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Actions	Old Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch To enquire about this item(s) please contact us archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection TitleOld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch ReferenceCE/5 Date1863-1990 Archive creatorOld Aisle Cemetery Scope and ContentInterment registers 1863-1990; plans 1861-1964. Extent10 volumes; 13 plans LanguageEnglish SubjectBurial, Cemeteries Level of descriptionsub-fonds Admin history/BiographyThe church at Old Aisle was founded c 1140 and was the church for Lenzie parish. In the seventeenth century, after repeated complaints about the distance of the church from the populated areas of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch, the church itself was demolished and a new church (now the Auld Kirk Museum) built in Kirkintilloch in 1644. Although the Auld Kirk had a small burial grounds in its environs, burial continued at the Old Aisle burial ground. In 1863 the ground was enlarged to become the cemetery for the parish of Kirkintilloch. This cemetery is sometimes called Kirkintilloch Cemetery. The cemetery was managed by a joint committee of the County Council of Dunbarton and Kirkintilloch Town Council. Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch Hierarchy browser CE Cemetery Records fonds contains 8 parts CE/5 Old Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch sub-fonds contains 2 parts

TitleOld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch

ReferenceCE/5

Date1863-1990

Archive creatorOld Aisle Cemetery

Scope and ContentInterment registers 1863-1990; plans 1861-1964.

Extent10 volumes; 13 plans

LanguageEnglish

SubjectBurial, Cemeteries

Level of descriptionsub-fonds

Admin history/BiographyThe church at Old Aisle was founded c 1140 and was the church for Lenzie parish. In the seventeenth century, after repeated complaints about the distance of the church from the populated areas of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch, the church itself was demolished and a new church (now the Auld Kirk Museum) built in Kirkintilloch in 1644. Although the Auld Kirk had a small burial grounds in its environs, burial continued at the Old Aisle burial ground. In 1863 the ground was enlarged to become the cemetery for the parish of Kirkintilloch. This cemetery is sometimes called Kirkintilloch Cemetery. The cemetery was managed by a joint committee of the County Council of Dunbarton and Kirkintilloch Town Council.

Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch