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Actions	Orchard Burial Ground To enquire about this item(s) please contact us archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection TitleOrchard Burial Ground ReferenceCE/6 Date1837-1984 Archive creatorOrchard Burial Ground Scope and ContentLair register 1837-1854; Orchard Burial Ground Project files (plans and photographs) 1984. SubjectBurial, Cemeteries Level of descriptionsub-fonds Admin history/BiographyThe Orchard Burial Ground was opened in 1837 as the churchyard for St Andrew’s UF Church, although the burial ground was little used, as access was difficult. The common ground was closed in 1862, and in 1873 the church and land were sold. The burial ground was closed in 1894, although a few later burials took place by special permission, the last being in 1923. In 1988 the burial ground made way for the new relief road, and the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Old Aisle Cemetery. Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch Hierarchy browser CE Cemetery Records fonds contains 8 parts CE/6 Orchard Burial Ground sub-fonds contains 2 parts

TitleOrchard Burial Ground

ReferenceCE/6

Date1837-1984

Scope and ContentLair register 1837-1854; Orchard Burial Ground Project files (plans and photographs) 1984.

Level of descriptionsub-fonds

Admin history/BiographyThe Orchard Burial Ground was opened in 1837 as the churchyard for St Andrew’s UF Church, although the burial ground was little used, as access was difficult. The common ground was closed in 1862, and in 1873 the church and land were sold. The burial ground was closed in 1894, although a few later burials took place by special permission, the last being in 1923. In 1988 the burial ground made way for the new relief road, and the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Old Aisle Cemetery.

Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch