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Greyfriars Kirkyard (Edinburgh, Scotland)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Alt form = Greyfirars Churchyard,Alt form lang = eng,Locator = 55.946701;-3.191636,Other = My Geo Position,Created For = Scotland

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

[Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars Kirkyard], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/33(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars Kirkyard]. Lithograph. Undated. Macculloch, Horatio, 1805-1867, Artist; Nimmo, R. H., Lithographer.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle. From the Grey Friars Church Yard, 1835

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/33(i)
Scope and Contents

Edinburgh Castle. From the Grey Friars Church Yard. Line engraving. 1835. Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Artist; Kernot, James Harfield, Engraver; Longman & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: London: Published for the Proprietors by Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, & Rittner & Co., Paris.

Published in: Leigh Ritchie, Scott and Scotland (Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1835).

Dates: 1835
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Greyfriars, Mackenzie Tomb, c 1843-1847

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Identifier: Coll-1073/7/58
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the tomb of George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636-1691) in the Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Caption added later in pencil at the back: "Greyfriars. Mackenzie Tomb".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Loose Photographs

Greyfriars, Mackenzie Tomb, c 1843-1847

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Identifier: Coll-1073/7/59
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the tomb of George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636-1691) in the Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Two individuals appear in the photograph, either looking inside the tomb through its door, or about to enter the monument. Caption added later in pencil at the back: "Greyfriars. Mackenzie Tomb".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Loose Photographs

Heriot's Hospital from the Grey Friars Church Yard, 1838

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/32
Scope and Contents

Heriot's Hospital from the Grey Friars Church Yard. Line engraving. 1838. Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, Artist; Woolnoth, W. (William), Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: W. Beattie, Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views (1838), vol. I.

Note: cf. Daniel Wilson Scrapbook [NMS] 75r(5).

Dates: 1838
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Monument to the memory of Margaret Petrie …, 29 October 1841

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/155
Scope and Contents

Monument to the memory of Margaret Petrie …. Pencil. 29 October 1841. Gellatly, Peter, Artist.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'Monument to the memory of "Margaret Petrie wife of Jn H Fergusson Esquire of Trichraigue [ie Trochraigue] County of Ayr" on the South wall of Greyfriars Church Edinburgh immediately below the monument to the memory of "Allan Ramsay" Author of the Gentle Shepherd. drawn on the spot by Peter Gellatly 29th October 1841'.

Dates: 29 October 1841
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Newspaper cuttings, photographs and scrapbook relating to Greyfriars Bobby, 1900 - 1962

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Identifier: Coll-1618/1/7/1/3
Scope and Contents Documents collected by Harvey Metcalfe about the history of Greyfriars Kirkyard and the associated Greyfriars Bobby. 1. "The True Story of Greyfriars' Bobby", by Henry T. Hutton, 1956 2. A scrapbook compiled of images and notes on the history of Greyfriars kirkyard. Includes notes and articles on the Covenanters, an obituary notice of Mr George Gray, a list of people associated with Bobby, letters discussing the breed of dog Bobby was (1909-1910) 3. An envelope containing...
Dates: 1900 - 1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Administrative Records / Papers of Presidents and Directors / Documents and letters relating to SSPV Director, Harvey Metcalfe

Note and stories relating to Flora MacDonald's family, 12 April 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/77
Scope and Contents Note and stories collected from Mrs MacLellan, Ormacleit [Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] relating to Flora MacDonald's family, including the relationship between Mrs MacLellan's own family and Flora's family, Mrs MacLellan being the grand-daughter of Flora's younger brother Angus. Angus had a very large family of ten sons and four daughters. Her family connections with other well known MacDonald families are also noted. The story of how Flora's eldest brother Ranald died in a gun...
Dates: 12 April 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Photographs from the Disney Film Greyfriars Bobby, 1961

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Identifier: Coll-1618/1/7/1/4
Scope and Contents

A collection of black and white photographs of stills from the 1961 Disney film, Greyfriars Bobby. Many of the photographs are attached with captions and includes a photograph of Walt Disney visiting the water fountain of Greyfriars Bobby.

Dates: 1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Administrative Records / Papers of Presidents and Directors / Documents and letters relating to SSPV Director, Harvey Metcalfe

St. Giles Church etc. from Grey Friars Church Yard, 1825

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/153
Scope and Contents

St. Giles Church etc. from Grey Friars Church Yard. Line engraving. 1825. Ewbank, John Wilson, 1799?-1847, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver; Lizars, Daniel, 1793-, Publisher.

Published in: Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825).

Dates: 1825
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh