The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Forgan Kirkyard - The Gravestones

These inscriptions were recorded between 1992 and 1997. Some of the photos were taken at that time but most have been taken within the past 10 years. Since I did the original surveys, weather and time have taken their toll - some of the inscriptions are no longer visible and some stones have fallen face down.

Quite a few photos have still to be taken.

Other pages: Notes on Kirkyard Plan of the kirkyard Gravedigger's Book from 1899 Mortcloth records 1695 - 1835 Vicarsford Cemetery Which Cemetery?

The Gravestones:

The stone numbers only refer to this website. They are not used anywhere else.

Indistinct characters have been inserted in (round brackets); missing characters are shown by a single dot; longer gaps by a series of 3 dots; editorial additions are inserted in [square brackets]. Most of the inscriptions are on the east side of the stones. Where there are inscriptions on more than 1 side, this is indicated.

All stones are listed below, or you can search them for any word or part of a word:

No.	Inscription	Photos
126 Plan	[flat stone] (...)r lyes (...)lson son to Alexander Wilso(.) (...)e fre(...) of (...)rs and of his d(...)h the (..) day of (.)uni i(...)yeiris D W [shield] Al thinges must die that lyfe haith taine and so must it had never nane I lvd to die I die to live aeternallie Memento mori [skull, symbols, spade, arrow, skeleton] The dusts shal turne to the earth as it wes and the spirit to God who gave it [di Folco recorded as follows: "(Hei)r lye(s) (D)avid (Wi)lson son to Alex(an)d(e)r Wilson ()the Fre(rto)v(n) () of () and of his d(eat)h the () day of Ivni () yeiris" and describes the shield as "a saltire between three mullets with a boar's head erased in base". Jervise gives the date as 8 Iuin and the age as 35 years]

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