Cathcart Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland}}
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Cathcart Cemetery is a cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, which was opened in 1876 . It is named after the nearby neighbourhood of Cathcart on the southern outskirts of Glasgow, but does not actually fall within the city boundaries, instead being a salient of East Renfrewshire. It is bounded to the east by the White Cart Water, with Linn Park on the opposite bank. Other surrounding residential areas to the west are Muirend and Netherlee. The grounds of Holmwood House, a mansion designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, are located a short distance to the north.[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00940&t=2 Holmwood House (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, Bulletin Photographs, 1993)], The Glasgow Story
It is divided into two sections, the older section and the newer Linn extension, divided by Netherlee Road. There are war graves in both sections; a total of 238 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars are buried here.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/74259/CATHCART%20CEMETERY|website=cwgc.org|title=Cemetery Details |access-date=2 August 2017}} There is also a Jewish section.
The cemetery contains the William and Mary Hood mausoleum, which is based upon the Philae Temple of Hathor.{{cite web|url= http://www.discoverglasgow.org/cemeteries-cathcart-cem/4577991387|title= Cathcart Cemetery|publisher= DiscoverGlasgow|access-date = 3 December 2014}} The cemetery gatehouse had been derelict for ten years until it was restored as a family home, winning a Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award in 2011.{{cite web|title=Cathcart Cemetery Gatehouse|url=http://gia.org.uk/awards/2011/Cathcart-Cemetery-Gatehouse/55|website=Glasgow Institute of Architects|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124050156/http://gia.org.uk/awards/2011/Cathcart-Cemetery-Gatehouse/55|archive-date=24 January 2015|url-status=dead}}
Notable burials
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- Bashir Ahmad (1940–2009), First Scottish–Asian MSP
- Hannah Frank (1908–2008), Scottish artist and sculptor
- Margaret Jefferson (1860–1908), English actress, mother of Stan Laurel
- Hugh MacColl (1861–1915), Scottish man who founded Sevilla Fútbol Club being their first captain in 1890[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPeGLW36GI0 Friends of Cathcart presents Footballers of Cathcart: one of Glasgow's Footballing Graveyards], Football Makes Glasgow via YouTube, 11 January 2022
- Jessie MacLachlan (1866–1916), Scottish Gaelic soprano
- Mark Sheridan (1864–1918), English music hall comedian and singer
- Eric Woolfson (1945–2009), Scottish songwriter and musician; co-creator of The Alan Parsons Project
- Solomon Wolfson (1865-1941), patriarch of the Wolfson Family{{Cite web |title=b-cath-i-026 – S-J-C |url=https://scottishjewishcemeteries.org/burial/b-cath-i-026/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
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Category:Cemeteries in Scotland