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List of graveyards and cemeteries in Edinburgh

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This is a list of graveyards, burial grounds and cemeteries in Edinburgh. See Colinton Cemetery Comely Bank Cemetery (previously private) Corstorphine...

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Lists of cemeteries

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These lists of cemeteries compile notable cemeteries, mausolea, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design...

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Edinburgh

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Edinburgh has an Inter-Faith Association. Edinburgh has over 39 graveyards and cemeteries, many of which are listed and of historical character, including several...

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Old Calton Burial Ground

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construction of Waterloo Place in 1819, which divided the graveyard into two sections. Along with Edinburgh's other historic graveyards, Old Calton is...

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List of Edinburgh festivals

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This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment...

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Greyfriars Bobby

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Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872...

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University of Edinburgh

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based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter of King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583...

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Greyfriars Kirkyard

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Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to...

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Treaty of Edinburgh

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Treaty of Edinburgh (also known as the Treaty of Leith) was a treaty drawn up on 5 July 1560 between the Commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I of England...

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Areas of Edinburgh

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areas of Edinburgh situated in the Edinburgh (settlement) urban area. The urban area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is located in the City of Edinburgh...

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Edinburgh Castle

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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age....

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Burke and Hare murders

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committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to...

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan...

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Politics of Edinburgh

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The politics of Edinburgh are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of the City of Edinburgh Council, in elections to the council, the Scottish...

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Mortsafe

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increase in numbers of schools and students, there was continual rifling of secluded graveyards, fights in city burial grounds and other disturbances....

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William Brodie

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become the Deacon of Wrights and Masons around 1781. In 1774, Brodie's mother is listed as the head of household in their Edinburgh home on Brodie's Close...

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South Queensferry

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town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian, it is now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. It lies...

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Edinburgh International Television Festival

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The Edinburgh International Television Festival is an annual media event held in the United Kingdom each August which brings together delegates from the...

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Holyrood Abbey

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Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century...

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Scottish National Gallery

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national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style...

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New Calton Burial Ground

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dead caused by Edinburgh’s major expansion of the early 19th century. Both the Old and New Calton burial grounds are not private cemeteries rather they were...

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Scott Monument

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second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana. It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners...

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Milltown Cemetery attack

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Milltown Cemetery attack (also known as the Milltown Cemetery killings or Milltown massacre) took place on 16 March 1988 at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast...

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Scottish gravestones

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they were seldom produced and are indeed a rare sight today in our old graveyards. More stones were produced in the 17th and 18th centuries. By the early...

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List of monastic houses in Scotland

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List of monastic houses in Scotland is a catalogue of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses of Scotland. In this article alien...

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