Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

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Get directions Beaufort Road
Edinburgh,
Midlothian,
EH9 1TT,
Scotland

Coordinates: 55.93482, -3.19335
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Grange Cemetery was opened in1847, with the main entrance on Beaufort Road, and a side entrance near the junction of Beaufort Road and Kilgraston Road.

On the corner of Beaufort Road and Kilgraston Road on the southside of is Grange Cemetery, originally known as the Edinburgh Southern Cemetery. It was laid out in 1847 for the Southern Cemetery Company by architect (1803-76), becoming the largest of 's cemeteries. At the time it was located on the edge of the city, although today lies between the well-established residential districts of and the . The cemetery was constructed on a rectangular pattern around central vaulted catacombs, which were built into the crest of the hill.

Grange Cemetery was opened in1847, with the main entrance on Beaufort Road, and a side entrance near the junction of Beaufort Road and Kilgraston Road.