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
72 Plan	[broken] H S 1886 Erected by Hendry Smith in memory of his son Andrew who died 13 March 1885 aged 13 years; his father in law Alexander Balfour died 16 July 1874 aged 66 years; Hendry died 21 March 1898 aged 24; Betsy Turpie died 27 October 1898 aged 86 years; Alexander died 1 January 1902 aged 37 years; the above Hendry Smith died 26 May 1915 aged 77 years; his wife Jean Smith died 11 April 1929 aged 85 years; Betsy Turpie Smith died 21 February 1946.

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