGT FERGUSON/ In memory of their Daughter/ JANET FISHER/ who died 1818 aged
20 years. [M & M 329].
539. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 1.05 x
0.74 x 0.07m. 1847/ Erected by/ ALEXANDER
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NORMAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ WILLIAM NORMAN/ WHO DIED 31ST JULY 1845/ AGED 52 YEARS.
540. Head, triangle. 0.90 x 0.60 x 0.15m. Erected by/ DAVID CLARKSON/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WIFE/ CHRISTINA BRUCE/ DIED AT ---
CARRON/ 20TH DEC 18-- ---D 24 YEARS.
541. Head, S-arch. 0.35 x 0.47 x 0.12m. (a) 1790/ C.Co. (b) WD [along top]. [M & M 335].
North of Main Path.
542. Head, ogee. 0.70 x 0.76 x 0.12m. (a) JAMES MCEWAN/ AND/ BESSIE
MOWBRAY,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ MOWBRAY/ DIED 28TH FEB. 1890, AGED 14 (b) 1852/ HENRY MCEWEN/ DIED FEB 4TH AND 1863 AGED 51/
MARY RICHARDSON/ DIED 16TH DEC 1889 AGED 75. [M & M 694].
543. Head, ogee. 0.55 x 0.54 x 0.11m. (a) 2 LAIRS [along top] (b) 1869/
JAMES LAIRD/ AND/ MARGARET COWAN.
544. Head, triangle. 1.05 x 0.59 x 0.15m. Erected by/ ALEXANDER ARBUCKLE & AGNES LAIRD/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ MARGARET COWAN
ARBUCKLE/ DIED 2ND SEP 1890, AGED 15 MONTHS/ AGNES WEIR ARBUCKLE/ DIED 18TH DEC. 1892, AGED 9 MONTHS.
545. Table. 1.59 x 0.98m. IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM ANDERSON,/ OF GUTTERHEAD AND CARRON,/ DIED 23RD AUGUST 1826,/ AGED 93./ AND/ MARTHA FLEMING,/ HIS SPOUSE/ DIED SEPTEMBER 1823,/ AGED 86./ /
RENEWED BY HIS GREAT-GRANDSON/ WILLIAM PITCAIRN ANDERSON/ 1932. [M & M 692b].
546. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.77 x 0.16m. 1799/ John Anderson/ Agnes Neilson. [M & M 692a]
547. Head, ogee. 0.70 x 0.82 x 0.11m. 1852/ HENRY MCEWEN/ AND/ MARY
RICHARDSON/ WILLIAM/ THEIR SON DIED 2D SEP. 1899 AGED 53/ WILLIAM MCEWEN SON OF JAMES MCEWEN/ WHO DIED 6TH OCTOBER 1897
AGED 27 YEARS.
548. Head, cast iron arch with finial. 1.55 x 0.70 x 0.15m. Erected by/ GEORGE ANDREW,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS SON/ WILLIAM,/ BORN 12TH FEBY
1827,/ DIED 6TH AUGT 1852,/ ALSO JAMES ALEXANDER,/ BORN 29TH JULY, 1819,/ DIED 28TH AUGST, 1853,/ ELIZABETH ALLEN,/ HIS WIFE, BORN 20TH
APRIL, 1791,/ DIED 8TH JUNE 1862./ GEORGE ANDREW,/ BORN 20TH MAY 1789/ DIED 4TH AUGST 1871./ TWO OF HIS/ GRANDCHILDREN/ DIED IN INFANCY./ INTERRED HERE. [M & M 691].
549. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.53 x 0.11m. 1809/ ------ Gillespie/ ----- A-----. [M & M 690].
550. Head, cavetto. 0.50 x 0.57 x 0.12m. (a) T W M K [along top] (b) 1809/ Robert Gillespie/ Janet ----. [M & M 689].
551. Head, square with cut corners. 0.40 x 0.74 x 0.18m. Blank.
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552. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.88 x 0.11m. 1842/ WILLIAM ANDREW/ AND/ HELEN BROWN. [M & M 687].
553. Head, pointed arch. 1.05 x 0.47 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT POLSON/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HIS WIFE/ MARY REID/ WHO DIED AT
CARRON/ 14TH AUG. 1898 AGED 74,/ ALSO HIS DAUGHTER/ MARY/ DIED 16TH DEC. 1862,/ AND HIS SON/ ANDREW,/ DIED 8TH APRIL 1872.
554. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.84 x 0.05m. (a) 1869/ CHARLES
FITZPATRICK/ AND/ JANET RAE/ / Two Lairs (b) 1853/ ERECTED/ BY/ ARCHIBALD GRASSAM/ IN MEMORY OF/ JANE MORRISON/ HIS WIFE/ WHO
DIED 3D JULY 1853/ AGED 24 YEARS [on west face]. [M & M 686].
555. Head, plinth only remains. R. BROWN,/ GLASGOW.
556. Flat, 1.60 x 0.65m. No inscription.
557. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.92 x 0.04m. 1871/ JOHN FORSYTH/ AND/ ---NOR YOUNG.
558. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.89 x 0.13m. 1805/ THOMAS RUSSELL/ JANET CRAWFORD. [M & M 674].
559. Wall, rectangle. 0.97 x 0.77m. IN MEMORY/ OF/ JANE CARRICK/ WHO
DIED 12TH NOVR 1834 AGED 73 YEARS/ HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE/ BURIAL PLACE OF THE CARRON HALL FAMILY/ THIS TABLET IS
PLACED HERE BY/ LIEUT. COLONEL THOMAS DUNDAS/ OF CARRON HALL/ IN TOKEN/ OF AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF ONE/ WHO WAS A FAITHFUL SERVANT --- --- FRIEND/ IN HIS FAMILY DURING A PERIOD/ OF
52 YEARS. [M & M 675].
560. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.64 x 0.10m. 1875/ ERECTED/ BY/ AGNES
WALLACE/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN MORRIS/ DIED 26TH SEP. 1874/ AGED 46 YEARS.
561. Head, triangle. 1.00 x 0.62 x 0.12m. ERECTED BY/ HELEN OSWALD/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ROBERT WEIR,/ WHO DIED 8TH JANUARY 1883/ AGED 85 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ HELEN OSWALD/ WHO DIED 16TH
MAY 1887/ AGED 87 YEARS.
562. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.88 x 0.11m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ A few
Friends/ As a Token of Respect,/ for the late JAMES WRIGHT,/ who was Unfortunately drowned/ in the river CARRON,/ on Saturday 23rd of February 1822,/ Aged 28 Years/ GRIZZEL BRAIDWOOD/ His Spoufe Died April 6th
1849. (b) IN MEMORY OF/ MAGGIE RAE,/ WIFE OF GEORGE WATSON,/ WHO DIED AT STENHOUSE VIEW,/ ON FEBRUARY 13TH 1900, AGED 27
YEARS./ ALSO HER TWO CHILDREN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY. [M & M 677].
563. Head, square. 0.35 x 0.34 x 0.08m. J. K. [M & M 678].
564. Head, low arch with casket finial. 2.00 x 0.69 x 0.12m. Fallen face down.
565. Head, square. 0.10 x 0.37 x 0.16m. J H. [M & M 679 – JH H McC].
566. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.62 x 0.13m. 1825/ ALEXANDER DuNCAN/ and/
HELEN WILLIAMSON. [M & M 680].
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567. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.66 x 0.13m. 1853/ JOHN COWAN/ AND/ MARGARET LAIRD/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 15TH MARCH 1874/ AGED 70 YEARS. [M & M 681].
568. Head, triangle. 1.50 x 0.67 x 0.18m. (a) CHARLES GREIG/ WHO DIED 9TH FEBRUARY 1850,/ LIES BURIED HERE, AS ALSO HIS WIFE,/ MARGARET
ARCHIBALD./ THE HONEST CONSISTENT PIETY OF HIS OLD AGE/ KEPT IN MIND THE RIOTOUSNESS OF HIS/ EARLY MANHOOD, AND CONDEMNED IT./ HE SHARED IN THE REVIVED SPIRITUAL LIFE/ OF 1843,/ AND ALL THAT
KNEW HIM ADMITTED/ THAT IT WAS SO. (b) J. COWANS/ FALKIRK. [M & M 682].
569. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.77 x 0.12m. 1839/ CHARLES GREIG/ ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN ARCHIBALD/ WHO DIED ON THE 10TH JUNE 1863/ AGED 73 YEARS/ LIES BURIED HERE/ LONG RESIDENT IN THE FAMLY OF/
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, CHARLES GREIG,/ HIS NEPHEWS AND NEICES HAVE A REASON/ TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY. [M & M 683].
570. Head, low bi-lobe. 0.70 x 0.65 x 0.13m. 1830/ JAMES GREIG/ AND/ JANET HILL. [M & M 684].
571. Head, ogee. 0.50 x 0.46 x 0.05m. (a) Holds 2 lairs this side and --- ---/
south side (b) 1830/ JAMES GREIG/ and/ JANET HILL (c) 1823/ ALEXR FERRIER/ MORIAN ROBERTSON [on west side]. [M & M 685].
572. Head, triangular pediment. 1.20 x 0.80 x 0.11m. Erected/ BY/ JOHN MILNE/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARGARET GRAY/ HIS SPOUSE WHO DIED/ THE 17TH DECR 1857/ AGED 23 YEARS./ ALSO/ FOR HIS SON ALEXANDER/ WHO DIED
17TH JUNE 1838/ AGED 6 MONTHS. [M & M 673].
573. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.76 x 0.14m (a) Holds 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1832/
ERECTED/ BY/ JANET RANKIN/ In memory of her husband/ ROBERT MARSHAL/ who died 30 July 1830/ Aged 36 Years. [M & M 672].
574. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.91 x 0.09m. 1825/ JAMES HOTCHKIS/ and/
ELISABETH GILLON. [M & M 671].
575. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ To the memory/ of/ JOHN
HOTCHKIS/ who DIED 14TH January 1825/ Aged 34 Years/ BY HELEN MACDOUGAL/ HIS RELICT. [M & M 670].
576. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.10m. 1825/ Alexander Macdougal/ DIED 9TH OCTR 1860 AGED 50 YEARS/ JOHN THEIR SON DIED 13TH NOVR 1843 AGED 5 YEARS/./ WILLIAM THEIR SON DIED 25TH JANY 1861 AGED 19 YEARS./
ERECTED YB JEAN THOMSON HIS WIFE. [M & M 669].
577. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.79 x 0.12m. 1827/ JAMES MORRISON/ and/ ANN
CRAIG. [M & M 668].
578. Head. Plinth only remains. (a) How still and peaceful is the grave [upper plinth] (b) GORDON BARCLAY/ PAISLEY [lower plinth].
579. Head, low arch. 0.80 x 0.61 x 0.15m. Erected by/ WILLIAM LAIRD/ -- --- -- MAY BY HIS WIFE/ ----- BAIN.
580. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.91 x 0.13m. 1832/ JAME- PHILP. [M & M 667].
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581. Head, triangular pediment. 1.30 x 0.59 x 0.16m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ CHARLES BROWN/ AND/ JANE SMITH,/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR BELOVED
CHILDREN/ JAMES/ DIED 1ST JUNE 1869 AGED 5 YEARS/ JAMES DIED 13TH DEC 1875 AGED 1 YEAR & 8 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE/ CHARLES BROWN/ DIED
1ST JULY 1884 AGED 58 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JANE SMITH/ DIED 1ST FEBRUARY 1903, AGED 74 YEARS. (b) GEORGE BARCLAY/ STIRLING [on side of plinth].
582. Head, arch. 2.05 x 0.67 x 0.15m. (a) Erected/ by/ ROBERT BROWN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE/ MARY MCKINLAY,/ WHO DIED 18Th MARCH
1902,/ AGED 46 YEARS./ THOMAS THEIR SON,/ WHO DIED 10TH MARCH 1886,/ AGED 5 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ROBERT BROWN,/ WHO DIED 16TH APRIL 1909,/ AGED 56 YEARS. (b) ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on plinth].
583. Head, cast iron arched frame. 1.30 x 0.52 x 0.10m. DIED 6TH JAN--- --/ AND ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER/ JEANNIE/ WHO DIED 9TH JANUARY 1867/ AGED
-5 YEARS/ ERECTED/ BY/ JANET RUSSELL.
584. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.70 x 0.06m. 1850/ JOHN ADAMSON/ AND/ ELIZABETH FORSYTH/ THE ABOVE/ ELZABETH FORSYTH,/ DIED 17TH AUGUST
1886./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JOHN ADAMSON,/ DIED 8TH NOV. 1892 IN HIS 82D YEAR/ JAMES DRYSDALE GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED 14TH FEB. 1900,
AGED 19 YEARS. [M & M 652].
585. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.92 x 0.14m. 1826/ ALR. ROBERTSON/ MAN. HODGE. [M & M 653].
586. Head, ogee & rounded triangle. 0.95 x 0.86 x 0.10m. 1846/ Erected/ By/ WILLIAM BRAIDWOOD/ And/ ELIZABETH SCOTT/ IN MEMORY OF HIS
PARENTS/ JOHN BRAIDWOOD/ WHO DIED JUNE 29, 1846 AGED 62 YEARS./ ALSO/ JANE MILLAR, who Died July 15/ 1821 Aged 83 YEARS. [M & M 654].
587. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.81 x 0.10m. 1846/ WILLIAM BRAIDWOOD/
And/ ELIZABETH SCOTT/ ELIZABETH SCOTT/ DIED 7TH MAY 1881,/ AGED 72 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM BRAIDWOOD/ DIED 11TH JULY 1891 AGED 81
YEARS. [M & M 655].
588. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.95 x 0.86 x 0.13m. Erected by/
THOMAS EASTON/ TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ THOMAS EASTON/ WHO DIED 6TH AUGUST 1847/ ALSO OF HIS MOTHER/ HELEN COCHRANE/ WHO DIED 18TH JUNE 1853/ THOMAS EASTON/ AND/ MATILDA HALL. [M & M 656].
589. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.15 x 0.33 x 0.10m. T.E. H.S. [M & M 657].
590. Head, fallen. 1.80 x 0.69 x 0.11m. ERECTED BY/ DUNCAN MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ HELEN LEITH/ WHO DIED 24TH APRIL 1873/ AGED 21 YEARS/ ALSO/ GEORGE MARSHALL/ THEIR SON/ WHO DIED 30TH APRIL 1874/
AGED 11 MONTHS.
591. Head, S-arch. 0.45 x 0.62 x 0.07m. 1869/ WILLIAM MARSHALL/ AND/ ANN
WILSON.
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592. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.50 x 0.73 x 0.07m. 1851/ ALEXANDER CRAWFORD/ AND/ MARGARET SCOULER. [M & M 658].
593. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.12m. 1838/ WILLIAM CAMPBELL/ and/ JEAN IRVINE. [M & M 659].
594. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.79 x 0.12m. To the Memory of/ MICHAEL HONEYMAN/ who died 21st Decr 1825,/ Aged 54 Years./ AND OF JANE, HIS WIFE. [M & M 660].
595. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.47 x 0.10m. W M/ E H. [M & M 661].
596. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.91 x 0.12m. 1841/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT HUSKIE/
AND/ MARY MCDOUGAL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ HELEN WHO DIED 24TH MARCH 1841,/ AGED 2 YEARS. [M & M 662].
597. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.79 x 0.11m. (a) MDCCCXL [on
598. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.11m. (a) ROBERT GODFREY/ AND/ ANN RENNIE (b) 1838/ ROBERT GODFREY/ and/ MARGARET MOODIE [on west face]. [M & M 664].
599. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.90 x 0.10m. 1836/ JOHN CAMPBELL/ AND/ CATHARINE FRAZER. [M & M 665].
600. Head, low S-arch. 1.05 x 0.92 x 0.13m. 1827/ CHARLES GREEN/ and/ CATHERINE MACKAY/ in Memory of Their Son/ HUGH GREEN/ Who Died at Carron/ on the 26th JULY 1834/ Aged 19 Years/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THEIR
DAUGHTERS/ ISABELLA WHO DIED 24TH AUGUST 1837/ AGED 18 YEARS/ CATHARINE WHO DIED 24TH JUNE 1838/ AGED 8 YEARS/ AND ELIZABETH
WHO DIED IN INFANCY. [M & M 666]
601. Head, serrated triangle. 0.70 x 0.72 x 0.13m. 1768/ TM HM. [M & M 651].
602. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.12m. 1788/ James Bow Mary Rankin/
THOMAS URE/ JAMES GILCHRIST. [M & M 650].
603. Head, ogee. 0.90 x 0.68 x 0.10m. fallen face down. [M & M 649 – James
Waugh, Elizabeth Thomson].
604. Head, triangle. 1.20 x 0.56 x 0.16m. Erected by/ HELEN CORBETT/ IN
LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES WAUGH/ DIED 16TH JULY 1896 AGED 46 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON GEORGE/ DIED 5TH AUG 1901 AGED 23 YEARS/ PTE WILLIAM WAUGH/ 6TH K.O.S.B./ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/
11TH APRIL 1918/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ HELEN CORBETT/ DIED 28TH NOVEMBER 1925,/ AGED 72 YEARS./ SADLY MISSED. [M M 648].
605. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.90 x 0.90 x 0.13m. 1821/ THOMAS WAUGH/ AGNES SIMSPSON. [M & M 647].
606. Head, ogee. 0.80 x 0.75 x 0.13m. 1839/ PETER WILSON/ AND/ MARGARET
608. Head, Celtic cross. 1.70 x 0.81 x 0.17m. THE MORTAL REMAINS/ OF/ MR. ROBERT BRUCE/ OF KINNAIRD,/ MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL/ 2D SON OF SIR
ALEXR BRUCE/ OF AIRTH – BY JANET/ DR OF THE 5TH LORD LIVINGSTONE/ LIE INTERRED IN THIS SPOT/ AT THE FOOT OF THE PULPIT/ OF THE FIRST
CHURCH IN LARBERT/ WHICH HE BUILT, AND FROM WHICH/ HE SOUGHT TO MAKE KNOWN/ THE TRUTH, AS IT IS IN CHRIST./ BORN 1554, HE DIED 1631,/ AGED 77. [M & M 644].
609. Head, ogee. 0.70 x 0.54 x 0.11m. 1826/ PL LW. [M & M 643].
610. Head, square with corner lobes. 0.85 x 0.88 x 0.12m. 1826/ PETER LOWE/
and/ LILIAS WALKER. [M & M 642].
611. Head, low arch. 0.30 x 0.28 x 0.08m. J.M. M.M. [M & M 641].
612. Head, arch with corner quadrants. 1.10 x 0.68 x 0.06m. 1885/ IN MEMORY
OF/ JOHN STEWART/ BAKER FALKIRK/ WHO DIED 14TH DECR 1843/ AGED 42 YEARS/ ALSO/ MARGARET GENTLES/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 1ST NOV. 1884,/
AGED 76 YEARS. [M & M 640].
613. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.84 x 0.10m. IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN ANDERSON/ DIED 27TH MAY 1871/ JANE MCNAB,/ HIS WIFE DIED 3D APRIL
1863,/ ROBERT STARK,/ AND/ ANN ANDERSON./ JOHN ANDERSON,/ THEIR SON DIED 1ST JUNE 1876,/ AGED 5 YEARS./ / MARGARET MCNAB.
614. Head, cavetto. 0.55 x 0.59 x 0.09m. 1826/ JOHN REID/ And/ MARGARET BAIN. [M & M 639].
615. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.15 x 0.36 x 0.08m. J. R./ M. B. [M &
M 638].
616. Head, arch with cast iron corner finals. 1.15 x 0.86 x 0.12m. Erected/ By/
THOMAS MCGRUTHER/ In Memory of/ ELIZABETH GILLESPIE/ His SPOUSE Who DIED/ the 11th November 1830./ Adged 29 Years/ THOMAS MCGROUTHER/ DIED APRIL 3d 1846/ AGED 45 YEARS. [M & M 637].
617. Head, plinth only remains. J.B. ABERCROMBIE.
618. Wall, rectangle. Xxxxxm. HERE LYES INTRRED WITHIN HIS URNE/ THE
CORPS OF HONEST GOOD JOHN BURNE/ WHO WAS THE EIGHT JOHN OF THAT NAME/ THAT LIVD WITH LOVE AND DIED W.T FAME/ IN CHANGING
TYMES SADEST DISASTER/ TREW TO HIS KING LORD AND MASTER/ KYND TO HIS KENERED NEIGHBUR FREND/ WHOS GOOD LYFE HADE ANE HAPPIE END/ HIS SOUL TO GOD HE DID BEQUEATH/ HIS DUST TO LYE THIS STONE
BENEATH/ ANNO 1635 REPAIRED 17--/ RESTORED 1912. [M & M 636].
619. Flat, 1.35 x 0.49m. Very worn.
620. Head, pointed arch. 1.10 x 0.65 x 0.14m. Erected by/ J. & F. GILLESPIE/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR FATHER & MOTHER/ JOSEPH GILLESPIE/ AND HELEN HUSKIE./ ALSO/ JEANIE HUSKIE,/ FANNY GILLESPIE,/ HELEN
GILLESPIE,/ MAGGIE CONNOCHIE,/ JOHN GILLESPIE.
621. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.12m. 1824/ JAMES CLARKSTON/
and/ JANET BROWN. [M & M 628].
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622. Head, triangle. 1.35 x 0.72 x 0.15m. Erected by/ ELIZABETH CRAWFORD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEORGE LAING,/ HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ DIED
24TH JAN. 1899, AGED 71 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH CRAWFORD/ WHO DIED 31ST MAY 1923/ IN HER 88TH YEAR.
623. Head, ogee. 0.95 x 0.87 x 0.15m. 1826/ WILIAM LAW/ And/ AGNES WALLACE. [M & M 629].
624. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.78 x 0.10m. 1838/ ALEXANDER GARDNER/ AND/
AGNES GIBSON/ WILLIAM GARDNER/ THEIR SON DIED FEBY 24th 1832/ AGED 22 YEARS. [M & M 630].
625. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.91 x 0.11m. 1826/ JOHN BURDON/ AND/ MARY MILLER. [M & M 631].
626. Head, low arch. 0.30 x 0.30 x 0.10m. J.B. [M & M 632].
627. Head, ogee & S-arch. 1.00 x 0.87 x 0.11m. 1842/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM NOTMAN/ IN MEMORY OF/ SARAH PHILP/ HIS SPOUSE/ WHO DIED 23TH NOVR
1841/ AGED 49 YEARS. [M & M 633].
628. Head, low arch with finial. 1.40 x 0.59 x 0.19m. ERECTED BY WILLIAM NOTMAN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ ALEXANDER NOTMAN/ DIED AT
CARRONSHORE/ 25TH JANUARY 1891 AGED 68 YEARS/ WEE ALEC BELOVED GRANDCHILD OF/ ALEXANDER NOTMAN & JANE WOOD/ DIED 30TH SEP 1891,
AGED 1 YEAR./ JANE WOOD/ WIDOW OF ALEXANDER NOTMAN/ DIED 22ND OCT. 1896, AGED 66 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM WOOD NOTMAN,/ DIED AT CARRONSHORE,/ 18TH JAN. 1903, AGED 44 YEARS. [M & M 634].
629. Head, S-arch pediment. 1.20 x 0.84 x 0.16m. Panel lost.
630. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.31 x 0.16m. W S. [M & M 635].
631. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.76 x 0.10m. 1864/ WILLIAM SMITH/ AND/ MARGARET HODGE/ HIS WIFE WHO DIED JANY 14TH 1869/ AG-- -- YEARS/ ALSO ----- -- -ARGARET/ WHO ---- --- --- --- -- YEARS/ / OH THE LAMB THE
BLEEDING LAMB/ THE LAMB UPON CALVARY/ THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN.
632. Head, low S-arch. 0.75 x 0.78 x 0.11m. 1865/ ERECTED/ BY/ MARGARET
RONALD BOW/ IN MEMORY OF HER MOTHER/ JANET MORRISON/ WHO DIED 25TH DECEMBER 1837/ AGED 38 YEARS.
633. Head, pointed arched pediment. 2.25 x 0.71 x 0.23m. (a) IN MEMORY OF/ WILLI-- --W----/ DIE- -- --- ----/ TH-MAS ----- -----/ DIE- -- --- ----/ ---- ---- ----/ AND/ ANDREW RU-----/ DIED -2 MARCH –70/ LOUISA CHRISTINA
CROMARTY/ WIFE OF/ THOMAS S------/ DIED 15TH --- ----/ WILLIAM R----- SCOTT/ DIED -- --- ----/ AG-- -- ----/ J---- ----/ D--- -- ---/ A--- -- -----/
ANNIE LOUISA SCOTT/ DIED 8TH FEB 1889, AGED 8 MONTHS (b) WILLIAM MACKIE, AND JANET PETER/ 1618.
634. Head, plinth only.
635. Head, triangle. 1.10 x 0.58 x 0.14m. IN MEMORY OF/ HENRY THOMSON/ DIED 7TH APRIL 1887 AGED 54/ JOHN HIS SON/ DIED 21ST JUNE 1889 AGED
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23/ JAMES PRESTON/ HIS GRANDSON/ DIED 18TH JANY 1899,/ AGED 1 YEAR & 7 MONTHS/ AGNES BARRIE HIS WIFE/ DIED 25TH JANY 1908 AGED 75.
636. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.60 x 0.76 x 0.13m. 1821/ PETER MCNAB/ MARGARET AIKMAN. [M & M 627].
637. Head, arch. 0.15 x 0.35 x 0.11m. 1821. [M & M 626 – Robert Reid].
638. Head, square. 0.15 x 0.2 x 0.12m. 1832. [M & M 625 GH ER].
639. Head, cavetto & ogee with central triangle. 0.65 x 0.64 x 0.14m. (a) 992. 2
LAIRS [along top] (b) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES HOTCHKIES/ IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE/ MARY RAE/ WHO DIED 9TH SEP 1893/ AGED 49 YEARS/ THE
ABOVE/ JAMES HOTCHKIES/ DIED AT BLACKMILL,/ 13TH OCT. 1918, AGED 75 YEARS.
640. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.74 x 0.07m. 1854/ Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF/
ALEXANDER GRAINGER/ WHO DIED JANY 17TH 1846/ AGED 50 YEARS/ ERECTED/ BY/ MARY CALLANDER/ HIS RELICT/ WHO DIED THE 25TH AUGUST
1864/ AGED 68 YEARS. [M & M 624].
641. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.70 x 0.85 x 0.13m. 1841/ Erected/ BY/ ROBERT MACKIE/ IN MEMORY OF/ MARGARET LYNCH/ HIS SPOUSE/ WHO
DIED 16th NOVR 1839/ AGED 50 YEARS. [M & M 623].
642. Head, triangle. .40 x 0.65 x 0.15m. Erected by/ JANET LEARMONTH/ IN
LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ WILLIAM WILSON,/ DIED 9TH FEB. 1898, AGED 52 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON JAMES,/ DIED 29TH AUGUST 1886, AGED 5 ½ YEARS/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER JANE,/ DIED 4TH JUNE 1903, AGED 21
YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON WILLIAM/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JULY 1916/ AGED 27 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JANET LEARMONTH/ BURIED IN
HOLYOKE, MASS., U.S.A./ 1934./ ALSO THEIR SON/ ALEXANDER,/ DIED 30TH DECEMBER 1967,/ AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 622].
643. Head, cast iron arch. 1.60 x 0.64 x 0.12m. Fallen face down. [M & M 621 –
James Wilson died 26 Sep 1863 aged 78; wife Margaret Kidd died 25 April 1880 aged 76; children George died 27 April 1839 aged 16, Alexander
drowned in wreck of steamship Royal Charter off Welsh coast on passage home from Australia 26 Oct 1859, Elizabeth died 27 Nov 1860].
644. Head, low S-arch. 0.65 x 0.70 x 0.11m. 1827/ ROBERT MCGILCHRIST/ AND/ JANET BUCHANAN. [M & M 620].
645. Head, low S-arch. 0.70 x 0.75 x 0.11m. SACRED/ In memory of/ MARY
HISLOP/ who died September 2nd 1825/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT MCGILCHRIST/ Her Husband. [M & M 619].
646. Head, arched pediment. 1.80x 0.65 x 0.16m. Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JAMES MARSHALL/ FALKIRK/ WHO DIED 2ND JUNE 1855/ AGED 69 YEARS/ ALSO OF/ MARGARET NELSON HIS WIFE/ DIED 7TH JULY 1881/ IN HER 88TH
YEAR./ AND OF THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER/ JEAN MARSHALL/ BORN 5TH MAY 1817/ DIED AT FALKIRK 29TH NOVEMBER 1903.
647. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.75 x 0.72 x 0.10m. ERECTED BY/ THOMAS RUSSELL/ AND/ AGNES FINLAYSON/ IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER/
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JAMES FINLAYSON/ DIED 26TH MAY 1875 AGED 70 YEARS,/ THE ABOVE/ THOMAS RUSSELL/ DIED 23RD DEC. 1903, AGED 73/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ AGNES
FINLAYSON/ DIED 27TH NOVR 1911 AGED 75/ PEACE PERFECT PEACE.
648. Head, stepped. 0.55 x 0.61 x 0.09m. ERECTED BY/ MICHAEL MCLUCKIE/
AND CATHERINE EASTON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SONS/ GEORGE E. MCLUCKIE/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ALSO GEORGE E./ DIED 25TH JULY 1897, AGED 1 YEAR.
649. Head, low arch. 0.65 x 0.49 x 0.15m. 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM MCKAY,/ IN MEMORY OF HIS CHILDREN/ ELGIN MCKAY,/ DIED 14TH OCTR
1866,/ AGED 1 YEAR & 8 MONTHS/ JANE MCKAY,/ DIED 17TH FEBY 1868,/ AGED 8 YEARS/ MARGARET ANDERSON HIS WIFE/ DIED 1ST JANUARY 1897,/ AGED 69 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM MCKAY/ DIED 19TH JANUARY
1910 AGED 82 YEARS.
650. Head, scroll & shields. 1.35 x 0.92 x 0.24m. (a) In Memory of/ JAMES
CONOCHIE/ FARMER, SOUTHFIELD/ DIED 29TH NOV. 1864, AGED 40./ HIS WIFE/ ANN MURRAY MEIKLE/ DIED 4TH MAY 1905, AGED 78./ THREE OF THEIR FAMILY/ AGNES DIED IN INFANCY/ MARY MEIKLE/ DIED 14TH NOV.
1864, AGED 16./ ARCHIBALD MEIKLE/ DIED 16TH APRIL 1891, AGED 35. (b) THEIR GRANDCHILDREN/ ANN MURRAY MEIKLE, DIED 9TH JUNE 1891, AGED
1./ MARTHA MCGILL, DIED 17TH MAY 1894, AGED 7./ CHILDREN OF JAMES AND ANN CONOCHIE. [on upper plinth] (c) J. ROBERTSON/ LONDON RD, GLASGOW [on lower plinth].
651. Wall, low arch. 0.73 x 0.52 x 0.04m. Blank.
652. Wall, low arch. 0.73 x 0.52 x 0.04m. ISABELLA MCKINNON,/ HIS AUNT/
DIED 7TH OCT. 1875, AGED 47 YEARS.
653. Head, pointed arch. 1.85 x 0.69 x 0.15m. (a) IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ GEORGE FAIRBURN,/ DIED 22nd DEC. 1884, AGED 67 YEARS./ AND MARY
MCKINNON HIS WIFE,/ DIED 2ND MARCH 1887, AGED 66 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ WILLIAM,/ DIED 19TH JUNE 1853, AGED 8 MONTHS./ JESSIE
ROBERTSON,/ DIED 20TH OCT. 1859, AGED 2 YEARS./ GEORGE,/ DIED 14TH AUG. 1869, AGED 19 YEARS./ ISABELLA HARDIE,/ DIED 20TH JULY 1887,
AGED 33 YEARS. (b) ERECTED BY/ JOHN LAUGHLAN FAIRBURN/ 1887 [on upper plinth] (c) MCCLASHEN/ EDINR [on lower plinth].
655. Head, bi-lobed. 0.80 x 1.07 x 0.16m. (a) Interr’d here with her only child/ JEAN SMITH/ Daughter of THOS SMITH in FALKIRK/ & Spoufe of ALEXR
BROUN of BROOMAGE/ Who died much regretted in child birth/ Oct 23D 1777/ In the 10 Month of her Marriage & 24th/ year of her age (b) As JESUS died & rofe again, even so/ them alfo who fleep in JESUS will GOD/ bring with him:
And fhere fhall be no more/ death neither forrow, nor crying, nor any/ more pain: For God fhall wipe away/ all tears from their eyes: And they fhall/ be for
ever with the LORD. [on west face]. [M & M 612].
656. Head. rustic cross. 1.55 x 0.44 x 0.34m. IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MATTHEW HAY/ WHO DIED 6TH JANUARY 1912/ AGED 82 YEARS/ ALSO HIS
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WIFE/ SARAH WILLIAMSON/ WHO DIED 12TH MAY 1897/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ WHO DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1874/ AGED 13
YEARS./ ERECTED BY THEIR DAUGHTER.
657. Head, cavetto. 0.85 x 0.94 x 0.14m. 1848/ GEORGE BARRIE/ AND/ JOAN
BLACKIE. [M & M 613].
658. Head, plinth only.
659. Head, tri-lobed. 0.80 x 0.62 x 0.10m. 1865/ PETER HOGG/ AND/ JEAN
FORSYTH.
660. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.78 x 0.11m. 1834/ JEAN HART,/ IN MEMORY OF/
JOHN SUTHERLAND,/ HER HUSBAND,/ BORN THE 30TH NOVEMBER 1800/ DIED THE 23D FEBRUARY 1863./ MARGARET SUTHERLAND/ DIED 2D FEBRUARY 1877,/ AGED 44 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JEAN HART/ DIED 16TH MAY
1880,/ AGED 79 YEARS.
661. Head, cast iron arch. 1.40 x 0.60 x 0.13m. Erected by/ CONNOCHIE
SUTHERLAND/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ GRACE R ANDREW/ WHO DIED 9TH NOVR 1873 AGED 32/ ALSO/ WILLIAM ANDREW HER FATHER/ WHO DIED 1ST MARCH 1858 AGED 56.
662. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.46 x 0.12m. 1873/ C. BINNIE/ AND/ M. NIEL.
663. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.87 x 0.13m. MDCCCXXXVII/
Erected/ BY/ ALEXANDER MOIR/ AND/ ISABELLA SCOTT/ In memory of/ WILLIAM SCOTT her Father/ who died 12th May 1822/ Aged 67 Years./ ISABELLA SCOTT. [M & M 614].
664. Head, triangular pediment. 1.80 x 0.72 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ 1862/ ROBERT MILLER/ AND/ JANE ANDERSON/ ANN CUTHELL HIS MOTHER/ DIED 18TH
JANUARY 1862/ AGED – YEARS/ GEORGE H. MILLER,/ DIED 16TH JANUARY 1864,/ AGED 89 YEARS.
665. Head, multi-lobed. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.11m. 1827/ PETER FLOCKHART/ AND/
AGNES HODGE. [M & M 615].
666. Head, multi-lobed. 0.75 x 0.78 x 0.12m. 1827/ JOHN MORRISON/ AND/
ANN FLOCKHART. [M & M 616].
667. Head, ogee. 0.55 x 0.67 x 0.10m. (a) 1872 [along top] (b) Erected by/
JAMES MCEWEN./ AND/ JANET SIMPSON/ IN MEMORY OF THREE CHILDREN WHO DIED/ IN INFANCY./ THE ABOVE/ JANET SIMPSON/ DIED 5TH JAN. 1874 AGED 31/ ALSO/ MARGARET AND THOMAS/ DIED IN INFANCY/ ALEANDER S.
MCEWEN/ WHO DIED 16TH JUNE 1903 AGED 30 YEARS (c) 1827/ ALEXR WRIGHT/ and/ JANET HISLOP/ JAMES SIMPSON,/ MARY WRIGHT/ HIS WIFE/
DIED 7TH SEPTEMBER 1861,/ AGED 40 YEARS.
668. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.82 x 0.11m. (a) 1865/ THOMAS BROWN/ AND/ JANET RATTRAY/ THE ABOVE/ THOMAS BROWN/ DIED 27TH MAY 1884 AGED
60 YEARS. (b) 1827/ ARCHIBALD BROWN/ AND/ JANET MCGILCHRIST [on west face].
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669. Head, urn on pedestal. 3.00 x 0.55 x 0.55m. (a) ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM AND ELIZA,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER/ JAMES MITHCELL/ WHO WAS
BORN AT JOHNSTONE,/ 27TH SEPT 1800,/ AND DIED AT STENHOUSEMUIR/ 15TH JANY 1872,/ AS AN ELDER, SESSION CLERK, AND/ INSPECTOR OF POOR
IN THE PARISH OF/ LARBERT, AND IN THE OTHER PUBLIC/ DUTIES OF HIS STATION, HIS STRICT/ INTEGRITY, BUSINESS ABILITY AND/ KINDLY MANNERS ENDEARED HIM/ TO ALL CLASSES OF THE COMMUNITY./ ALSO/ IN
MEMORY OF THEIR MOTHER,/ ELIZABETH THOMSON,/ WHO WAS BORN AT CAMPSIE/ 7TH OCT. 1800,/ AND DIED AT CARRON/ 23RD JAN. 1843. (b)
ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BROTHERS/ AND SISTERS WHO ALL DIED/ AT CARRON, VIZ./ JAMES/ DIED 6TH JAN. 1827,/ AGED 2 YEARS./ ELIZABETH,/ DIED 3RD OCT. 1832,/ AGED 6 MONTHS./ JAMES,/ DIED 7TH MAR. 1838,/
AGED 3 YEARS./ MAGDALENE,/ DIED 10TH MAR. 1836,/ AGED 10 YEARS./ AND OF THEIR SISTER,/ MAGDALENE,/ WIFE OF JOHN SCOTT,/ WHO DIED AT
BARONY, NEW BRUNSWICK/ 25TH JAN. 1872,/ AGED 34 YEARS. [on south face] (c) MITCHELL [on upper plinth] (d) J. WRIGHT/ ABERDEEN [on lower plinth]. [M & M 617].
670. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.70 x 0.81 x 0.06m. Erected by/ JAMES CONOCHIE/ AND/ JANET MORISON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ AGNES
DIED 29TH NOVR 1829 AGED 9 MONTHS/ WILLIAM DIED 7TH APRIL 1832 AGED 5 YEARS/ WILLIAM DIED 8TH JUNE 1835 AGED 2 YEARS/ JOHN DIED 17TH JULY 1851 AGED 26 YEARS/ JAMES CONOCHIE THEIR FATHER/ DIED 17TH FEB
1855 AGED 55 YEARS. [M & M 618].
671. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.79 x 0.09m. 1827/ ROBERT LEISHMAN/ AND/
ELIZABETH BURT. [M & M 611].
672. Head, arch. 2.15 x 0.77m. Fallen face down.
673. Head, square. 0.60 x 0.72 x 0.07m. (a) 1811 [along top] (b) the burying
place of JAMES RISK/ and ELIZABETH BROWN his WIFE. [M & M 610].
674. Head, low S-arch. 0.95 x 0.92 x 0.09m. 1855/ JAMES RISK/ AND/
ELIZABETH BROWN/ THE ABOVE JAMES RISK/ DIED 22ND NOVR 1874,/ AGED 70 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH BROWN/ DIED 1ST SEPT 1909/ AGED 68
YEARS. [M & M 675].
675. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.74 x 0.12m. 1830/ ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM RAE/ who died March 11th 1823/ Aged 55 Years. [M & M 608 –
David Ferguson 1828].
676. Head, plinth only.
677. Head, square. 0.50 x 0.48 x 0.12m. Inscription erased.
678. Head, ogee. 0.40 x 0.75 x 0.09m. 1808/ THE FERGUSONS.
679. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.78 x 0.11m. 1871/ JAMES GILLESPIE/ AND/
JEAN MICHIE.
680. Head, pointed arch. 1.25 x 0.60 x 0.15m. Erec-- --/ ELIZABETH ---ORD/ IN
MEMOR- -- --- ---BAND/ WILLIA- -----/ DIED -- --- ---- ---- YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH SWORD/ DIED -- ---- ---- AGED -2 YEARS.
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681. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.73 x 0.07m. (a) HOLDS 2 LAIRS [along top] (b) 1859/ FRANCIS HASTING/ AND/ MARGARET DUNCAN.
682. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.43 x 0.12m. 1824/ AS JN. [M & M 607].
683. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.90 x 0.05m. IN MEMORY OF BELOVED CHILDREN/
JAMES/ DIED 16TH JANUARY AGED 4 YEARS/ JAMES/ DIED 24TH MAY AGED 3 MONTHS/ ELIZABETH JANE GALLOWAY/ DIED 4TH MARCH AGED 9 MONTHS/ THE ABOVE JOSEPH GILLESPIE/ DIED 22ND OCTOBER 1898 AGED 64 YEARS/
THE ABOVE AGNES GENNELL/ DIED 26TH DECEMBER 1916.
684. Head, triangular pediment. 1.20 x 0.79 x 0.09m. ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/
WILLIAM BACHOP/ WHO DIED 15TH JANUARY 1833. [M & M 606].
685. Head, ogee. 1.05 x 0.63 x 0.13m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) GEORGE MCDONALD/ who Died at Edinburgh/ Octr 7th 1832/ Aged 42 Years/ ELIZABETH
JANE LONG/ HIS SPOUSE/ DIED AT LARBERT 27TH DECR 1817,/ AGED 5 YEARS. (c) ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE MCDONALD/ In Memory of/ THOMAS His
Brother/ who died Octr 9th 1833,/ Aged 31 Years./ His Sister/ ANN/ His Mother/ HELEN BARTLEMAN/ And three Infant Sons. [M & M 685].
686. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.83 x 0.14m. 1823/ WILLIAM GELLY/ and/
MARY MUIRHEAD. [M & M 602].
687. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.48 x 0.12m. 1823/ M G. [M & M 603].
688. Head, S-arch. 11.00 x 0.81 x 0.06m. 1871/ Erected/ BY/ JAMES SMITH/ AND/ MARGARET THOMSON/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES SMITH/ DIED 2ND DEC. 1822/ AGED 61 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ MARGARET THOMSON/ WHO DIED
11TH SEPT. 1905,/ AGED 75 YEARS./ / UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.
689. Wall, triangular pediment. 0.56 x 0.45m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/
HARRIETTE ANNE MARY OGILVY/ THE BELOVED WIFE/ OF/ DUNCAN STEWART ROBERTSON, ESQ./ OF CARRON VALE/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ APRIL 23D AN. DOM. 1849./ / “JESUS SAID UNTO HER, I AM THE
RESURRECTION,/ AND THE LIFE, HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME,/ THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE.,/ ST JOHN.XI.CH.V.25TH. [M & M 605c].
690. Wall, elaborate. 1.05 x 0.61m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ DUNCAN ROBERTSON, ESQUIRE./ OF CARRON VALE/ WHO DIED UPON THE 12TH OF
FEBRUARY 1824,/ AND ALSO OF/ HIS SON ROBERT WHO DIED/ UPON THE 17TH OF HE SAME MONTH./ / IN MEMORY OF/ MISS JULIA CECILIA OGILVY ROBERTSON/ DAUGHTER OF/ DUNCAN STEWART ROBERTSON ESQ./ OF
CARRON VALE, STIRLINGSHORE,/ BORN 20TH OCTOBER 1845,/ DIED 12TH NOVEMBER 1911. [M & M 605a].
691. Wall, triangular pediment. 0.56 x 0.45m. IN MEMORY OF/ DUNCAN STEWART ROBERTSON,/ OF CARRON VALE/ WHO WAS BORN 17TH SEPTEMBER 1819,/ DIED 20TH OCTOBER 1856./ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/
DONALD OGILVY MARLEY ROBERTSON,/ SON OF THE ABOVE,/ BORN 21ST JUNE 1847,/ DIED 8TH OCTOBER 1885,/ AND BURIED AT WITHAM,/
SOMERSET./ AND OF ALICE, HIS WIFE,/ WHO DIED ON 4TH MARCH 1887,/ AND WAS BURIED AT WITHAM./ / I SHALL BE SATISFIED, WHEN I/ AWAKE, WITH THY LIKENESS/ PSALM.XVII.15. [M & M 605b].
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692. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.55 x 0.09m. 1831/ DAVID MONRO/ AND/ JANET WRIGHT/ DAVD MONRO/ DIED JANY 18TH 1883/ AGED 61 YEARS/ JESSIE
WRIGHT/ RELICT OF DAVID MONRO/ DIED 7TH MARCH 1900 AGED 77 YEARS. [M & M 596].
693. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.55 x 0.11m. 1851/ DAVID MONRO/ AND/ JANET WRIGHT/ JANE MONRO/ WIFE OF/ WILLIAM CALLANDER/ DIED JULY 3RD 1877/ A--- 4(?)5 YEARS. [M & M 597].
694. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1.05 x 0.79 x 0.07m. 1834/ The Intended Burying Place of/ ALEXANDER EASTON/ and/ AGNES BORROWMAN./ ALEXANDER
EASTON/ AND/ JANET CAMPBELL. [M & M 598].
695. Head, urn on arched pediment. ERECTED BY/ ROBERT MCLUCKIE/ AND/ HELEN COWAN/ HIS WIFE/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ THEIR SON/
COLIN,/ DIED 18TH JULY 1875 AGE 5 MONTHS/ THEIR DAUGHTER JESSIE/ DIED 30TH MARCH 1894 AGED 3 ½ YEARS.
696. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.89 x 0.12m. 1831/ ROBERT MCLAREN/ JANET MARSHALL/ and their children. [M & M 599].
697. Head. flat S-arch. 1838/ ALEXANDER WEIR/ And/ MARION BROOKSBIE. [M
& M 600].
698. Head, casket on triangular pediment. 2.05 x 0.71 x 0.20m. SACRED/ TO
THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN BELL/ FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS/ PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTER OF LARBERT/ WHO DIED ON/ THE 19TH FEBRUARY 1859/ AGED 50 YEARS./ / ERECTED SEPTEMBER 1859/ BY A FEW OF HIS FRIENDS
AND PUPILS,/ WHO THUS TESTIFY THEIR ESTEEM/ FOR ONE, WHO/ BY HIS AMIABLE DISPOSTION AND THE/ FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES/
700. Head, pointed arch. 1.00 x 0.68 x 0.08m. 1890/ ERECTED BY/ HUGH
MCLELLAN/ AND/ MARGARET GILLAN./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ CATHERINE MCLELLAN,/ DIED 11TH DEC. 1882./ CHARLES MCLELLAN,/ DIED 3D
JANY 1863/ MARY MCLELLAN/ DIED 12TH MARCH 1885,/ JAMES MCLELLAN/ DIED 26TH MARCH 1872,/ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET GILLAN,/ DIED AT
LARBERT 2D OCT. 1891,/ AGED 58 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ HUGH MCLELLAN/ DIED AT LARBERT 30TH OCT. 1898/ AGED 74 YEARS.
701. Head, pointed arch. 1.90 x 0.65 x 0.23m. ERECTED/ BY/ JANET SMITH/ IN/
MEMORY OF HER AUNTS,/ AGNES BAIN,/ DIED 21ST OCT. 1884, AGED 75./ JANET BAIN,/ DIED 19TH JUNE 1889, AGED 75./ ALSO/ EDWARD CONNELLY,/
HER HUSBAND,/ DIED AT HAVANA 2ND OCT. 1867,/ AGED 30.
702. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.85 x 0.77 x 0.10m. 1864/ ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM NISBET./ PHOTOGRAPHER/ WHO DIED AT KIRKCALDY/ 20TH
AUGUST 1864/ AGED 27 YEARS/ JAMES NISBET/ AND/ ELIZABETH MILLER.
703. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.72 x 0.13m. 1788/ James Stewart/ Margret Ure/
Ann Stewart &. [M & M 595].
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704. Head, bi-lobed. 0.90 x 0.94 x 0.17m. 17 83/ JOHN GLEGG/ Jur/ MARTHA ROBERTSON. [M & M 594].
705. Head, bi-lobed. 0.70 x 0.89 x 0.14m. 17 83/ J Glegg Elth. Covine/ Here lie Elizabeth and Jean/ Two of their Childen dear/ Tho’ here their bodies rest we hope/ Their Souls breathe purer air. [M & M 593].
706. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.65 x 0.78 x 0.15m. 1853/ JAMES BROWN/ AND/ JANET COUSLAND. [M & M 592]
707. Head, urn on podium. 3.10 x 0.64 x 0.65m. (a) SACR--/ -- THE MEM--- --/ -AMES WA----/ DIED/ AT GRAHAMSTON 1--- ---/ AGED 61 Y----/ AND/ HELEN
TURNB---/ DIED/ AT GRAHAMSTON 2- --- --- ---/ AGED 82 Y---- (b) IN/ MEMORY OF/ JOHN WALKER,/ THEIR SON/ DROWNED AT CARRON 26TH NOV. 1841/ AGED 25 YEARS./ BY A FEW FRIENDS AS A TOKEN/ OF RESPECT, THE
FOLLOWING/ LINES ARE INSCRIBED/ DROP ON THIS MOUND A SYMPATHIZING TEAR,/ A MARTYR TO HUMANITY LIES HERE/ HE TRIED HIS
BEST/ ANOTHER’S LIFE TO SAVE,/ FAILED IN THE ATTEMPT/ AND MET AN EARLY GRAVE. [on south face] (c) IN/ MEMORY OF/ ANN WALKE-/ THEIR DAUGH---/ DIED/ AT STRONE ARCY--- ---/ 5TH AUGUST 1---/ AGED 30 YEA--.
[on north face] (d) BARCLAY & REID/ STIRLING [on plinth]. [M & M 591- James Walker died 17 Dec 1858, wife Helen Turnbull died 3 Oct 1872,
daughter Ann Strone died 25 Aug 1856].
708. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.78 x 0.13m. 1860/ JOHN DICK/ AND/ AGNES WILSON/ THE ABOVE/ AGNES WILSON/ DIED 30TH MAY 1875/ AGED 50
YEARS/ JOHN DICK/ DIED 25TH JULY 1823/ AGED 57 YEARS.
709. Head, pointed arch. 1.30 x 0.60 x 0.11m. Fallen face down.
710. Head, flat obelisk. 1.65 x 0.45 x 0.12m. (a) Erected by/ JANE JOHNSTONE/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND/ JOHN TAYLOR/ DIED 8TH AUGUST 1903,/ AGED 48 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ CHRISTINA TAYLOR,/ DIED
9TH JUNE 1896/ AGED 4 YEARS./ MARGARET TAYLOR/ DIED 10TH NOV. 1896/ AGED 20 MONTHS./ JAMES/ DIED IN INFANCY/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JANE
JOHNSTONE/ DIED 4TH FEBRUARY 1940/ AGED 80 YEARS. (b) W ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on lower plinth].
711. Head, arched pediment. ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES JOHNSTON./ AND/ JANE D. GALBRAITH./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ CHRISTINA JOHNSTON/ DIED 1ST MAY 1858 AGED 5 YEARS/ MARGARET JOHNSTON,/ DIED 3RD MAY 1858
AGED 7 YEARS/ CHRISTINA JOHNSTON,/ DIED 12TH NOV. 1863 AGED 1 YEAR/ THE ABOVE/ JANE D/ GALBRAITH,/ DIED 19TH APRIL 1897, AGED 76 YEARS/
THE ABOVE/ JAMES JOHNSTON/ DIED 16TH JUNE 1902, AGED 87 YEARS.
712. Head, low arch. 0.10 x 0.35 x 0.10m. W P/ A C. [M & M 590].
713. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.48 x 0.05m. (a) 1870 [along top] (b) Inscription
lost. [M & M 589 – Mitchel].
714. Head, bi-lobed. 0.75 x 0.81 x 0.12m. 1835/ WILLIAM MITCHEL/ and/ MARY
BORROWMAN. [M & M 588].
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715. Head, S-triangle. 0.55 x 0.58 x 0.09m. ERECTED BY/ MARGARET GARDNER/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER/ HUSBAND, WILLIAM SCOTT/ DIED OCTOBER
27TH 1902/ AGED 74 YEARS.
716. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.62 x 0.10m. ERECTED BY/ ANDREW M. WILSON/
AND LILIAS T. MCLUCKIE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ ROBERT MCLUCKIE WILSON/ DIED 18TH APRIL 1894 AGED 3 MONTHS.
717. Head, flat triangle. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.13m. IN MEMORY OF/ OUR FATHER AND
MOTHER/ ROBERT FERGUSON & ANN GILLESPIE/ ALSO OUR AUNT JANET GILLESPIE/ / AND THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER/ WILLIAM GILLESPIE & JANET
WILSON.
718. Head, bi-lobed. 0.75 x 0.74 x 0.13m. (a) 17G W78 [along top] (b) 1875/ ERECTED BY/ JAMES LENNOX./ AND/ RUSSEL COCKBURN,/ IN MEMORY OF
THEIR SON/ DAVID/ DIED 25TH DAY OF JANY 1865,/ AGED 11 MONTHS AND A
DAUGHTER IN INFANCY/ RUSSEL COCKBURN WIFE OF JAMES LENNOX/ DIED 11TH OCTOBER 1901./ JAMES
LENNOX, DIED 26TH JUNE 1907, AGED 78.
719. Table. (Illus) 1.93 x 0.99m. 1716/
M/ HW IS/ CRIST WAS MY GAIN/ BOTH IN LIF AND DEATH. [M & M 584 – Jean Shaw]
720. Table. 1.99 x 1.09m. (a) The laft/ text he/ preached/ one was/ Col.3.1lf/ ye
then/ be risen/ with/ Chrift [in a book] (b) 17 85/ Here lies interred the remains of the/ Reverend Doctor Lauchlan/ Taylor late
Minister of the united/ Parishes of Larbert and Dunipace/ After having there faithfully
dis/charged the Pastoral Duties for/ 37 years died the 18th of January 1785 in the
68th year of his age/ beloved honoured respected/ and a christian friend/ Erected
to the Memory of/ the deceased by his Nephew/ John Bell at Miln of Earn
[main text on wavy page] (c) In this and other Graves hard by/ The Bodies of three Pastors lye/ Whose lips did faving Knowledge teach/ By Gospel truths they
did Preach/ These truths obey & you will wise/ Like them to dwell above the skies. [lower panel]. [M & M 585].
721. Table. 1.97 x 0.96m. (a) MDCCXCIII. (b) His laft text/ Prov:IX.6./ Forsake
the/ foolifh, and live: and/ go in the/ way of under/:standing. [in a book] (b) Beneath this ftone is deposited, the/ remains of the Revd GEORGE HAR/VEY,
late MINISTER of the united/ Parishes of LARBERT & DUNIPACE/ Who departed this life on the 13th of/ April 1793 in the 64 year of his Age./ Behold, his flock in concert sadly mourn,/ The starling tear appears in ev’ry eye,/
While he exulting is conducted home/ To join the facred legions of the fky./ Break off your tears fupprefs your mourning ftrain/ When all your cares and
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all yoir toils are o’er,/ Your faithful Pastor you fhall meet again,/ Where death, and pain and parting are no more. [M & M 586].
722. Head, triangular pediment. 1.05 x 0.77 x 0.12m. JAMES ROY/ AND CECCILIA BOW/ WILLIAM ROY/ AND/ ELIZABETH MCLEAN/ JOHN/ THEIR SON
DIED 31ST JULY 1847/ AGED 22 YEARS. [M & M 587].
723. Head, arch. 1.95 x 0.63 x 0.15m. (a) Erected by/ JOSEPH CROSTHWAITE,/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ MARGARET BURDEN MCLEAN,/ WHO DIED
3RD APRIL 1900, AGED 56 YEARS./ THEIR CHILDREN/ MARY, ROBERT, ALEXANDER & ALLY,/ WHO DIED IN CHILDHOOD./ -/ ALSO HIS MOTHER-IN-
LAW/ CATHERINE BERRY,/ WHO DIED 28TH JULY 1884, AGED 78 YEARS./ HIS FATHER-IN-LAW/ JOHN MCLEAN,/ WHO DIED 28TH FEB. 1886, AGED 79 YEARS./ & THEIR CHILDREN/ CATHERINE, MARGARET, ALEXANDER/ & JOHN,/
WHO DIED IN CHILDHOOD./ HERE ALSO LIES/ THE BODY OF THE SAID/ JOSEPH CROSTHWAITE,/ WHO DIED 11TH DECEMBER 1917, AGED 75. (b)
DOUGLAS/ ROBERTS & SON [on lower plinth].
724. Head, Barclay arch with finial. 2.45 x 0.66 x 0.10m. (a) Erected/ by/ MARY REID/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HER HUSBAND/ JOHN BROWN,/ WHO DIED
30TH APRIL 1900,/ AGED 64 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ MARY REID./ WHO DIED 10TH MARCH 1916,/ AGED 77 YEARS.
725. Head, 4-lobed. 0.95 x 0.94 x 0.12m. (a) 1837/ JOHN HASTING/ AND/ MARION CLARK/ JOHN HASTINGS/ AND/ ISABELLA LIDDELL (b) Holds two lairs [on west side]. [M & M 573].
726. Head, low arch with corner lobes. 0.60 x 0.75 x 0.11m. 1863/ WILLIAM MASTERTON/ AND/ MARGARET WAUGH.
727. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.76 x 0.12m. 1852/ JOHN THOMSON/ and/ MARGARET COLQUHOUN. [M & M 572].
728. Head, cross? 0.30 x 0.36 x 0.22m. (a) SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN
ALEXANDER WRIGHT/ (HUBERT)/ BORN 10 JULY 1859/ DIED 8TH APRIL 1900 [upper plinth] ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF GREAT/ RESPECT BY EDINBURGH
FRIENDS [lower plinth].
729. Head, cast iron arch with urn. 1.70 x 0.56 x 0.13m. ERECTED BY/ ---
BATCHEL-- ---/ ISABELLA MCNAUGH---/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ DIED 20TH AUGUST 1898/ AGED 3 YEARS & 8 MONTHS/ ALSO MARY/ DIED 4TH JULY 1899/ AGED 2 YEARS & 3 MONTHS.
730. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.78 x 0.08m. 1861/ ALEXANDER GREENAWAY/ AND/ AGNES MCLAY.
731. Head, triangle with central arch. 1.80 x 0.61 x 0.15m. (a) SACRED/ TO/ THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN BRYCE GRANT/ WHO DIED 22ND AUGUST 1902,/ AGED 32 YEARS./ ALSO PETER BOWMAN GRANT/ WHO DIED 15TH AUGUST
1906/ AGED 84 YEARS./ ALSO OF HELEN BRYCE/ RELIC OF THE ABOVE/ PETER B. GRANT/ DIED 7TH DECEMBER 1915/ IN HER 81ST YEAR. (b) ALSO
732. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.46 x 0.08m. (a) J & M DERRY (b) J C M M [on west face]. [M & M 582].
733. Head, cavetto with corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.92 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOMAS COUSLAND/ WHO DIED AUGUST 19th 1848/ AGED 84
YEARS./ ALSO/ HIS WIFE/ JANET CHERRY/ WHO DIED FEBry 6th 1843/ AGED 72 YEARS. [M & M 581].
734. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.70 x 0.70 x 0.10m. 1826/ JAMES DAWSON/ And/
AGNES COUSLAND. [M & M 580].
735. Head, 4-lobed. 0.65 x 0.63 x 0.10m. 1865/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT
MARSHALL/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ FARQUHAR WILSON/ WHO DIED ON THE 6TH MARCH 1865/ AGED 27 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ ROBERT MARSHALL/ WHO DIED AT KINNAIRD 8th MARCH 1910/ AGED 72 YEARS.
736. Table. 1.83 x 0.88m. (a) JAMES SMITH/ DIED 21ST JAN. 1889/ AGED 74 YEARS/ JANET BROWN/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 21ST FEB 1889/ AGED 73 YEARS [in
a book] (b) MR/ I S [in shield] (c) 17 46/ HERE LYES THE DUST/ OF MR JAMES SMITH WHO/ IN HIS RETAYERMENT TIME/ OF THE REBELLION DIED AT/ SLAMANEN THE 9 OF FEBR/ 1746 IN THE 33 YEAR OF/ HIS AGE AFTER HE
HAD/ LABOURED ABOUT 4 YEARS/ IN THE WORK OF THE/ MINISTRIE AMONG THE/ PEOPLE TO THEIR/ SATISFACTION. [M & M 579].
737. Head, 4-lobed. 0.55 x 0.59 x 0.13m. 17.JS.AB.54. [M & M 578].
738. Head. rough arch. 0.35 x 0.42 x 0.09m. 1770/ RM JH. [M & M 577].
739. Head. triangle. 1.25 x 0.63 x 0.11m. 1871/ ERECTED BY/ ROBERT BROWN/
IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ ARCHIBALD BROWN/ WHO DIED 21ST JUNE 1866,/ AGED 57 YEARS/ ALSO HIS MOTHER/ ELIZABETH BAIRD/ WHO DIED
11TH MAY 1883,/ AGED 73 YEARS.
740. Head, bi-lobed. 0.50 x 0.53 x 0.11m. (a) 1852/ JOHN BURDON/ AND/ JEAN WADDEL (b) 1817/ John Burden/ Margaret McLean [on west face]. [M & M
576].
741. Head, cavetto. 0.55 x 0.60 x 0.13m. (a) 1789 [along top] (b)
Thomas.Mackie/ Margaret.Hardie. [M & M 575].
742. Head, square. 0.70 x 0.69 x 0.14m. 1799/ James Nefmith/ Helen Cowan.
[M & M 574].
743. Head, cavetto with low arch. 0.85 x 0.74m. Fallen face down.
744. Head, triangle. 1.00 x 0.53 x 0.13m. ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM CALLANDER/
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANET TURNBULL/ WHO DIED 1ST MAY 1880/ AGED 66 YEARS/ DAVID MCLAREN/ ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 27 AUG. 1883/ AGED 35
YEARS/ YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE. [M & M 566].
745. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.65 x 0.79 x 0.12m. 1871/ Erected by/ JOHN MCLAREN/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ JAMES MCLAREN/ WHO DIED 20TH
SEP. 1851 AGED 45 YEARS/ DAVID HIS BROTHER DIED 26TH JANUARY 1845/ AGED 2 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS/ JANET CALLANDER/ DIED 22ND AUGUST
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1875/ AGED 15 YEARS/ JAMES MCLAREN HIS BROTHER/ ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED 9TH JAN. 1878 AGED 32. [M & M 567].
746. Head, low S-arch. 0.30 x 0.62 x 0.08m. 1831/ ALEXANDER WAUGH/ And/ ELIZABETH WEBSTER. [M & M 568].
747. Head, pointed arch. 1.75 x 0.56 x 0.23m. ERECTED/ BY/ ELIZABETH BAULD,/ IN MEMORY OF/ HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ JOHN FERGUSON,/ DIED 8TH OCTOBER 1871,/ AGED 58 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH BAULD,/
DIED 11TH AUGUST 1888/ AGED 75 YEARS.
748. Head, low S-arch. 0.45 x 0.56 x 0.09m. 1849/ ALEXR LYLE/ AND/ ANN
BOW. [M & M 569].
749. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.48 x 0.15m. 1853/ DAVID DRYLIE/ AND/ MARY RANKINE. [M & M 570].
750. Head. triangle with corner turrets. 0.80 x 0.87 x 0.14m. 1853/ ARCHIBALD RONALD/ AND/ CATHERINE GRINDLAY. [M & M 571].
751. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.76 x 0.14m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE CURRIE/ AND/ ELIZABETH HOWDEN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ THOMAS/ WHO DIED 1ST NOV. 1869,/ AGED 5 MONTHS.
752. Head, tri-lobed. 0.60 x 0.59 x 0.14m. JOHN YOUNG/ AND/ JANET BROWN. [M & M 557].
753. Head, square. 0.30 x 0.67 x 0.14m. (a) 1844 [along top] (b) EDWARD YOUNG/ JANET ROBERTSON. [M & M 558].
754. Head, low arch. 0.65 x 0.67 x 0.14m. (a) 1853/ JAMES BROWN/ AND/
JANET COUSLAND (b) 1790/ DG AC/ J Couflan/ A Campbell. [M & M 559].
755. Head, pointed arch. 1.20 x 0.69 x 0.14m. IN/ MEMORY OF/ JANET NIVEN
COCKBURN/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ JOHN MUIR/ DIED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1881/ AGED 27 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ JOHN MUIR/ DIED 18TH DEC. 1891,/ AGED 38 YEARS. [M & M 560].
756. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.80 x 0.15m. 1852/ JOHN MUIR/ AND/ ANN MCEWEN/ THE ABOVE/ JOHN MUIR/ DIED 3rd MARCH 1877,/ AGED 66 YEARS/
THE ABOVE ANN MCEWEN/ DIED 18TH FEB. 1883 AGED 76 YEARS. [M & M 561].
757. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.65 x 0.66 x 0.14m. 1839/ HENRY DONALDSON/ AND/ MARY MCGILCHRIST. [M & M 562].
758. Head, pointed arch. 1.10 x 0.79 x 0.09m. 1865/ Erected/ TO THE MEMORY
OF/ -ENRY DONALDSON,/ DIED 18TH DECEMBER 1856,/ AND/ -ARY MCGILCHRIST/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 15TH AUGUST 1861/ AS/ A TRIBUTE OF
RESPECT/ BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE FAMILY./ ALSO/ JANET THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER/ DIED 14TH JULY 1881,/ HENRY THEIR ELDEST SON,/ DIED 9TH MARCH 1887. [M & M 563].
759. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.57 x 0.12m. 1809/ John McGilchrift/ Janet Muir. [M & M 564].
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760. Head, triangle. 1890/ IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN MCKAY/ DIED 26TH NOVr 1889, AGED 88 YEARS,/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ JANET BELL/ DIED 27TH FEBRY 1868 AGED
66 YEARS./ ALSO JOHN MCKAY/ SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED 26TH AUGUST 1895, AGED 62 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE CHRISTINA MCLAY/ WHO DIED 4TH
FEBRUARY 1908 AGED 69 YEARS.
761. Head, ogee with central arch. 0.80 x 0.73 x 0.12m. (a) HOLDS 2 LAIRS [along top] (b) ERECTED/ BY/ AGNES GRAHAM,/ IN/ MEMORY OF HER
BELOVED HUSBAND/ JOSEPH SHARP,/ DIED 29TH JULY 1873, AGED 66 YEARS./ ALSO HIS WIFE/ AGNES GRAHAM/ DIED 24TH MAY 1894, AGED 79
YEARS.
762. Head, bi-lobed. 0.60 x 0.75 x 0.09m. 1833/ JOHN TAYLOR/ and/ AGNES BOYD/ HOLDS TWO LAIRS. [M & M 556].
763. Head, S-arch. 0.80 x 0.77 x 0.10m. 1834/ ALEXANDER GRAY/ and/ ERSKENE MCFARLINE. [M & M 555].
764. Head, arch with finial. 1.45 x 0.49 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE SMITH/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS WIFE/ JANET BINNIE/ WHO DIED 16TH JANY 1873/ AGED 21 YEARS./ ALSO/ JANET THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED 9TH OCTR 1873/
AGED 14 MONTHS.
765. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.88 x 0.12m. 1834/ JOHN RAE/ AND/ JANET
ROUGHEAD. [M & M 554].
766. Head, S-arch. 1.10 x 0.65 x 0.08m. 1870/ ERECTED/ BY/ THOMAS GODFREY/ AND/ ANN WHYTET/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ JANE
LAWSON/ WHO DIED 24TH SEPTEMBER 1870,/ AGED 1 YEAR.
767. Head, S-arch. 1836/ HENRY NIVEN/ AND/ JANET HUSSEY/ JAMES NIVEN./
DIED 23RD OCTOBER 1857/ MARGARET REID WIFE OF JAMES NIVEN,/ DIED 6TH DECEMBER 1885,/ ALSO HIS DAUGHTER/ ELIZABETH NIVEN/ DIED 24TH MAY 1882,/ MARGARET NIVEN THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED 15TH FEBERUARY
1885/ HENRY NIVEN/ DIED 2ND FEBRUARY 1895. [M & M 553].
768. Head, low arch. 0.25 x 0.31 x 0.10m. H N/ J H.
769. Head, cavetto with central arch. 0.80 x 0.76 x 0.08m. 1834/ WILLIAM DEMPSTER/ and/ JANET NEALE. [M & M 552].
770. Head, tri-lobed. 0.80 x 0.81 x 0.11m. 1831/ THOMAS INGLIS/ AND/ AGNES BOW. [M & M 551].
771. Head, pointed arch pediment & finial. 1.35 x 0.63 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/
ELIZABETH MCCULLOCH/ IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES MCGROUTHER/ her husband/ WHO DIED 18TH NOVEMBER/ 1863.
772. Head, triangular pediment & urn. 2.80 x 0.64 x 0.21m. (a) IN MEMORIUM/ JAMES WAUGH/ BORN AT QUARROL LARBERT 14TH NOV. 1826/ DIED AT GLASGOW 24TH OCT. 1885/ AND HIS WIFE/ ELIZABETH GILLESPIE HUNTER/
DIED AT WELLSIDE TERRACE FALKIRK,/ ON 24TH MARCH 1902/ AGED 77 YEARS./ / “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP.” (b) SCOTT & RAE/ GLASGOW
[on lower plinth].
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773, Head, triangle. 1.20 x 0.63 x 0.15m. In Loving Memory of/ MY HUSBAND HENRY PAUL/ DIED 2ND JULY 1896 AGED 5- YEARS/ OUR DAUGHTER ANNIE
G. PAUL/ DIED 18TH MARCH 1892 AGED 27 YEARS/ OUR DAUGHTER RACHAEL FREW PAUL/ DIED 1ST SEP. 1896 AGED 15 YEARS.
774. Head, Celtic Cross. 3.20 x 0.71 x 0.43m. (a) IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ ALEXANDER PHILIP,/ FOR MANY YEARS INSPECTOR OF POOR,/ AND REGISTRAR IN THIS PARISH,/ WHO DIED 16TH MAY 1886. AGED 71 YEARS./
AND SARAH CLARK HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED ON 9TH JUNE 1886 AGED 65 YEARS./ ERECTED BY THEIR CHILDREN. (b) “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND
THE LIFE: HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME,/ THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE.” [on lower plinth].
775. Head, tri-lobed. 0.85 x 0.88 x 0.13m. 1834/ WILLIAM BOW/ AND/ HELLEN
ESPLEN. [M & M 550].
776. Head, central S-arch. 0.75 x 0.69 x 0.11m. 1828/ JC MD. [M & M 549].
777. Head, arch. 1.55 x 0.56 x 0.15m. (a) Erected/ by/ HELEN HARLEY/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HER BROHER/ ALEXANDER HARLEY/ WHO DIED AT/ ANDERSON’S BUILDINGS,/ STENHOUSEMUIR,/ 6TH FEBRY 1905,/ AGED 78
YEARS. (b) ASLEEP IN JESUS [on upper plinth] (c) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on lower plinth].
778. Head, cavetto with corner turrets. 0.75 x 0.92 x 0.10m. Fallen face down.
779. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.60 x 0.72 x 0.13m. 1809/ William Gourley/ Margret Rae. [M & M 537].
780. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.80 x 0.07m. 1860/ ERECTED/ BY/ MARY COW----/ IN MEMORY OF HER ------/ JAMES GOW-----/ DIED 1---- ---. [M & M 538 –
James Gourlay died 16 Dec 1857, wife Mary Cowan died 1860].
781. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.60 x 0.71 x 0.06m. (a) holds two lairs (b) 1852/ AGNES RUSSELL [on west face]. [M & M 539].
782. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.28 x 0.08m. 1850/ C L/ J J. [M & M 540].
783. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.78 x 0.12m. (a) 1818/ Charles Laird/ Jean Jenkins
(b) This ftone holds the lairs on/ the fouth fide [on west face]. [M & M 541].
784. Head, cast iron arch. – x 0.61 x 0.13m. Broken & lost. Jesus my --- ---/ His
name -- ---.
785. Table. 1.91 x 1.00m. Here lie the Remains/ of/ The Reverend ROBERT KNOXX D.D./ For upwards of thirty one years Pastor of this Parish/ During
which/ gifted with rare talents and zealous as a Minister of Christ/ He discharged with faithfulness & ability his sacred trust/ Uncompromising with
the influence & power of the Work/ But/ Liberal & indulgent to necessity & distress/ Honoured & Respected for his Independence/ He distinguished himself and did credit to his name/ In the Councils of The Church./ He was/
Eminent for the virtues that ought to Characterise the Man/ and distinguish the Christian:/ an affectionate Husband & a kind Parent/ He died on the 16th
of December 1823/ In the LXIST year of his age/ Beloved & Regretted by his Floc-/ By whom/ This Monument is dedicated to his -----/ Died at Glasgow/On
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the 28th November MDCCCXLI-/ MRS JANET URE/ aged sixty-one/ RELICT of the late Revd ROBERT KNOX D.D./ She was a devoted Parent and Sincere
Friend/ and much esteemed by all who knew her/ Her death was peaceful:/ Her faith and Hope/ being built upon the only sure foundation/ THE FINISHED
WORK OF HER REDEEMER. [M & M 530].
786. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.61 x 0.11m. (a) NO 157 [along top] (b) 1808/ WILLIAM AIT/KEN MARY/ PATERSON. [M & M 542].
787. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.65 x 0.61 x 0.13m. 1812/ W.A : M.M. [M & M 543].
788. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 1.07 x 0.05m. ---- ---- ---/ --- --- ----OR/ --- --- ---/ --- -GILVIE. [M & M 544].
790. Head, cavetto & S-arch. 1853/ ROBERT SUTHERLAND/ AND/ ELIZABETH
FAIRLEY. [M & M 546].
791. Head, arch. 1.00 x 0.57 x 0.15m. 1890/ IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM COCHRANE/ DIED 31ST MARCH ---D 57 YEARS/ JAMES CAMPBELL/ D--- -- ----
----/ AG-- -- -ONTHS/ MARGARET ---MPBELL/ DIED AT GRANGEMOUTH 2D FEB. 1893/ AGED 19 YEARS & 5 MONTHS/ MARGARET MORTON HIS WIFE/
DIED AT GRANGEMOUTH/ 4TH MAY 1901 AGED 82 YEARS.
792. Head, square. 0.20 x 0.56 x 0.07m. 1829/ GM JI. [M & M 547].
793. Head, triangle. 1.05 x 0.63 x 0.11m. 1876/ ERECTED BY/ JANET HILL/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN BAIRD,/ DIED 21T MAY 1875 AGED 38 YEARS/ JANE THEIR DAUGHTER,/ DIED 12T JUNE 1869 AGED 9 YEARS/ ANN
DIED 14H AUGUST 1874,/ AGED 4 YEARS.
794. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1.00 x 0.76 x 0.07m. Inscription lost.
795. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.68 x 0.15m. SACRED/ TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/
ALEXANDER RUSSAL/ WHO DIED 10TH OF FEBURARY/ 1830/ AGED/ 73 YEARS/ ERECTED BY/ HIS SON IN LAW/ HUGH FRASER. [M & M 548].
796. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.70 x 0.58 x 0.10m. 1815/ ROBERT MORRISON/ AND/ JANET CARMICHAEL. [M & M 535].
797. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.27 x 0.07m. R M/ J C. [M & M 534].
798. Head, ogee & S-arch. 0.65 x 0.64 x 0.04m. 1810/ THOMAS AITKEN/ and/ HELEN JOHNSTON. [M & M 533].
799. Head, ogee & S-arch. 0.70 x 0.63 x 0.04m. 1810/ THOMAS AITKEN/ and/ HELEN JOHNSTON. [M & M 532].
800. Head, S-arch with corner turrets. 0.65 x 0.66 x 0.09m. ALEXANDER BURGES/ AND/ MARY PROCTOR. [M & M 531]
801. Head, trefoil. 1.35 x 0.52 x 0.17m. ERECTED/ BY/ MASTERTON URE KNOX,/
TO THE MEMORY OF/ HIS BELOVED SISTERS/ JANET KNOX,/ WHO DIED MARCH 1817./ ALSO/ CHRISTIAN KNOX,/ WHO DIED 20TH MARCH 1868./
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DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE/ REVD ROBERT KNOX, DD./ MASTERTON URE KNOX,/ WHO DIED 12TH FEBRUARY 1873./ AGED 64 YEARS. [M & M 529].
802. Head, triangular pediment. 1.50 x 0.55 x 0.18m. (a) IN MEMORY/ OF/ ALEXANDER MASTERTON/ CAPTAIN/ BORN 17TH --- ----/ ---- ---/ FROM THIS
--- --- --H./ A PERSON OF --- ----- WAS/ KNOWN --- --- --- PARISH./ AS A --- -- ---IOUS AND/ EXEMPL-- --- --- --E CHURCH/ OF --- --- --- -EFORE AND/ --- --- --- RATION/ --- --- -TATE./ A-- --- -ERVED HIS/ OWN --- --- THE WILL OF
GOD/ --- --- -LEEP./ / HELEN ----/ HIS WIFE/ DIED -- --- ----. [M & M 528 – Helen Honeyman born 1793 died 1856].
803. Head, cast iron. 0.75+ x 0.81 x 0.14m. --- --- ---/ --AHAM ---/ 26TH AUG----/ AGED --- ---/ MARGARET –H-AM / DIED -- ---- ---2/ AGED 81 YEARS. (b) R. GRAY, GLASGOW [on plinth].
804. Head, triangle. 0.90 x 0.81 x 0.12m. 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER LYLE/ AND/ MARGARET EDMUNSTONE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/
ALEXANDER/ WHO DIED 28TH OCTR 1869,/ AGED 4 YEARS.
805. Head, triangle with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.86 x 0.11m. 1845/ Erected/ IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN MACKIE/ WHO DIED JULY 25TH 1845/ AGED 66 YEARS/
AND HIS SPOUSE/ HELEN MACKIE/ WHO DIED DECEMBER 17TH 1843/ AGED 64 YEARS/ JAMES MACKIE/ AND/ JANET ALLAN. [M & M 527].
806. Head, cast iron obelisk. 3.35 x 0.60 x 0.60m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GEORGE SMITH/ WHO DIED 6TH JULY 1833/ AGED 43 YEARS/ AND HIS BELOVED WIFE/ EIZABETH WILSON,/ WHO DIED 30TH JULY 1871/ AGED 81
YEARS./ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ LAWRENCE AND MARGARET,/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ AND/ ELLEN, WHO DIED 10TH MARCH 1839,/ AGED 21 YEARS. [M
& M 526].
807. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.36 x 0.09m. W:H/ G:McA. [M & M 525].
808. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.60 x 0.73 x 0.13m. 1815/ WILLIAM:HAWORTH/ &/
CHRISTIAN:MCALPIN. [M & M 524].
809. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.75 x 0.69 x 0.12m. 1812/ JOHN TAYLOR and/
CHRISTIAN MILLAR. [M & M 523].
810. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.65 x 0.70 x 0.12m. 1812/ JOHN TAYLOR and/
CHRISTIAN MILLAR. [M & M 522].
811. Body, heart-shaped. 0.32 x 0.31 x 0.08m. IN MEMORY OF/ OUR/ BABY.
812. Head, obelisk. 2.80 x 0.50 x 0.50m. (a) IN/ AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE/ OF ROBERT KAY/ DIED 9TH DEC. 1890/ AGED 79 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ MARY MURDOCH AITKEN/ DIED 11TH NOV 1890/ AGED 71
YEARS. [die, east face] (b) IN LIFE BELOVED/ IN DEATH LAMENTED. [plinth east face] (c) ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT KAY./ AND/ MARY AITKEN./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ DIED 27TH OCT. 1877, AGED 34 YEARS./
HIS WIFE/ JANET ADAMS TENNENT,/ DIED 16TH NOV. 1876 AGED 28 YEARS/ WILLIAM/ THEIR INFANT SON DIED 21ST DEC. 1877/ AGED 6 WEEKS [die,
south face] (d) BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART/ FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. [plinth, south face] (e) ROBERT KAY/ WHO DIED 5TH AUGUST 1912,/
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AGED 65 YEARS./ CHRISTIAN M. WHITE/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ WHO DIED 16TH JANUARY 1900,/ AGED 46 YEARS. (die, north face] (f) “BLESSED ARE
THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN/ THE LORD.” [plinth north face].
813. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.80 x 0.87 x 0.11m. 1853/ JOHN
MONRO/ AND/ HELEN SMITH. [M & M 513].
814. Head, triangle. 1.10 x 0.82 x 0.11m. IN MEMORY OF/ PETER MALCOLM SEN./ WHO DIED AT GRANGEMOUTH 24TH JAN. 1881/ AGED 52 YEARS/ ALSO
MARY MALCOLM/ WHO DIED 5TH JAN. 1879 AGED 18 YEARS/ ALSO PETER MALCOLM/ WHO DIED 21ST FEB 1897 AGED 24 YEARS/ ALSO/ REBECCA
SIMPSON/ WIFE OF PETER MALCOLM SEN./ WHO DIED 24TH FEB.1904, AGED 73 YEARS./ / ALSO SEVEN CHILDREN WO DIED IN INFANCY.
815. Head, pedimented urn. 2.85 x 0.70 x 0.21m. Fallen face down.
816. Head, rounded triangle. 1.00 x 0.63 x 0.16m. ERECTED BY/ JAMES MUIRHEAD/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS FATHER & MOTHER/ JAMES MUIRHEAD/ AND
ELIZABETH KERR./ ALSO HIS GRANDFATHER & GRANDMOTHER/ WILLIAM KERR/ AND JANET DOWNIE./ JOHN MUIRHEAD/ AND JEAN KERR/ / ALL INTERRED HERE. [M & M 514].
817. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.83 x 0.13m. 1870/ WILLIAM KERR/ AND/ CHRISTINA ANDERSON/ THE ABOVE/ CHRISTINA ANDERSON/ HIS WIFE DIED
2ND MARCH 1872 AGED 62 YEARS. [M & M 515].
818. Head, tri-lobed. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.09m. 1857/ ROBERT WAUGH/ AND/ JANET MARSHALL. [M & M 516].
819. Head, arch. 1.65 x 0.56 x 0.14m. (a) In Memory/ OF/ WILLIAM AITKEN/ BLACKSMITH, FALKIRK,/ DIED 11TH JAN. 1892,/ AGED 79./ AND/ JANET
MACFARLANE/ HIS SPOUSE/ DIED 2ND FEB. 1889,/ AGED 76./ ALEX. AITKEN/ BLACKSMITH, TORWOOD/ AND JEAN LEITCH/ PARENTS,/ AND/ WILLIAM AITKEN/ BLACKSMITH CAMELON/ AND MARY NAISMITH/ GRANDPARENTS,/
OF THE ABOVE WM AITKEN/ ALSO INTERRED HERE. (b) W. ROBERTS & SON, FALKIRK [on plinth]. [M & M 517].
820. Head, pointed arch. 1.80 x 0.74 x 0.15m. Erected/ BY/ WILLIAM ADAM, AND JANET DRAPER,/ IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR SON, STEPHEN,/ WHO
DIED 2-TH JULY 1875, AGED 29 YEARS./ WILLIAM ADAM,/ FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF/ CARRON COMPANY,/ DIED 4TH DECR 1879, AGED 73 YEARS./ JANET DRAPER,/ DIED 6TH FEBY 1891, AGED 84 YEARS.
821. Head, cavetto. 0.70 x 0.78 x 0.06m. 1876/ ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM MILLER/ AND/ MARION ROUGHEAD/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ ALEXR MILLER/ WHO
DIED 15TH JULY 1873/ AGED 15 YEARS/ ISABELL MILLER/ WHO DIED 18TH MAY 1881/ AGED 19 YEARS/ THE ABOVE MARION ROUGHEAD/ DIED 8TH JUNE 1890 AGED 52/ THE ABOVE WILLIAM MILLER/ DIED 2ND SEP. 1898 AGED 67
YEARS.
822. Head, low S-arch. 0.75 x 0.70 x 0.08m. 1858/ WILLIAM STEVENSON/ AND/
JANET CHERRY. [M & M 518].
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823. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.72 x 0.09m. 1841/ WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM/ AND/ GRIZEL GRAY. [M & M 519].
824. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1823/ JAMES ROUGHEAD/ and/ MARY BURDEN. [M & M 520].
825. Head, cavetto. 0.65 x 0.58 x 0.12m. 1826/ JAMES ROUGHEAD/ AND/ MARY BURDEN. [M & M 521].
826. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.72 x 0.12m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1859/
ARCHIBALD GILLESPIE/ AND/ MARION WAUGH.
827. Head, square. 0.25 x 0.33 x 0.10m. WC.MW.
828. Head, triangle. 1.45 x 0.61 x 0.12m. Fallen face down.
829. Head, S-arch. 0.60 x 0.44 x 0.12m. 1852/ WILLIAM NIEL/ AND/ JANET COWAN. [M & M 512].
830. Head, scalloped pediment. 2.00 x 0.68 x 0.20m. (a) Erected by/ GEORGE & JANET LAING/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ WILLIAM WILLIAMSON
LAING,/ DIED 8TH JUNE 1894, AGED 31 YEARS./ ALSO OF TWO CHILDREN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY. (b) “WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER” [on plinth] (c) W ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on lower plinth].
831. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.85 x 0.93 x 0.07m. Inscription lost. [M & M 511 – 1806].
832. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.55 x 0.72 x 0.06m. 1813/ JAMES STEWART/ and/ MARGARET URE. [M & M 510].
833. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.85 x 0.12m. 1871/ ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT WILSON/
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE MARGARET RAE/ WHO DIED 19TH MARCH 1871, AGED 25 YEARS/ AND A CHILD WHO DIED IN INFANCY./ / BLESSED ARE THE
DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD.
834. Head, plinth only.
835. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.91 x 0.06m. 1829/ JOHN TAYLOR/ AND/
CHRISTIAN MCOUSTRA. [M & M 509].
836. Head, tri-lobed. 0.95 x 0.88 x 0.14m. (a) No 120 [along top] (b) 1803/ The
burying place of/ HENRY ESPEN and/ AGNES MACKIE/ Study not so much to live/ long as to live well/ By vertueous persevera-/nce while on earth you/
dwell. [M & M 508].
837. Head, trefoil. 0.95 x 0.61 x 0.08m. 1840/ WILLIAM HAWORTH/ AND/ MARY SMITH. [M & M 507].
838. Head, low pointed arch. 1.20 x 0.62 x 0.13m. In Loving memory of/ WILLIAM HAYWORTH/ U.P. DISTRICT MISSIONARY,/ DUNFERMLINE./ DIED
2ND DEC. 1891 AGED 55 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ JANET TAYLOR HIS WIFE,/ DIED 1ST AUGUST 1907 AGED 72 YEARS. [M & M 506].
839. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.76 x 0.15m. 1847/ ADAM LITTLE/ And/ ISABEL
DOW/ ISABEL DOW/ DIED 6TH JAN. 1869 AGED 60 YEARS. [M & M 506].
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840. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.76 x 0.12m. (a) 1844/ WILLIAM PENMAN/ AND/ ANN CHRISTIE (b) 1839/ DAVID ADAM. [M & M 505].
841. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.20 x 0.91 x 0.12m. (a) NO 79 [along top] (b) 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER BACHOP/ AND/ SARAH DRUMMOND/
HIS WIFE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ WHO WAS DROWNED AT CARRON ON THE 11TH OF/ NOVEMBER 1862 AGED 17 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ALEXANDER BACHOP/ DIED 2ND JUNE 1875 AGED 55 YEARS/ ALSO HIS WIFE/
SARAH DRUMMOND/ WHO DIED 14TH FEB. 1897 AGED 81 YEARS.
842. Head, 0.40 x 0.34 x 0.08m. A B/ S D.
843. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.70 x 0.07m. (a) Holds 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1855/ MARGARET MARR/ JOHN CHALMERS/ AND/ JANET MCLAREN. [M &M 498].
844. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.41 x 0.09m. M H.
845. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.76 x 0.15m. (a) NO 158 [along top] (b) ERECTED BY/ MARY HALL/ IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ GEORGE HILL,/
WHO DIED 4TH MARCH 1898, AGED 62 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ MARY HALL/ WHO DIED 15TH JULY 1911 AGED 69 YEARS/ ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR ELDEST SON/ RAWLAND HILL/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN
FRANCE/ 26TH SEPTEMBER 1915, AGED 39 YEARS.
846. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.36 x 0.08m. R.B.I.A.
847. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.97 x 0.15m. (a) NO 39 [along top] (b) 1794/ Robert Buchanan/ Isobel Arnot. [M & M 499].
848. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 0.91 x 0.13m. (a) NO 27 [along top]
(b) 1793/ James Campbell/ Jean Stewart. [M & M 500].
849. Head, cavetto. 0.80 x 0.59 x 0.17m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1853/
ROBERT PENMAN/ AND/ HELEN DRYLIE. [M & M 501].
850. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.32 x 0.09m. R R.
851. Head, triangle. 0.95 x 0.82 x 0.13m. 1870/ Erected/ BY/ THOMAS INGLIS/
AND/ JANE HARDIE/ THE ABOVE/ JANE HARDIE/ WHO DIED 31ST MARCH 1884/ AGED 49 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ THOMAS INGLIS/ WHO DIED 21ST
OCTOBER 1887/ AGED 56 YEARS.
852. Head, cast iron arch. 1.40 x 0.52 x 0.10m. WILLIAM INGLIS/ MARGARET
PATERSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ JOHN/ DIED 13TH MAY 1869 AGED 1 YEAR/ THOMAS/ DIED 2ND AUG. 1869 AGED 4 YEARS/ THOMAS,/ DIED 14TH SEP. 1873 AGED 2 YEARS/ ARCHIBALD/ DIED 29TH MARCH 1883
AGED 5 YEARS/ ALEXANDER,/ DIED 16TH AUG. AGED 4 YEARS/ MARION,/ DIED 29TH MARCH 1886 AGED 2 YEARS.
853. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.90 x 0.14m. 1808/ DUNCAN MALCOLM/ MARGARET CLARK/ JOHN MALCOLM, DIED 1884./ MARY ROBERTSON, HIS WIFE/ DIED 29TH JULY 1931, AGED 81 YEARS. [M & M 502].
854. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) NO 156 [along top] (b) 1807/ William Ure/ Jean Bennie. [M & M 503].
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855. Head, low S-arch. 1.00 x 0.91 x 0.14m. (a) 3 LAYERS [along top] (b) 1844/ ROBERT MITCHELL/ MARY WADDELL/ AND THEIR CHILDREN. [M & M
504].
856. Head, obelisk. 3.15 x 0.53 x 0.53m. (a) IN/ MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER
REID/ DIED 28TH JANUARY 1847,/ AGED 58 YEARS./ HIS WIFE/ MARY GILCHRIST/ DIED 20TH NOVEMBER 1857,/ AGED 47 YEARS./ THEIR SON/ JAMES/ DIED AT FIERY CREEK VICTORIA/ 10TH SEPTEMBER 1855/ AGED 20
YEARS/ THEIR DAUGHTER/ JESSIE/ DIED 13TH AUGUST 1871/ AGED 23 YEARS. (b) JOHN REID/ AND/ MARION MENZIES./ IN MEMORY OF THEIR
SON/ ALEXANDER,/ DIED 3D MARCH 1876,/ AGED 7 YEARS/ JOHN REID,/ DIED 30TH SEPT. 1891,/ AGED 55 YEARS./ MARION MENZIES,/ DIED 2ND MARCH 1906,/ AGED 66 YEARS.
857. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.66 x 0.11m. (a) NO 17 [along top] (b) 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER PENMAN/ AND/ JANE DUFFEN.
858. Head, arch. 0.90 x 0.72 x 0.08m. 1868/ JAMES EADIE/ AND/ MARY MURRAY.
859. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.90 x 0.14m. (a) NO 23 [along top]
(b) 1792/ JAMES ADDIE/ MARY MONRO. [M & M 497].
860. Head, arch. 0.85 x 0.58 x 0.15m. ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN FAIRFOUL/ IN
MEMORY OF/ HIS WIFE/ ELISABETH TAYLOR/ DIED 28TH SEPR 1875/ AGED 37 YEARS./ ALSO FOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN/ DIED IN INFANCY.
861. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.10 x 0.92 x 0.14m. (a) NO 26 [along top]
(b) 1866/ JOHN TAILOR/ AND/ ISABELLA PHILIP.
862. Head, square. 0.40 x 0.52 x 0.08m. 1803/ ERECTED/ By/ GEORGE DICK/
and/ JEAN DOWNIE. [M & M 496].
863. Head, arch with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.95 x 0.17m. (a) NO 119 [along top] (b) 1803/ The burying place of/ GEORGE DICK and/ JEAN DOWNIE. [M & M
495].
864. Head, plinth only.
865. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.10 x 0.96 x 0.15m. (a) NO 81 [along top] (b) 1798/ John Brown/ Helen Simpson/ WILLIAM LAIRD/ AND/ GRIZELL
THOMAS. [M & M 495].
866. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.90 x 0.15m. (a) NO 34/ 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1827/ ALEXANDER LAIRD/ AND/ JANET CALDER (c) 1793/
Alexander Laird/ Mary Brown [west face]. [M & M 493].
