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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Kirkintilloch
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
OpeningTime1
2 pm - 3.30 pm
OpeningDate1
7/9/2019
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
18638
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Old Aisle Cemetery
Postcode
G66 3HH
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Old Aisle Cemetery
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
eastdunbartonshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1373
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Gravestones in the Old Aisle cemetery include Beatrice Clugston (local philanthropist), Alexander Bain (inventor of the electric clock and other pioneering innovations), John Ferguson (local politician and campaigner), the Aitken family (operators of passenger canal steamers on the Forth & Clyde Canal), Father Bonnyman (First post-Reformation Catholic priest in Kirkintilloch), David Gray (local poet) and John Green (English ganger murdered during the construction of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway).</p><p>For Door's Open Day there will be a guided Walk of the Cemetery, describing some of the most significant headstones, with biographical information on people buried there. There will be contributions on individual stones by different members of Kirkintilloch & District Society of Antiquaries.</p><p><br />There will also be an examination and description of the significant belfry at the entrance to the cemetery which was at one time occupied by local people overnight to watch for people trying to steal bodies for medical research; and a description of the site of the Spider Bridge which spanned part of the cemetery until 1987, with information on its history.</p>