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
224 Plan	[At Morton Farm (grid ref. NO 466260; 56.4231, -2.8676), in a large walled enclosure, now part of a private garden, this stone was recorded by the Ancient Monuments and di Folco. The text is now partially obscured, the inscriptions being taken from these sources:] [A pediment formerly over the entrance to the enclosure] H H 1648 [crossed spades, skull, crossed bones, 1 other symbol] H H [shield: three escutcheons, for Hay] E P [shield: three pelicans vulned, on a chief three roses, probably for a Paterson family]

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