867. Head, cavetto. 0.60 x 0.66 x 0.15m. (a) NO 109 [along top] (b) 1803/
JOHN M’DONALD/ MARGARET MOWEEN. [M & M 492 – McQueen].
868. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.84 x 0.10m. 1871/ ROBERT RICHARDSON/ AND/ ELIZABETH TAYLOR. [M & M 491].
869. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.40 x 0.48 x 0.10m. (a) 1819 [along top] (b) 1870/ R R/ E T. [M & M 490].
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870. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.64 x 0.19m. 1807/ John Miller Janet Summ. [M & M 489].
871. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.82 x 0.12m. 1842/ ALEXANDER HODGE/ AND/ CATHRANE MILLER. [M & M 488].
872. Head, arch. 0.40 x 0.49 x 0.09m. 1851/ T.H. A.O. [M & M 487].
873. Head, cross on pedestal. 3.15 x 0.45 x 0.45m. ERECTED BY/ JAMES REID/ AND ELIZABETH WILSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM REID/ WHO
DIED AT LARBERT,/ JUNE 28TH 1879,/ AGED 33 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON/ ALEXANDER REID,/ WHO DIED 28TH DEC 1887/ AGED 33 YEARS/ JAMES
REID/ WHO DIED 1ST OCT. 1890/ AGED 79 YEARS/ ELIZABETH WILSON/ DIED 28TH MARCH 1898/ AGED 74 YEARS.
874. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.60 x 0.15m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1853/
JOHN PENMAN/ AND/ ANN WILSON. [M & M 481].
875. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.10 x 1.07 x 0.13m. (a) No 21 [along top]
(b) 1859/ JAMES RAMSAY/ AND/ ELIZABETH MCKAY/ THE ABOVE/ JAMES RAMSAY/ DIED 16TH JUNE 1887 AGED 57 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ELIZABETH MCKAY RAMSAY/ DIED 16TH JUNE 1893 AGED 73 YEARS.
876. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.92 x 0.15m. (a) NO 22 [along top} (b) 1792/JOHN LAIRD/ JEAN BROWN. [M & M 482].
877. Head, triangular pediment. 1.95 x 0.74 x 0.25m. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN DAWSON/ WHO DIED AT MOUNT CARRON/ ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1879/ IN THE 83D YEAR OF HIS AGE/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ JANE
GLEN MACKAY/ HIS WIDOW WHO DIED AT/ FAIRFIELD GRANGEMOUTH/ THE 20H JANUARY 1886/ IN THE 83D YEAR OF HER AGE.
878. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.72 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ BY/ CHARLES LAIRD/ AND/ ELIZABETH MITCHELL/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JOHN/ WHO DIED 24TH SEPTEMBER 1867/ AGED 24 YEARS/ ALSO/ THEIR CHILDREN WHO DIED IN
INFANCY. [M & M 483].
879. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.75 x 0.91 x 0.17m. (a) NO 1792 43
[along top] (b) Charles Laird/ Agnes Laird &/ her heirs/ CHARLES LAIRD/ AND/ JANET BROWN. [M & M 484].
880. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.91 x 0.15m. (a) NO 115 [along top] (b) 1874/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXR SIMPSON/ AND/ HELEN GODFREY./ IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES SIMPSON,/ DIED 4TH APRIL 1873,/ JESSIE WEBSTER/ WILLIAM/ HIS
SON DIED 28TH DECR 1873,/ (c) 1803/ JAMES HISLOP &/ MARY HENDERSON/ ALEXR WRIGHT/ And/ JANET HISLOP/ JAMES SIMPSON/ AND/
MARY WRIGHT. [M & M 485].
881. Head, cavetto with corner turrets. 0.95 x 0.73 x 0.12m. 1834/ ANDREW CLARK/ AND/ ELIZABETH ANDERSON/ 18 THE ABOVE 63/ ANDREW CLARK./
DIED 16TH NOV. AGED 72 YEARS/ ALSO/ ELIZABETH ANDERSON/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 9TH NOV. 1888 AGED 90 YEARS. [M & M 486].
882. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.69 x 0.07m. Inscription lost.
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883. Head, bi-lobed. 1.25 x 0.74 x 0.12m. (a) HOLDS 2 LAIRS [along top] (b) ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM EADIE & JANET DUNCAN/ IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM
DUNCAN/ DIED 22ND MARCH 1893, AGED 40 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR CHILDREN/ MAGGIE/ DIED 13TH JULY 1888 AGED 1 YEAR & 9 MONTHS/ LAWRANCE/ DIED
21ST MAY 1895, AGED 5 YEARS./ WILLIAM/ DIED 25TH NOV. 1902, AGED 16 YEARS./ JAMES/ DIED 17TH MAY 1903, AGED 26 YEARS.
884. Head, (cast iron) plinth only.
885. Head, cavetto. 0.50 x 0.58 x 0.13m. (a) NO 126 [along top – the 2 has been replaced by a 3] (b) ERECTED BY/ HUGH DOW & ANNIE MURPHY/ IN
MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ MARTIN DOW/ WHO WAS KILLED AT CARRON/ 22ND SEP 1882,/ THE ABOVE AGNES MURPHY/ DIED 8TH AUG 1903, AGED 71 YEARS [the first lines are written over 1806/ IR MM].
886. Head, bi-lobed. 0.95 x 0.79 x 0.06m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1835/ WILLIAM HIGGEN/ AND/ HELEN STUART/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR THREE
CHILDREN/ ELIZABETH GRACE AND HELEN/ THE ERECTOR OF THIS STONE/ WAS LOST AT SEA IN SEPTEMBER 1861/ AGED 55 YEARS/ HIS WIFE/ DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1863/ AGED 56 YEARS/ THE ABOVE IS INSCRIBED BY THEIR
SON/ WILLIAM/ IN MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS. [M & M 480].
887. Head, triangular pediment. 1.45 x 0.87 x 0.11m. Erected/ By RICHARD
WEBSTER/ To the Memory of/ HELEN MAXTON/ His Spouse who died/ the 9th October 1832/ Aged 33 Years. [M & M 479].
888. Head, arch. 1.75 x 0.66 x 0.18m. Fallen face down.
889. Head, square. 0.65 x 0.47 x 0.10m. Fallen face down. [M & M 478 – William Simpson, wife Helen White].
890. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.89 x 0.11m. 1853/ WILLIAM SIMPSON/ AND/ ISABELLA DONALDSON/ JANET SIMPSON/ BORN 30TH SEPTEMBER 1852 DIED 27TH AUGUST 1857/ ANNIE SIMPSON/ BORN 21ST APRIL 1861 DIED 25TH
NOVEMBER 1861/ ISABELLA DONALDSON/ BORN 11TH AUGUST 1827 DIED 26TH JUNE 1887. [M & M 477].
891. Head, triangle. 0.95 x 0.57 x 0.14m. 1875/ ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER MORRISON/ AND/ MARY BAXTER/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ PETER/ DIED
11TH OF DECEMBER 1874/ AGED 4 MONTHS/ ALSO HIS BROTHER/ JOHN/ DIED 10TH OF FEBUARY 1871/ AGED 16 YEARS.
892. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.80 x 0.98 x 0.16m. (a) No 1799 36
[along top] (b) Robert Wilfon/ Ifobel Laird. [M & M 476].
893. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.90 x 0.93 x 0.16m. No 1792 37
[along top]. [M & M 475].
894. Head. low arch. 0.40 x 0.29 x 0.08m. JH MF.
895. Head, tri-lobed. 0.65 x 0.73 x 0.08m. 1863/ JAMES WAUGH/ AND/
ELIZABETH WELSH.
896. Head, bi-lobed. 1.00 x 0.97 x 0.14m. (a) This stone holds 2 lairs [along
top] (b) 1847/ WILLIAM BORLAND/ And/ HELEN RANKINE/ ALEXANDER/
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THEIR SON DIED 30TH MAY 1861/ AGED 8 YEARS/ HELEN RANKINE/ DIED 1ST MAY 1877 AGED 66 YEARS/ WILLIAM BORLAND/ DIED 3D DEC. 1877 AGED 66
YEARS/ WILLIAM BORLAND/ THEIR SON DIED 13TH MARCH 1878/ AGED 32 YEARS. [M & M 474].
897. Head, cavetto with corner turrets. 1.05 x 0.77 x 0.06m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ROBERT BORLAND/ WHO DIED 8TH APRIL 1848/ AND/ WILLIAM/ HIS SON WHO WAS DROWNED AT/ SIERRA LEONE COAST OF AFRICA/ 11TH
FEBRUARY 1851/ AND/ FOUR SONS WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ERECTED BY/ ROBERT AND ALEXANDER/ BORLAND HIS SONS/ AND/ MARGARET
LEISHMAN/ HIS WIFE. [M & M 473].
898. Head, low arch. 0.50 x 0.46 x 0.09m. (a) No 150 [along top] (b) Jn Borland/ G. Laird (c) 1807/ TR RW [on west face]. [M & M 472].
899. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.42 x 0.10m. (a) 2 Lairs [along top] (b) 1853/ JN ANDERSON/ AND/ JT STRACHAN. [M & M 471].
900. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.99 x 0.12m. (a) NO 7 [along top] (b) 1833/ JAMES ALLAN/ AND/ ANN HOWDEN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN/ JAMES WHO DIED 21ST FEBRUARY 1853 AGED 3 YEARS/ WILLIAM
WHO DIED 3RD NOVEMBER 1862 AGED 7 YEARS/ ALEXANDER WHO DIED 8TH JUNE 1865 AGED 8 YEARS/ ALEXANDER WHO DIED 14TH APRIL 1870 AGED 10
MONTHS/ AND TWO DIED IN INFANCY/ IN MEMORIAM/ OF JAMES ALLAN MY FATHER/ DIED ON THE 23RD JULY 1890 AGED 67 YEARS/ ALSO ANN C HOWDEN MY MOTHER/ DIED 1ST APRIL 1911, AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 460].
901. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) NO 6 [along top] (b) 1790 John Allan Catharine Nielfon/ JAMES ALLAN/ and/ JOAN BELL. [M & M 461].
902. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.49 x 0.13m. JA. [M & M 462].
903. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.96 x 0.12m. (a) NO 11 [along top] (b) 1851/ WILLIAM ALLAN/ AND/ JANE SUTHERLAND/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR
CHILDREN/ JAMES WHO DIED 3RD MAY 1846/ AGED 1 YEAR/ JOHN WHO DIED 13TH DECR 1862/ AGED 16 YEARS/ JOAN WHO DIED 13TH DECR 1862/ AGED 9
MONTHS/ JESSIE WHO DIED 25TH AUGUST 1869/ AGED 5 YEARS/ JANE THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 7 JULY 1872/ AGED 22 YEARS/ JOAN THEIR DAUGHTER
DIED 8TH MAY 1873/ AGED 6 YEARS. [M & M 463].
904. Head, plinth only.
905. Head, cavetto. 1.10 x 0.77 x 0.12m. (a) NO 12 [along top] (b) 1790/
WILLIAM YOUNG & ANN WALKER/ ARE INTERRED HERE, THE FORMER/ DIED 11TH JUNE 1819, AGED 85 YEARS/ THE LATTER/ DIED 14TH FEB. 1808, AGED
80 YEARS/ GEORGE URE/ DIED IN 1833 AGED 45 YEARS/ HIS WIFE ANN BARTHOLOMEW/ GRAND-DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE/ DIED 5TH JAN. 1858 AGED 66 YEARS./ THIS STONE WAS RENOVATED IN 1902 BY/ THEIR SON
GEORGE URE/ WHEATLANDS, BONNYBRIDGE. [M & M 464].
906. Head, triangular pediment. 2.20 x 0.61 x 0.17m. (a) IN/ LOVING MEMORY
OF/ ROBERT OSWALD/ WHO DIED 3RD JULY 1875/ AGED 52/ AND/ EUPHEMIA MASTERTON/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 8TH FEB. 1860/ AND OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ ANNE/ WHO DIED 24TH APRIL 1899 (b) SACRED/ IN MEMORY
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OF/ JANET AITKEN/ WHO DIED 27TH JUNE 1837,/ AGED 47 YEARS/ AND/ WILLIAM OSWALD/ WHO DIED -- --- 1855/ AGED 64 YEARS/ ALSO OF JANE
THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED 27TH JUNE 1861/ AGED 28 YEARS/ --- --- ---/ --- --- [on west face] (c) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on plinth]. [M & M 465].
907. Head, square. 0.75 x 0.59 x 0.10m. 1826/ JOHN OSWALD/ and/ ANN URE. [M & M 466].
908. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.88 x 0.10m. IN MEMORY/ OF/ ALEXANDER
BRAIDWOOD/ DIED 3RD JANUARY 1890/ AGED 63/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ MARGARET MCLACHLAN/ WHO DIED 24TH MARCH 1906 AGED 79 YEARS.
909. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.79 x 0.13m. (a) No 137 [along top] (b) 1853/ MICHAEL HOTCHKIS/ AND/ HELEN WALKER. [M & M 467].
910. Head, obelisk. 2.40 x 0.35 x 0.35m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ GEORGE CLARK/ IN
MEMORY OF/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ JANE HOTCHKIS/ DIED 18TH APRIL 1872/ AGED 20 YEARS/ THEIR SON/ GEORGE/ DIED IN INFANCY/ THEIR SECOND
SON/ GEORGE CLARK/ DIED 26TH AUGUST 1872/ AGED 5 MONTHS. (b) J & J BAIRD/ FALKIRK [on plinth]. [M & M 468].
911. Head, rounded triangle. 0.90 x 0.62 x 0.15m. 1875/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN
JENKINS/ AND/ CHRISTINA MCLEOD/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ ROBERT/ DIED 21T JUNE 1871/ AGED 19 MONTHS.
912. Head, ogee. 0.95 x 0.90 x 0.06m. 1808/ DAVID BROWN/ MARGARET LAIRD/ / Intered here/ ALEXANDER LAIRD. [M & M 469].
913. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.87 x 0.12m. 1808/ DAVID BROWN/ and/ MARGARET
LAIRD. [M & M 470].
914. Head. cavetto. 0.65 x 0.95 x 0.17m. (a) NO 4 [along top] (b) 1787/ Andrew
Miller/ Margaret Jonfton. [M & M 459].
915. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.89 x 0.11m. 1834/ JOHN MILLER/ AND/ AGNES LOGAN. [M & M 458].
916. Head, S-arch. 0.75 X 0.63 X 0.08m. 1870/ JOHN TURNBULL/ AND/ JOAN THOMSON.
917. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.68 x 0.11m. (a) ERECTED BY/ PETER BATISON/ IN MEMORY OF/ MARGARET COWAN HIS BELOVED WIFE/ WHO DIED 26TH SEPTR
1874 AGED 36 YEARS (b) 1820/ THOMAS ALLAN/ and/ ELIZABETH MIRK. [M & M 457].
918. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.83 x 0.13m. (a) NO 5 [along top] (b) 1855/
WILLIAM HODGE/ AND/ BARBARA PENMAN/ JAMES/ THEIR SON DIED MARCH 7TH 1855/ AGED 7 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM HODGE/ DIED 10TH JANUARY
1858/ AGED 38 YEARS./ THE ABOVE/ BARBARA PENMAN/ DIED 8TH FEB. 1894 AGED 76 YEARS. [M & M 456].
919. Head, bi-lobed. (a) NO 116 [along top] (b) 1803/ The burying place of/
JAMES BLECKIE and/ HELEN DOBBIE. [M & M 455].
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920. Head, triangular pediment. 1.10 x 0.92 x 0.07m. Erected/ to the memory/ of/ HUGH STEIN/ who DIED 16TH June 1820,/ Aged 55 Years/ BY JANET HALL
HIS RELICT. [M & M 454].
921. Head, triangle. 1.25 x 0.61 x 0.15m. Erected by/ ELLEN BROWN/ IN
MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ ALEXANDER YORKSTON/ DIED 8TH JULY 1895 IN HIS 50TH YEAR/ THE ABOVE/ ELLEN BROWN/ DIED 27TH JAN. 1899 AGED 48 YEARS.
922. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.98 x 0.13m. (a) NO 20 [along top] (c) 1834/ Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ JAMES MELLES/ AND/ ELIZABETH
BURDEN. [M & M 453].
923. Head, S-arch. 1.20 x 0.98 x 0.11m. (a) NO 3 [along top] (b) 1846/ PETER RAE/ And/ JANET BRAIDWOOD/ THE ABOVE/ PETER RAE./ DIED 4TH DECR
1883 AGED 77 YEARS/ THE ABOVE JANET BRAIDWOOD/ DIED 14TH JULY 1897, AGED 88 YEARS. [M & M 452].
924. Head, cavetto. 0.90 x 0.89 x 0.07m. (a) 1806 No 143 [along top] (b) 1853/ WILLIAM PHILIP/ AND/ HELEN MCDONALD/ THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM PHILIP/ DIED 17TH AUGUST 1863 AGED 57 YEARS/ ALSO/ HELEN MCDONALD/
DIED 14TH OCTR 1885 AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 451].
925. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.38 x 0.09m. W P/ H MCD. [M & M 450].
926. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) NO 51 [along top] (b) 1795/ Alexander Chriftie/ Ann Philp/ JAMES PENMAN AND ELIZABETH MCLAREN. [M & M 449].
927. Head, arch with corner lobes. 1.05 x 0.94 x 0.15m. (a) This stone holds 2
lairs [along top] (b) 1853/ GEORGE EDMONSTON/ AND/ MARGARET STEWART. [M & M 448].
928. Head, S-arch. 0.50 x 0.53 x 0.12m. (a) NO 145 [along top] (b) 1869/ ERECTED/ BY/ ARCHD SUTHERLAND/ AND/ CHRISTN FINLAYSON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ ARCHIBALD/ WHO DIED 2ND JUNE 1868/ AGED 7 YEARS AND
4 MONTHS (c) This/ stone holds a lair/ on the fouth fide.
929. Head, cavetto with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.66 x 0.08m. (a) HOLDS/ 2
LAIRS [along top] (b) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES MCGROUTHER/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANE URE/ DIED 28TH JULY 1874, AGED 32 YEARS.
930. Head, triangle. 1.20 x 0.63 x 0.15m. Erected by/ MARGARET TURNBULL/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ THOMAS HOWDED/ DIED 1—DECEMBER 1894/ AGED 64 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ MARGARET TURNBULL/ DIED 18TH APRIL 1901,
AGED 70 YEARS.
931. Head, low S-arch. 1.35 x 0.77 x 0.14m. (a) 2 LAIRS [along top] (b)
ERECTED BY/ DAVID CAMPBELL & MARGARET WEBSTER/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ DAVID/ BORN 30TH NOV. 1879 DIED 7TH APRIL 1895/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER ANN,/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY.
932. Head, S-arch. 1842/ A.H. I.K. [M & M 436].
933. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.93 x 0.12m. 1842/ ALEXANDER HARLEY/ AND/
ISABELLA KERR. [M & M 437].
