Place:Girthon Cemetery, Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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NameGirthon Cemetery
TypeCemetery
Coordinates54.88904°N 4.18868°W
Located inGirthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoDumfries and Galloway Region, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996

From Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Memorial Inscriptions pre-1855, vol 3, by Alison Mitchell, published 1993 by the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, Scotland:

"This flat rectangular cemetery was opened about 1870 at the northern boundary of the town of Gatehouse."

See the description of Old Girthon Cemetery for further history of the church in Girthon Parish.