Annan Old Burial Ground Town Hall
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Annan Old Burial Ground Town Hall

Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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    Annan, Dumfries and Galloway DG12 6AQ Scotland
    Coordinates: 54.98727, -3.26435
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Annan's original burial ground dating back to medieval times. A church, now long gone, once stood within

the burial area. Two 11th/12th century stones exist. It is in very poor condition with logs from trees felled

decades ago still lying up against headstones and obscuring inscriptions and restricting access. The north boundary is the rear wall of a row of properties which have fire escapes opening into it. Sadly, in the past

damage has been sustained by headstones at that end. There is even a clothes pole between headstones ! Unwanted rubble/rubbish dumped years ago has never been cleared. Public access is now restricted to

Monday to Friday and a key to the entrance gate must be obtained from D G Customer Services - Annan,

Town Hall, High Street, Annan, DG12 6AQ, telephone 01461 204194, which is adjacent to the burial ground.

There are steps at the entrance which makes wheelchair access difficult/impossible. Replaced in the 1800's by Annan Cemetery, outwith the town.

Important note to researchers. The burial ground was surveyed in 1904, 1948 and then in 1963 after which the transcriptions were published under copyright. A comprehensive survey of every headstone was

carried out in 2021 and the results recently uploaded to Find a Grave. Since the earlier surveys some 100

headstones have gone missing or been used as paving stones within the burial ground. The transcriptions of these stones, in excess of 300 names, which were published in 1963 have not been memorialised on

the Find a Grave site because of the copyright. They are however available in the Annan (Town Hall) Old

Burial Ground Monumental Inscriptions booklet, available via the Dumfries & Galloway Family History

Society internet site











Annan's original burial ground dating back to medieval times. A church, now long gone, once stood within

the burial area. Two 11th/12th century stones exist. It is in very poor condition with logs from trees felled

decades ago still lying up against headstones and obscuring inscriptions and restricting access. The north boundary is the rear wall of a row of properties which have fire escapes opening into it. Sadly, in the past

damage has been sustained by headstones at that end. There is even a clothes pole between headstones ! Unwanted rubble/rubbish dumped years ago has never been cleared. Public access is now restricted to

Monday to Friday and a key to the entrance gate must be obtained from D G Customer Services - Annan,

Town Hall, High Street, Annan, DG12 6AQ, telephone 01461 204194, which is adjacent to the burial ground.

There are steps at the entrance which makes wheelchair access difficult/impossible. Replaced in the 1800's by Annan Cemetery, outwith the town.

Important note to researchers. The burial ground was surveyed in 1904, 1948 and then in 1963 after which the transcriptions were published under copyright. A comprehensive survey of every headstone was

carried out in 2021 and the results recently uploaded to Find a Grave. Since the earlier surveys some 100

headstones have gone missing or been used as paving stones within the burial ground. The transcriptions of these stones, in excess of 300 names, which were published in 1963 have not been memorialised on

the Find a Grave site because of the copyright. They are however available in the Annan (Town Hall) Old

Burial Ground Monumental Inscriptions booklet, available via the Dumfries & Galloway Family History

Society internet site











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