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934. Head, low arch. 0.30 x 0.33 x 0.09m. J. MC. [M & M 438].
935. Head, s-arch. 0.90 x 0.87 x 0.15m. (a) NO 1 [along top] (b) 1789/ JAMES
MACGILCHRIST/ and/ AGNES HOSIE (b) This stone holds a lair to the/ fouth 3 foot broad & 7 foot/ long [on west face]. [M & M 439].
936. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.83 x 0.14m. 1871/ ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN TAYLOR/ AND/ ELIZABETH BROWN/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ PETER/ WHO DIED 25TH FEB. 1871 AGED 13 MONTHS.
937. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.92 x 0.16m. (a) NO 3 [along top] (b) 1790/ JOHN BOW. [M & M 440].
938. Head, cavetto & corner lobes. 0.65 x 0.80 x 0.11m. 1838/ ARCHIBALD GRASSAM/ and/ MARGARET BOW/ WILLIAM GRASSAM/ AND/ HELEN EASTON. [M & M 441].
939. Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 0.94 x 0.15m. (a) No 58 (b) 1853/ JOHN BURDON/ AND/ ELIZABETH ALLAN. [M & M 442].
940. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.79 x 0.14m. 1847/ DAVID CAMPBELL/ And/ ANN IRVINE. {M & M 443].
941. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.05 x 0.92 x 0.12m. (a) NO 114 (b) 1900/
PETER WALKER/ IN MEMORY OF/ JEAN GREENAWAY HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT STENHOUSEMUIR 21ST AUGUST 1900./ AND THEIR CHILDREN/ ROBERT
WALKER DIED 26TH MARCH 1858./ RACHEL MORRISON WALKER DIED 14TH JAN. 1863/ JEANIE WALKER DIED 20TH SEP. 1872./ AGNES CRAIG WALKER DIED 6TH MARCH 1889/ AND CHILD WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ROBERT WALKER
THEIR GRANDSON/ DIED 29TH MAY 1892. [M & M 444].
942. Head, bi-lobed. 0.75 x 0.78 x 0.12m. (a) NO 154 [along top] (b) 1844/
ALEXANDER MCLAN/ AND/ MARGARET BURDON. [M & M 445].
943. Head, bi-lobed. 0.80 x 0.88 x 0.13m. (a) N 144 [along top] (b) 1806/ WILLIAM STIVEN/ JANNET HIGGEN (c) this stone holds a lair on the/ fouth
fide [on west face]. [M & M 446].
944. Head, pointed arch. 1.60 x 0.64 x 0.20m. Erected by/ WILLIAM MORRIS/ IN
MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER/ JANE MACLEAN/ DIED 9TH NOV. 1874/ ALSO HIS FATHER/ ALEXANDER MORRIS/ DIED 31ST DEC. 1875/ ALSO HIS TWO
SISTERS/ MARGARET & HELEN/ DIED IN INFANCY/ ALSO HIS WIFE/ AGNES RUSSELL/ DIED 15TH FEB. 1891.
945. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.55 x 0.83 x 0.15m. 1824/ WILLIAM WILSON/ and/
FARQUHAR LAING/ His Spouse He died Jany 8t/ 1824 Aged 43 Years. [M & M 447].
946. Head, S-arch. 1.05 x 0.72 x 0.08m. 1817/ WILLIAM THOMSON/ and/ JANET RICHARDSON. [M & M 435].
947. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.15m. 1871/ Erected by/ JOHN AND JANE
HETHERTON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ ANTHONY ALEXR/ WHO DIED 8TH OCTR 1870 AGED 7 YEARS./ IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND/
JOHN HETHERTON/ DIED 5TH DECEMBER 1874 AGED 40 YEARS.
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948. Head, low arch. 0.55 x 0.39 x 0.08m. D.A. J.C.
949. Head, triangle. 1.15 x 0.90 x 0.11m. Fallen face down.
950. Head, S-arch. 1.00 x 0.87 x 0.12m. 1832/ ALEXANDER ROUGHEAD/ and/ JANET OSWALD/ ALEXANDER ROUGHEAD/ AND/ ISABELLA HOWDEN/ THE
ABOVE/ ISABELLA HOWDEN/ DIED 31ST DECEMBER 1888 AGED 73 YEARS/ ALEXANDER ROUGHEAD/ DIED 6TH JANUARY 1889 AGED 80 YEARS. [M & M 434].
951. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.20 x 0.86 x 0.12m. NO 106 [along top]. Fallen face down.
952. Head, square with rounded corners. 0.35 x 0.23 x 0.07m. C B.
953. Head, ogee with central low arch. 1.30 x 0.65 x 0.18m. (a) Erected by/ WALTER AND JAMES BAIN/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR AFFECTIONATE FATHER/
WALTER BAIN/ DIED 26TH NOV 1867/ AGED 77 YEARS/ ALSO/ THEIR MOTHER/ MARY GENTLES,/ WHO DIED 20TH JANUARY 1881/ AGED 87 YEARS/
ROBERT BAIN/ DIED 15TH OCT. 1893 AGED 69 YEARS/ WALTER BAIN/ DIED 15TH OCT. 1895 AGED 74 YEARS/ ELIZABETH GIBSON/ WIDOW OF ROBERT BAIN/ DIED 23RD APRIL 1903 AGED 76 YEARS/ MARY MILLER/ WIDOW OF
WALTER BAIN/ DIED 19TH OCT. 1909 IN HER 87TH YEAR (b) A. TAYLOR [on plinth].
954. Head, square. 0.35 x 0.24 x 0.08m. C.B.
955. Head, S-arch. 0.30 x 0.42 x 0.11m. 1872/ W.C.
956. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 1.02 x 0.13m. (a) NO 48 [along top]
(b) 1871/ ERECTED BY/ WILLIAM COCHRANE/ IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/ WILLIAM COCHRANE/ WHO DIED 25TH NOVR 1868 AGED 80 YEARS./ ANN
COCHRANE HIS SISTER DIED 17TH FEBY 1871,/ AGED 24 YEARS.
957. Head. low arch. 0.70 x 0.48 x 0.17m. (a) NO 132 [along top] (b) 1805/ Alexander Greenuay/ Jean Williamfon. [M & M 432].
958. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.42 x 0.09m. AG JW. [M & M 431].
959. Head, low arch. 0.55 x 0.46 x 0.13m. 1807/ Alexander Greenuay/ Marion
Russell. [M & M 430].
960. Head, cast iron arch. 1.25 x 0.52 x 0.11m. (a) MEMORIA IN ETERNA [top of
frame] (b) BY/ ANN GIBSON/ --- --- OF JAMES NICOL/ CARRONSHORE/ WHO DIED SUDDENLY/ -1 SEPTEMBER 1869/ AGED 52 YEARS/ ROBERT NICOL,/ THEIR SON WHO DIED AT SEA ON/ PASSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND/ ON THE 8TH
JUNE 187-/ AGED 31 YEARS/ JAMES NICOL,/ DIED 17TH FEB. 1893,/ AGED 77 YEARS/ “THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLY AWAY” (c) HER SOUL TO
HIM WHO GAVE IT ROSE/ ON THAT CALM SEPTEMBER MORN/ TO THE BETTER LAND OF SWEET REPOSE/ ON ANGELS WINGS UP BORNE [on plinth].
961. Head. low arch. 0.45 x 0.48 x 0.10m. 1852/ A DOW/ J BAIRD. [M & M
429].
962. Head, low arch with corner turrets. 0.90 x 0.74 x 0.08m. Fallen face down.
963. Head, square. 0.40 x 0.40 x 0.11m. JT AW. [M & M 415].
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964. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.68 x 0.15m. 1854/ HUGH PATERSON/ AND/ MARGARET MCCLYMONT. [M & M 416].
965. Head, triangle. 1.45 x 0.68 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ BY/ JOHN MACKAY/ AND/ MARY MCCLYMONT/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ JAMES/ WHO DIED 5TH
MARCH 1863/ AGED 7 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR FOUR CHILDREN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ JOHN/ THEIR SON DIED 20TH AUGUST 1869/ AGED 6 YEARS/ ELIZABETH/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 20TH SEPTR 1869/ AGED 19 YEARS/ THE
ABOVE/ JOHN MACKAY/ DIED 27TH MARCH 1875 AGED 52/ MARY MCCLYMONT/ DIED 22ND JUNE 1898, AGED 77/ / THEIR DUST SO DEAR TO
AFFECTION/ WE LEAVE NEATH THE GREEN GRASS SOD/ IN HOPE OF A BLEST RESURRECTION/ TO HAIL THEIR REDEEMER AND GOD. [M & M 417].
966. Head, square. 0.70 x 0.60 x 0.10m. JAMES BURNS/ AND/ ELIZABETH
LIDDEL. [M & M 418].
967. Head, square. 0.55 x 0.57 x 0.10m. --- ---/ AND/ ELIZABETH LIDDEE. [M &
M 967].
968. Head, triangle. 1.00 x 0.53 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM MCFARLANE/ AND/ AGNES NIMMO/ IN MEMORY OF/ THEIR FOUR BELOVED CHILDREN/
“ASLEEP IN JESUS”. [M & M 420].
969. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) NO 18 (b) 1850/ ALEXANDER
MASTERTON/ AND/ JEAN RANKINE. [M & M 421].
970. Head, urn on pedestal. 3.20 x 0.69 x 0.25m. (a) 1895 [on pediment] (b) ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW & FAMILY/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JOHN
MASTERTON/ WHO DIED 27TH JANUARY 1895/ AGED 59 YEARS/ AND HIS CHILDREN WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ HIS WIDOW/ CATHERINE MURRAY
MASTERTON/ WHO DIED 26TH FEBRUARY 1919/ AGED 80 YEARS/ THEIR SONS/ JOHN MASTERTON M.D./ DIED AT EALING 12TH FEBRUARY 1914,/ THE REVD ALEXANDER MASTERTON/ MINISTER OF DUNSCORE PARISH
DUMFRIESSHIRE/ DIED 30TH MARCH 1930./ BOTH INTERRED IN HILLFOOT CEMETERY, GLASGOW/ THEIR DAUGHTERS/ AGNES R. G. MASTERON/ DIED
19TH AUGUST 1931/ ROBINA A. MASTERTON/ DIED 25TH MAY 1934 (c) “TILL THE DAY DAWN” [on separate cross plaque]. [M & M 422].
971. Head, S-arch with corner lobes. 1.00 x 1.02 x 0.12m. (a) NO 63 [along top] (b) 1853/ GEORGE BROWN/ AND/ ANN DOWNIE. [M & M 423].
972. Head, low arch. 0.40 x 0.41 x 0.10m. 1853/ G.B. A.D. [M & M 424].
973. Head, bi-lobed. 0.85 x 0.67 x 0.10m. JAMES HENDERSON/ AND CHRISTIAN CONOCHIE/ JAMES HENDERSON/ Died 11th July 1831 Aged 18 Years. [M & M
425].
974. Head, square. 0.40 x 0.42 x 0.11m. (a) P.S. E.R. (b) HW/ 1806 [on west face]. [M & M 426].
975. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.90 x 0.89 x 0.12m. (a) NO 141 [along top] (b) 1873/ PHILIP SCOBIE/ AND/ ELIZABETH ROUGHEAD (c) 1806/
Edward . Wardrop/ Margaret . Hutton. [M & M 427].
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976. Head, ogee & cavetto. 1.05 x 0.95 x 0.12m. 1873/ ALEXANDER KAY./ AND/ JANET HILL/ This stone holds two lairs (b) 1815/ ROBERT KAY/ CHRISTIAN
WARDROP [on west face]. [M & M 428].
977. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.96 x 0.14m. (a) NO 57 (b) 1796/ George Ure/
Elifabeth Adam. [M & M 413].
978. Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 0.87 x 0.15m. 1816/ BENJAMIN MOIR/ And/ JANET BURGES/ THE FORMER/ DIED MARCH 30TH 1834/ AGED 82 YEARS/
LIVINGSTONE/ THEIR SON DIED DECR 16TH 1825/ AGED 12 YEARS/ JEAN/ THEIR DAUGHTER DIED MAY 3D 1830/ AGED 19 YEARS. [M & M 412].
979. Head, cast iron rectangular plaque. 0.70 x 0.57 x 0.03m. No inscription.
980. Head, triangle with corner quadrants. 1.30 x 0.74 x 0.11m. ERECTED/ BY/ --- --- ---/ -- --- -HEIR ---/ ---EN/ ---- -GED 10 MONTHS.
981. Head, truncated triangle. 0.60 x 0.67 x 0.12m. 1859/ WILLIAM DUNCAN/ AND/ MARY SANDS. [M & M 411].
982. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.65 x 0.60 x 0.04m. 1818/ ALEXANDER SANDS/ and/ SARAH HARLEY. [M & M 410].
983. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.65 x 0.57 x 0.05m. 1818/ ALEXANDER SANDS/
and/ SARAH HARLEY. [M & M 409].
984. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.10 x 0.91 x 0.15m. (a) NO 42 [along top]
(b) 1794/ Thomas Notman/ DIED FEBRUARY 1816/ ELIZABETH FINLAYSON/ HIS WIFE/ DIED AUGUST 1820. [M & M 408].
985. Head, low arch. 0.35 x 0.33 x 0.11m. T N. [M & M 407].
986. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x 0.93 x 0.13m. (a) NO 24 [along top] (b) 1792/ JOHN WATSON/ MARY EASON. [M & M 406].
987. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.29 x 0.10m. JW ME. [M & M 405].
988. Head, cavetto & low arch. 0.65 x 0.58 x 0.10m. 1810/ William Allan/ Mary Aitken. [M & M 404].
989. Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 0.68 x 0.14m. (a) NO 142 [along top] (b) 1853/ RICHARD JAMIESON/ AND/ ELIZABETH TAYLOR. [M & M 403].
990. Head, plinth only.
991. Head, S-arched pediment. 0.75 x 0.71 x 0.15m. 1853/ JAMES BROWN/
AND/ ANDREAS OSWALD. [M & M 402].
992. Head, triangle. 1.00 x 0.82 x 0.09m. 1871/ ERECTED BY/ JOHN RICHARDSON & BETHIA HODGE/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON/
JOHN/ WHO DIED 5TH MARCH 1871./ AGED 3 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS./ THE ABOVE/ BETHIA HODGE/ WHO DIED 6TH OCT. 1900 AGED 72 YEARS/ ALSO
THE ABOVE/ JOHN RICHARDSON/ WHO DIED 18TH FEB. 1902, AGED 75 YEARS.
993. Head, cavetto & S-arch. 0.90 x 1.04 x 0.15m. (a) ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES
PHILLIP/ AND/ ELIZABETH HANNAH/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER/
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CHRISTINA./ WHO DIED 21ST OCTOBER 1879,/ AGED 4 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. (b) 2 LAIRS [on west face].
994. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.33 x 0.12m. 1818/ IAS HARLEY/ CATH.C.HILL. [M & M 392].
995. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 1.08 x 0.14m. 1796/ JAMES HARLEY/ CATHERINE CAMPBELL HILL/ WILLIAM MORRISON, MUNGALHEAD,/ DIED 7TH JULY 1873./ HELEN HARLEY, WIFE OF ABOVE,/ DIED 15TH JANUARY
1887./ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HENRY BURRELL, GRANGEMOUTH/ DIED 6TH OCTOBER 1902./ AND OF/ HELEN MORRISON, HIS WIFE/ DIED 3RD
NOVEMBER 1912./ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM MORRISON,/ SON OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM MORRISON/ WHO DIED AT HILL FARM BOXWELL 12TH JULY 1906. [M & M 393].
996. Head, triangle. 0.60 x 0.68 x 0.14m. (a) 17 83 [along top] (b) 1888/ IN MEMORY OF/ ARCHIBALD RITCHIE/ WHO DIED 15TH DECR 1887/ AGED 67
YEARS/ ANN REID HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 28TH AUG: 1887/ AGED 65 YEARS. [M & M 394].
997. Head, bi-lobed. 0.90 x 0.88 x 0.15m. (a) NO 139 [along top] (b) 1871/
WILLIAM WOOD/ AND/ ELIZABETH BUCHANAN. [M & M 395].
998. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1.00 x 0.78 x 0.12m. 1854/ THOMAS WOOD/ AND/
HELEN REID/ MY WIFE WHO DIED 27TH OCTR 1856/ AGED 34 YEARS. [M & M 396].
999. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. (a) NO 55 [along top] (b) 1795/ Thro life
what care and ills moleft/ Alternate rounds of joy and fear/ The weary wanderer hopes for reft/ And seeks it there but finds it here/ GEORGE
CAMPBELL MC CB/ JOHN MCGILL AND JEAN LOWE. [M & M 397].
1000. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.90 x 0.14m. (a) NO 44 [along top] (b) 1794/ THE BURYING GROUND/ OF/ JOHN BUCHANAN/ AND/ MARGARET BUCHANAN/
AND THEIR HEIRS. [M & M 398].
1001. Head, S-arch. 0.40 x 0.44 x 0.12m. 1809/ Jas Bleckie. [M & M 399].
1002. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 0.88 x 0.11m. (a) N 129 [along top] (b) 1852/ JOHN SMITH/ AND/ ANN BRUNTON/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR
SON/ DAVID SMITH SURGEON,/ WHO DIED 4TH JUNE 1840./ ALSO OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ ELIZABETH,/ WHO DIED 31ST MAY 1852 (c) 1805/ Daved Smith/ Mary Barlefs/ Elifabeth Smith Eged 21 years [on west face]. [M & M 400].
1003. Head, cavetto, ogee & bi-lobed. 1.00 x 0.92 x 0.12m. 1828/ JOHN PARKER/ and/ CATHARINE PRIMROSE. [M & M 401].
1004. Head, cavetto with central low arch. 1.45 x 0.51 x 0.13m. (a) IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ COLIN MACPHERSON/ AND HIS WIFE/ ISABELLA CLACHER./ AND THEIR SON/ COLIN. (b) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on plinth].
1005. Head, square. 0.35 x 0.31 x 0.09m. 18-3/ J CALDER/ AND/ E HENDERSON. [M & M 391].
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1006. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.25 x 1.00 x 0.12m. (a) NO 143 [along top] (b) 1806/ William Clauson/ Betty MCLay. [M & M 390].
1007. Head, low arch. 0.45 x 0.36 x 0.12m. WC/ BM. [M & M 389].
1008. Head, plinth only. (a) “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord” [upper
1009. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.95 x 1.01 x 0.17m. (a) NO 52 [along top] (b) 1795/ ALEXANDER FERRIER/ JANET MCKinlay. [M & M 388].
1010. Head, cavetto. 0.45 x 0.61 x 0.12m. (a) NO 149 [along top] (b) A FORREST,/ M COCKBURN (c) P.M. A.R. [on west face] [M & M 387].
