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Newington Cemetery is one of the several city cemeteries in Edinburgh, Scotland. Technically it lies beyond Newington itself, standing on an awkward elongated kite-shaped site between a railway line and Dalkeith Road, between Prestonfield and Peffermill. ==History== It was designed in 1848 by David Cousin and originally named the Edinburgh Metropolitan Cemetery,〔http://maps.nls.uk/view/102190564〕 but also sometimes called Echobank Cemetery, but is far less successful in layout than his earlier work at Dean Cemetery and Warriston Cemetery.〔Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford McWilliam and Walker〕 The lodge house, designed by Kinnear & Peddie was added in 1883.〔Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Kinnear〕 It contains a section of vaults to the north-west, laid out on a north-south access. It was intended to be larger but was curtailed by the building of the railway line. Of all Edinburgh's cemeteries it is by far the most overgrown and vandalised, with a very small percentage of stones remaining upright and visible. The sections closest to the entrance are best kept. Those to the south are maintained but few stones remain standing. To the north and north-west the cemetery is so overgrown as to be impenetrable. Of particular note are the enclosed area for Jewish burials (against the east boundary wall) and the high number of war graves (mainly in the southern half). The raised section to the south-west, with no stones at all, contains paupers graves. Its northern sections, having been abandoned for over thirty years, are now an important wildlife habitat within the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newington Cemetery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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