Certificate of the Right of Burial in the Cemetery at Warriston, Edinburgh, in favour of Colonel George Ranken
Content Description
The 'Certificate of the Right of Burial in the Edinburgh Cemetery of Warriston' is a single sheet 510mm x 370mm in italic type, part-printed with ms insertions, and with a large etched vignette of the cemetery with paths and funeral monuments drawn by James Ruthven.
The 'Right of Burial' is in favour of Colonel George Ranken 'residing at Cargilfield, Trinity', and 'his heirs or assignees', and is dated 3 March 1866. The 'Right' is with respect to 'that piece of ground [...] containing three square yards lying within the Compartment [...] on the Plan [...] marked No. 226...'. The document lays out the terms for the treatment of the plot as regards resale and the styling of funeral monument decoration/inscription etc.
The 'Right' is countersigned by the Secretary and two Directors of the Cemetery Company, one of the latter being John D. Mowbray.
Dates
- Creation: 1866
Creator
- Warriston Cemetery (Edinburgh, Scotland) (Organization)
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1532
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired February 2016. Accession no: SC-Acc-2016-0033.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie, 17 February 2016.
Creator
- Warriston Cemetery (Edinburgh, Scotland) (Organization)
Subject
- Ranken, George, Colonel (Person)
- Title
- Certificate of the Right of Burial in the Cemetery at Warriston, Edinburgh, in favour of Colonel George Ranken, Cargilfield
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
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