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Renfrewshire - Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards

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Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of Renfrewshire

Image right - Eaglesham Parish Church

The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the county which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed.

Please update the project by adding links to any available monumental inscriptions or pages where images of the graves/cemeteries can be seen - mostly Billion Graves or Find a Grave.

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See Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland, Volume I (Charles Griffin and Co. for the Grampian Club, 1871) by the Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., FSA Scot. for entries for this county.

List of Places

The following list will probably need refining as not all places have cemeteries

Abbey (Abbey Paisley)

Beltrees or Newton-of-Beltrees

Bishopton

Blackstown

Bridge of Weir

Camphill

Cathcart

Clippens-Square

Crosslee

Eaglesham

Eaglesham (town)

Easter Rossland

Eastwood

Elderslie

Erskine

Greenock

Gourock

Hangingshaw

Houston & Killellan

Houston

Howwood or Hollow-wood

Hurlet

Inchinnan

Innerkip or Inverkip

Innerkip or Inverkip (town)

Johnstone

Kilbarchan

Kilmalcolm

Kilmalcolm (town)

Langbank

Linwood

Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch (town)

Mearns

Millbridge

Neilston

Newton-of-Beltrees or Beltrees

Netherlee
New Cathcart

Nitshill

Old Cathcart

Paisley

Paisley (town)
Pollokshaws

Port Glasgow

Renfrew

Shawlands

Thornliebank

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