Child's Angel statue, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
Warriston Cemetery, which opened in 1843, was the first of Edinburgh's cemeteries designed in the 'garden style' by the architect David Cousin (1809-1878).
Cousin became a specialist in the design of cemeteries in the 1840s; he also designed the Dean (1845), Dalry (1846), Rosebank (1846) and Newington (1848) cemeteries.
Before Warriston opened Edinburgh's cemeteries and graveyards were overcrowded, unhealthy and dangerous places.
Body snatching had been commonplace until the Anatomy Act of 1832 and there were serious outbreaks of cholera in Edinburgh in the early 1830s and even as late as 1849.
The location of Warriston Cemetery on the outskirts of Edinburgh away from the city was significant therefore.
The inspiration for Warriston came from London's garden cemeteries of Kensal Green (1831), Norwood (1837) and Highgate (1839) which themselves had been influenced by European cemeteries such as Pere Lachaise in Paris.
Notable people buried at Warriston include Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer on the use of anaesthesia and the artists Horatio McCulloch and Robert Scott Lauder.
Child's Angel statue, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
Warriston Cemetery, which opened in 1843, was the first of Edinburgh's cemeteries designed in the 'garden style' by the architect David Cousin (1809-1878).
Cousin became a specialist in the design of cemeteries in the 1840s; he also designed the Dean (1845), Dalry (1846), Rosebank (1846) and Newington (1848) cemeteries.
Before Warriston opened Edinburgh's cemeteries and graveyards were overcrowded, unhealthy and dangerous places.
Body snatching had been commonplace until the Anatomy Act of 1832 and there were serious outbreaks of cholera in Edinburgh in the early 1830s and even as late as 1849.
The location of Warriston Cemetery on the outskirts of Edinburgh away from the city was significant therefore.
The inspiration for Warriston came from London's garden cemeteries of Kensal Green (1831), Norwood (1837) and Highgate (1839) which themselves had been influenced by European cemeteries such as Pere Lachaise in Paris.
Notable people buried at Warriston include Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer on the use of anaesthesia and the artists Horatio McCulloch and Robert Scott Lauder.