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Vicarsford Cemetery - The Lairs & the Stones

   

Purchasers of Lairs and the Gravestone Insctiptions

This is a listing of all the older lairs which have been purchased with an abbreviated note of the memorial inscriptions. The full wording of the inscription has not been taken. There are only a few photographs here. However, Find A Grave has photos of nearly all the stones.

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The Lairs:

For each lair, the surname of the purchaser is given. Lairs which had not been purchased before about 2021, or which are not available for sale, are not listed here. Lairs were frequently bought in pairs, sometimes in multiples. The information has been taken from a copy of the Cemetery Lair Plan kindly provided by Alan Reid.

The Gravestones:

For most of the stones, the text here is not a word-for-word transcript. There are only a few photographs here. However, Find A Grave has photos of nearly all the stones.

Lair purchasers and listings given up to early 2022. These pages will not be continually updated.

 

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	Lair		Inscription	purchaser		GPS
	G299 more	Plan	Emily Isobel Leng 1896 - 1927	Leng		56.420242, -2.911513
	G300 more	Plan	Helen Marjorie Leng 1892 - 1978	Leng		56.420237, -2.911507
	G301 more	Plan	Jessie Millar Leng born 1862 died 1950; William C Leng born 1859 died 1953	Leng		56.420231, -2.911501
	G302 more	Plan	Janet Eleanor Leng born 1902 died 1990	Leng		56.420226, -2.911495
	G302a more	Plan	[in the cloister of the chapel:] Jessie, wife of William C Leng, younger daughter of Rev George Millar (1802 - 1868) minister of Clunie, Perthshire, born 24 April 1862 died 30 March 1950. William Christopher Leng JP, younger son of Sir John Leng DL LLD, born 20 July 1859 died 13 May 1953. Their daughters: Lilian Margaret born 6 October 1898 died 2 May 1900; Emily Isobel born 16 October 1896 died 2 May 1927; Helen Marjorie born 28 November 1892 died 9 September 1978; Janet Eleanor MD, FFA, RCS(Eng), born 8 March 1902 died 16 December 1990; Ruth Mary Luccock born 27 August 1900 died 21 March 1895; her husband Oliver Stuart Moodie born 1 January 1891 died 21 June 1946. Their cousin Elizabeth Ann, daughter of George Lloyd of Hull, born 14 June 1847 died 11 June 1914. [on the outside wall of the chapel:] This sanctuary for devotion rest and contemplation was dedicated to the bereaved the weary and afflicted by Sir John Leng MP of Kinbrae, Newport AD 1897.	Leng		56.420263, -2.911447
	G302b more	Plan	[inside the chapel] This chapel was erected AD 1895-97 by Sir John Leng MP to the glory of God and to the dear memory of his wife Dame Emily Leng born AD 1829 Married 1851 Passed into eternal life 1894. Her children arise and call her blessed, Her husband also praises her. And by his side there moved a form of beauty, strewing sweet flowers along his path of life. And looking up with meek and love-lent duty they called her angel but he called her wife. Also of Dame Mary Leng his second espousal born at Kirriemuir 1852 sister of Sir James Low Bt of Kilmaron, first Lord Provost of Dundee, married 1897, died 1938. Long devoted to her parents she became the faithful partner, cheerful and bright companion of her husband's later years. On the west side of this chapel are interred the earthly remains of Sir John Leng MP for Dundee 1889 - 1906, journalist, managing editor and proprietor of the 'Dundee Advertiser' and founder of several popular journals 1851 to 1906. He adopted the motto and strove to live and die 'in fide spe et charitate'.	Leng		56.420280, -2.911398
	G-- more	Plan	[inside the chapel] [crest] To the Memory of Volunteers from Newport who fell in the South African War 1899 - 1902. Pt. Alexr. Kidd, 1st. V.B.R. Hrs., aged 23 years, Bloemfontein 3rd May 1900; Pt. Alfd. Mathewson, 1st. V.B.R. Hrs., aged 21 years, Bloemfontein 28th April 1901; Pt. John Turnbull, 20th. Coy. F. & F. Yry., aged 21 years, Rooival 11th April 1902; Pt. Joseph Hopton, 20th. Coy. Impl. Yry., aged 21 years, Kimberley 22 July 1902; Pt Alexr. Fairweather, 1st. Scotsh. Horse, aged 22 years, wounded Oliphants Nek June 1901. Died Newport 2nd August 1903. photo	The Public		56.420288, -2.911342

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