1011. Head, arch. 1.80 x 0.61 x 0.16m. (a) Erected/ by/ HIS WIDOW/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER FORREST/ WHO DIED 9TH JANUARY 1900/ AGED 63 YEARS/ MARGARET COCKBURN/ HIS WIDOW,/ WHO DIED 26TH SEPT. 1921/
AGED 81 YEARS. (b) W. ROBERTS & SON/ FALKIRK [on plinth]. [M & M 386].
1012. Head, ogee & S-arch. 0.60 x 0.70 x 0.08m. 1810/ Peter MCLeifh/ Ann Russell. [M & M 385].
1013. Head, cavetto. 0.75 x 0.62 x 0.12m. (a) NO 110 [along top] (b) 1803/
William MCLeifh/ Agnes Young. [M & M 384].
1014. Head, bi-lobed. 0.80 x 1.01 x 0.15m. (a) N 130 [along top] (b) 1852/
JOHN JENKINE/ AND/ AGNES RUSSELL (c) 2 Lairs [on west face]. [M & M 383].
1015. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1.00 x 0.93 x 0.15m. 1807 [along top] (b)
ALEXANDER WAUGH/ ANN WILSON. [M & M 382].
1016. Head, S-arch. 1.40 x 0.80m. Fallen face down.
1017. Head, S-arch. 0.90 x0.79 x 0.11m. WILLIAM MASTERTON/ AND/ JEAN SMART/ WILLIAM/ THEIR SON DIED MARCH 3D 1848/ AGED 2 YEARS/ ALSO CHARLES/ WHO DIED MAY 29TH 1849/ AGED 6 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. {M &
M 375].
1018. Head, cavetto. 1.30 x 0.80 x 0.14m. (a) NO 111 [along top] (b) 1897/
ERECTED BY/ HELEN GILCHRIST/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JAMES AITKEN/ WHO DIED 25TH NOV. 1897, AGED 69 YEARS.
1019. Head, arch. 2.00 x 0.65 x 0.15m. (a) Erected by/ HELEN GILCHRIST/ [fallen & face hidden] (b) ALEX ROBERT--/ GRAHAMSTON [on plinth].
1020. Head, cavetto & ogee. 0.80 x 0.67 x 0.08m. A/ DAUGHTER’S TRIBUTE/
OF/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ FOR HER MOTHER/ AGNES KERR/ WHO DIED SEPTR 21ST 1802/ AGED 72 YEARS/ ROBERT FINLAYSON/ --- --- ---/ ---
WILSO/ --- --- ---.
1021. Head, finial on obelisk. 4.00 x 0.59 x 0.58m. (a) ERECTED BY/ ANDREW BOW/ IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE/ JANET LANG/ WHO DIED AT CARRONS----/
18TH JANY 1878, A--- --/ THE ABOVE/ ANDREW BOW/ WHO D--- --- ---/ 19TH -- --- --/ / INT---- --- -- (b) “IN PEACE SHE LIVED IN PEACE SHE DIED/ HER
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LIFE WAS SOUGHT BUT WAS DENIED.” [on upper plinth] (c) J.MCLEAN,/ GLASGOW [on lower plinth].
1022. Head, cavetto. 0.55 x 0.91 x 0.13m. (a) NO 40 [along top] (b) 1834/ PETER TAYLOR/ AND/ JANET HODGE. [M & M 376].
1023. Head, low arch. 0.60 x 0.69 x 0.13m. (a) NO 31 [along top] (b) 1798/ AL MA [filled in with white mortar and overlaid by (c)] (c) 1890/ JH AW. [M & M 377].
1024. Head, triangular pediment. 1.65 x 0.59 x 0.17m. JAMES HONEYMAN AND/ AGNES WATTERS HIS WIFE/ IN MEMORY OF HER BELOVED MOTHER/
MARGARET HOGG/ DIED 22ND DEC 1888 AGED 75./ ALSO THEIR BELOVED SON/ JAMES B. HONEYMAN/ DIED 18TH JULY 1890, AGED 14 MONTHS.
1025. Head, S-arch. 0.65 x 0.59 x 0.11m. (a) NO 146 [along top] (b) 1806/
James Neil/ Ann Fleeming. [M & M 378].
1026. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.77 x 0.12m. 1827/ ALEXANDER COWIE/ AND/ ANN
BROWN. [M & M 379].
1027. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.84 x 0.12m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER COWIE/ AND/ ANN BROWN/ In Memory of their son ANDREW/ who Died April the 18th
1820/ Aged 18 Years. [M & M 380].
1028. Head, S-arch. 0.75 x 0.95 x 0.12m. 1829/ ALEXANDER MCEWAN/ AND/
JEAN CURRIE. [M & M 373].
1029. Head, triangular pediment. 1.85 x 0.63 x 0.22m. (a) Fallen and obscured (b) J MCDONALD/ GLASGOW [on plinth].
1030. Head, obelisk. 1.90 x 0.46 x 0.46m. (a) IN MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER HONEYMAN/ BORN 25TH NOVEMBER 1800,/ DIED 22ND MAY 1861./ AND HIS
BELOVED WIFE/ CHRISTINA BAULD,/ BORN 17TH OCTOBER 1802,/ DIED 17TH OCTOBER 1874./ ALSO THEIR SON/ JOHN HONEYMAN,/ WHO DIED AT ACRA/ EAST INDIA,/ AGED 30 YEARS. (b) DAVID HONEYMAN/ DIED 20TH JULY 1883/
AGED 38 YEARS/ WILLIAM HONEYMAN/ DIED 18TH SEPT. 1898/ AGED 71 YEARS [on south face] (c) LEGGE. S--/ ABERDEEN [on plinth]. [M & M 378].
1031. Head. cavetto with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.92 x 0.12m. (a) NO 49 [along top] (b) 1859/ JAMES MCLAREN/ AND/ SUSAN GODFREY. [M & M 371].
1032. Head, triangle. 1.70 x 0.61 x 0.18m. Fallen face down. [M & M 368].
1033. Head, pointed arch. 1.30 x 0.59 x 0.16m. (a) IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ HENRY –ADRICK/ WHO DIED 30TH APRIL 1881 AGED 51/ ALSO HIS
1034. Head, cavetto & ogee. 1.00 x 0.75 x 0.06m. (a) William Headrick junior [along top] (b) William Headrick/ Helen Ogelvie/ &/ their Children/ 1797/ WILLIAM HEADRICK,/ THEIR SON DIED AT MULLOCH CARRON/ 20TH JAN 1847
AGED 53/ MARGARET WEBSTER/ HIS WIFE DIED AT GRAHAMSTON/ 31ST JAN. 1887 AGED 83 (c) N.B./ This stone holds the lair/ on the fouth fide [on west
face]. [M & M 366].
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1035. Head, urn on obelisk. 3.75 x 0.47 x 0.48m. (a) THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND/ OF/ GEORGE BINNIE/ MANAGER,/ FALKIRK IRON WORKS./ MARY
SHARP HIS WIFE/ BORN 9TH FEBY 1823, DIED 1ST SEPT 1854/ JAMES THEIR SON/ BORN 24TH JANY 1850, DIED 10TH AUGT 1850/ JANE THEIR DAUGHTER/
BORN 18TH JUNE 1851, DIED 28TH AUGT 1852/ MARY THEIR DAUGHTER/ BORN 27TH MARCH 1853, DIED 22ND NOV. 1872 (b) GEORGE BINNIE, DIED 23RD
JANUARY 1904/ AGED 80 YEARS./
INTERRED IN/ FALKIRK CEMETERY. [on south face]. [M & M 365].
1036. Illus. Head, segmental arched pediment. 1.30 x 0.91 x
0.14m. (a) 1805/ No 127/ This/ is the proper-/ ty of JAMES/ MILLER
and/ MARGARET/ BLAIR (b) This stone holds two/ lairs and an half [west face]. [M & M 364].
1037. Head, S-arch. 0.55 x 0.51 x 0.10m. AR JB. [M & M 363].
1038. Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 0.73 x 0.15m. 1845/ ANDREW REID/ AND/ JEAN BURNS. [M & M 362].
1039. Head, S-arch. 0.95 x 0.71 x 0.13m. 1778/ WD:IY. [M & M 361].
1040. Head, 4-lobed. 0.95 x 0.90 x 0.13m. 1835/ ALEXANDER YORKSTONE/ AND/ ANN KINCAID. [M & M 360].
1041. Head, low arch. 0.70 x 0.46. Fallen and no inscription visible.
1042. Head, cavetto. 0.95 x 1.04 x 0.15m. (a) NO 68 [along top] (b) 1796/ John Mitchell Helen Parker/ Death’s terror is the mountain faith Removes/ Believe
and look with triumph on the tomb/ HELEN PARKER Died The 11th April/ 1827 Aged 58 years./ And JOHN MITCHELL Died on the/ 13th APRIL 1833 Aged 60
YEARS. And both/ are Intered in this Place. [M & M 355].
1043. Head, S-arch. 0.70 x 0.79 x 0.10m. 1871/ ERECTED BY/ THOMAS
FERGUSON/ IN ---- -- HIS WIFE/ EUPHEMIA REID/ WHO DIED 10TH MARCH 1871.
1044.
1045. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 0.70 x 0.92 x 0.15m. (a) NO 75 [along top] (b) 1798/ John Honeyman/ Helen Thomfon. {M & M 357].
1046. Head, triangle. 1.10 x 0.54 x 0.11m. (a) 1869/ ELIZA MITCHELL/ IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND/ JOHN SMITH/ DIED 6TH JUNE 1869, AGED 32 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER/ ELIZA/ WIFE OF WALTER ROBSON/ DIED AT
SANQUHAR/ 24TH SEPT. 1893, AGED 27 YEARS/ THE ABOVE/ ELIZA MITCHELL/ DIED 3RD AUGUST 1907, AGED 74 YEARS/ ELSIE THOMSON
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DOUGLAS COOPER/ DIED 17TH APRIL 1958, AGED 64 YEARS/ DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELIZA ROBSON. (b) ROBERTS [on side of plinth].
1047. Head, cavetto with corner lobes. 1.00 x 0.88 x 0.16m. (a) NO/ 147 [along top] (b) 1863/ ERECTED/ BY/ JAMES FINLAYSON/ IN MEMORY OF/ AGNES
INGLIS/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED JANY 23D 1863/ AGED 56 YEARS.
1048. Head, S-arch. 0.85 x 0.89 x 0.07m. --- ---/ --- ---/ ---ON WHO---/ AG--- ---- ---/ --- ---.
1049. Head, ogee & cavetto. 0.85 x 0.86 x 0.08m. (a) 1811 [along top] (b) WILLIAM STIVEN/ JANET BROWN. [M & M 359]/
1050. Head, triangle between ogee with corner lobes. 0.80 x 0.80 x 0.15m. (a) 1866/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN WILLIAM SON OF/ THOMAS JONES MERCHANT/ FALKIRK/ WHO DIED 1ST APRIL 1862/ AGED 9 MONTHS
(b) 1805/ William Stiven & Janet/ Brown Sacred to the/ Memory of Janet Brown/ Who departed -- ---/ 19th 1805 [on west face].
1051. Head, low S-arch. 1.00 x 0.83 x 0.12m. (a) HOLDS 2 LAIRS/ (b) 1873/ Erected by/ WILLIAM THOMSON,/ AND/ ANN MCINTOSH/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ WILLIAM/ DIED 22ND NOVEMBER 1872 AGED 4 YEARS/ THE
ABOVE/ WILLIAM THOMSON/ DIED 13TH MAY 1885 AGED 58 YEARS/ ANN MCINTOSH DIED 18TH NOVEMBER 1896/ AGED 69 YEARS/ WILLIAM THOMSON
DIED 19TH APRIL/ 1895 AGED 9 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS/ / WILLIAM THOMSON AND MARGARET MCEWAN.
1052. Head, low S-arch. 1.00 x 0.89 x 0.12m. 1827/ JAMES MCOUSTRA/ AND/
MARGARET MASTERTON. [M & M 353].
1053. Head, triangular pediment. 0.90 x 0.78 x 0.08m. Erected by/ JAMES
MCOUSTRA/ IN MEMORY OF/ AGNES DUNCAN/ HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 20 JAN. 1849/ AGED 21 YEARS/ ALSO OF THEIR INFANT SON/ JAMES/ WHO WAS BORN ON THE 11TH AND DIED ON THE 22d/ OF THE SAME MONTH. [M & M
352].
1054. Head, low S-arch. 0.70 x 0.90 x 0.14m. (a) THIS STONE HOLDS 2 LAIRS
[along top] (b) ERECTED/ In Memory of/ ROBERT WILLIAMS,/ WHO DIED THE 22ND OF JUNE 1803/ AGED 61 YEARS/ AND/ ANN MCKIE,/ HIS SPOUSE/
WHO DIED THE 25TH JUNE 1798/ AGED 73 YEARS. [M & M 351].
1054a. Head, ogee & S-arch, 0.80 x 0.67 x 0.06m. (a) 2 lairs [along top] (b) 1792/ SAMUEL and ELIZABETH/ Children of/ WILLIAM HAWORTH/ are here
INTERED [east face] (c) 1871/ JOHN KERR/ AND/ HELEN MACVEY/ WILLIAM HAWORTH/ DESIGNER CARRON/ DIED MARCH 1838/ AGED 79 YEARS/
WILLIAM KERR/ DIED 3RD FEB 1873/ AGED 27 YERAS/ ISABELLA KERR/ DIED JUNE 26TH 1855 AGED 7 YEARS/ SON AND DAUGHTER/ OF/ JOHN KERR/ DESIGNER CARRON [west face]. [M & M 350].
1055. Head, rounded corners. 0.55 x 0.61 x 0.07m. (a) In memory of/ WALTER KERR/ SHIPMASTER/ WHO WAS LOST AT SEA 1825/ AGED 27 YEARS/
MARGARET HAWORTH/ HIS WIFE DIED MARCH 1860 -/ AGED 62 YEARS (b) J.K/ H.M [on west face] [M & M 349].
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1056. Head, low S-arch. 1.15 x 0.73 x 0.11m. IN MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER MILLER/ WHO DIED AT CARRON 10TH MARCH 1895 AGED 75 YEARS/ ALSO
HIS WIFE/ ANNIE WILSON/ WHO DIED 10TH MARCH 1904, AGED 91 YEARS.
1057. Head, triangular. 1.55 x 0.80 x 0.17m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/
MARY HEYWOOD, LATE OF MANCHESTER/ WO DIED ON THE 24TH JANUARY 1854/ AGED 81 YEARS./ ALSO/ JANE WIFE OF HENRY JOBSON/ DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED AT BRIDGE OF ALLAN,/ ON THE 27TH OCTOBER
1877./ AGED 73 YEARS./ ALSO/ HENRY JOBSON,/ WHO DIED AT MANCHESTER 3RD OF APRIL 1884,/ AGED 85 YEARS. [M & M 348].
1058. Table, 2.08 x 1.05 x 0.40m. In Hope/ of a Blessed Resurrection,/ through the Merits of JESUS,/ Here rests the Body of/ JOHN BANKS/ who died at CARRON,/ on the 3d of September 1801,/ Aged 61 years./ Also/ of ELIZABETH
BANKS his Relict,/ who died at CARRON,/ on the 26th of February 1829,/ Aged 87 years./ Also/ of ANN BANKS, their Daughter/ who died 12th March 1843./
Also/ of EDWARD BANKS their Son/ who died 19th March 1848/ Aged 80 years./ Also/ of SARAH BANKS their Daughter,/ who died 21st Jany 1859, Aged 80 years/ Also MARY GRISDALE late of Keswick/ Mother of ELIZABETH
BANKS/ who died at CARRON/ on the 21st December 1791/ Aged 77 years. [M & M 347].
1059. Head, 0.90 x 0.69 x 0.06m. 1821/ ANDREW TURNBULL/ and/ JEAN GIBB.
See also Carron Enclosure.
Stones dumped into the Kinnaird Enclosure:
1060. Flat, 0.70+ x 0.61 x 0.18m. SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ALEXR YORKSON/ WHO DIED 24TH OCTR 1844/ AGED 27 YEARS.
1061. Head, fragment. JAM-- ----/ WHO D--- ---/ ALSO --- --/ --- --/ WHO DI-- --
- --- 1907/ IN LO--- ---- -F/ PTE ALEX H----- --- A & SH/ SON -- ---- ----/ KILL-- -- ---NCE/ ---- ---- ---RS./ BLESSED --- ----.
1063. Head, 0.40 x 0.66 x 0.09m. GEORGE SIMPSON/ AND/ JANE EASTON/ IN
MEMORY OF THEIR SON/ GEORGE/ WHO DIED 26TH NOVR 1866.
1064. Head, low S-arch, 0.55 x 027 x 0.08m. 1839/ J.M/ S.F.
1065. Head, square, 0.90 x 0.54 x 0.14m. ERECTED/ BY/ ROBERT WALKER/ IN
MEMORY OF/ HIS SON/ WILLIAM WALKER/ DIED 21ST JUNE 1842/ AGED 6 YEAR & 6 MONTHS/ HIS DAUGHTER/ MARY WALKER,/ DIED 2D JULY 1843,/
HIS WIFE/ SARAH ADAM,/ DIED 22D OCTR 1849,/ AGED 36 YEARS./ MARY ALLAN/ DIED 13TH APRIL 1885,/ AGED 65 YEARS./ ROBERT WALKER/ FORESTER IN TORWOOD/ HER HUSBAND/ DIED 18TH JULY IN THE SAME
YEAR/ AGED 70 YEARS.
1066. Head, triangle, 0.40+ x 0.69 x 0.09m. ERECTED/ BY/ ALEXANDER
GRANGER/ IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER IN LAW,/ MARGARET SMITH/ DIED -- --VEMBER 1871.
Stones displaced into the new extension to the north.
1069. Head, low arch, 0.60 x 0.71 x 0.16m. (a) 1754/ WC RJ/ William Gillespie/
Janet Willfon [west face] (b) IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ JAMES CORBETT/ DIED AT CARRONSHORE 13TH SEP 1895/ AGED 44 YEARS.
Index of Names.
There are a number of surnames that appear to be very similar and it is possible that differences are merely due to scribal or mason’s errors. Whenever there is a doubt the name has been left in its original form. The same is true of Christian
names - but if there is more than one version, these have been amalgamated – Elisabeth and Elizabeth is an example of this.
A B C D E F G H I J K L Mc M N O P R S T U W Y
Adam, David 14, 840 Adam, Elisabeth 977
Adam, Helen 245 Adam, Robert 245
Adam, Sarah 1064 Adam, Stephen 820 Adam, William 820
Adamson, Alexander 153 Adamson, James 153
Adamson, John 153, 473, 474, 584 Adamson, Mary 178 Adamson, William 153
Addie, James 859 Aikman, Margaret 636
Aitken, Agnes 162 Aitken, Alexander 182, 819 Aitken, Ann 182, 300, 497