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
37 Plan	Erected by John Jackson Newport in memory of his children Samuel Fairley died 12 February 1852 aged 9 months; Jane Clark died 4 February 1862 aged 6 years; David Brand died 27 June 1862 aged 3 years; also of his brother Charles died April 1834 aged 17 months; also his mother Margaret Bruce died 30 October 1875 aged 82 years; and his father Charles Jackson died 7 March 1878 aged 88 years; his son Charles Jackson died 10 August 1883 aged 36 years; also his sister Ann Jackson died 4 May 1886 aged 64 years; John Jackson died 5 March 1895 aged 74 years.

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