| Description | BR/AR Arbuthnott Churchyard (Arbuthnott Parish, Kincardineshire) (1995 - 1997)
BR/AU Auchterless Churchyard (Auchterless Parish, Aberdeenshire) (c. 1940)
BR/AV Allenvale Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (1875 - 1966)
BR/BE Bervie Burial Grounds (Bervie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1993 - 1996)
BR/BI Birse (Inverbervie) Burial Grounds (Bervie Parish, Kincardineshire)
BR/BN Benholm Burial Ground (Benholm Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1977- 1996)
BR/CN Cairnie Cemetery (Cairnie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1930 - 1968)
BR/CR Craithe Churchyard (Crathes & Braemar Parish) (1887)
BR/CU St Luke's Episcopal Church, Cuminestown Churchyard (Monquhitter Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1988)
BR/CY St Cyrus Cemetery (St Cyrus Parish, Kincardineshire) (1962 - 1996)
BR/DB Drumblade Cemetery (Drumblade Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1947 - 1968)
BR/ER Essie & Rhynie Cemetery (Rhynie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1947 - 1968)
BR/FC Fettercairn Churchyard (Fettercairn Parish, Kincardineshire) (1889 - 1936)
BR/FD Fordoun Churchyard (Fordoun Parish, Kincardineshire) (1912 - 1975)
BR/FG Forgue Cemetery (Forgue Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1880 - 1968)
BR/FR Fraserburgh (Kirkton) Cemetery (Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire) (1880 - 1975)
BR/FY Fyvie cemetery (Fyvie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1884 - 1982)
BR/GR Grove Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (1897 - 1983)
BR/GS Glass Cemetery (Glass Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1943 - 1968)
BR/GV Garvock Churchyard (Garvock Parish, Kincardineshire) (1881 - 1929)
BR/GY Gartly Cemetery (Gartly Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1932 - 1968)
BR/IK Inverkeithny Churchyard (Inverkeithny Parish, Banffshire) (1882 - 1948)
BR/JK John Knox Churchyard (Aberdeen City) (1837 - 1894)
BR/KE King Edward Cemetery (King Edward Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1900)
BR/KI Kineff Churchyard (Kinneff Parish, Kincardineshire) (1961 - 1980)
BR/KO Kincardine O'Neil Parish Burial Ground (Kincardine O'Neil Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1935 - 1952)
BR/LG Longside Burial Grounds (Longside Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1912 - 1986)
BR/LO Lomnay Cemetery (Lomnay Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1953 - 1968)
BR/MA Marnoch Churchyard (Marnoch Parish, Banffshire) (nd)
BR/MISC Miscellaneous Records relating to Burials and Cemeteries (Aberdeenshire & Aberdeen City) (c.1913 - 1980)
BR/MK Marykirk Churchyard (Marykirk Parish, Kincardineshire) (1858 - 1944)
BR/MO Monquhitter Burial Ground (Monquhitter Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1937
BR/NB New Byth Burial Ground (King Edward Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1894)
BR/NF Nellfield Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (c. 1834-1941)
BR/NG Nigg Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (1878-1923)
BR/OD Old Deer Cemetery (Old Deer Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1933)
BR/OM Old Machar Churchyard (Aberdeen City) (1863-1950)
BR/OR Ordiquhill Churchyard (Ordiquhill Parish, Banffshire) (c. 1956 - 1923)
BR/PB Balmoor Cemetery, Peterhead (1954 - 1982)
BR/PC Peterculter Burial Ground
BR/PH Peterhead Cemetery (Constitution Street)
BR/PS St Peter's Churchyard, Peterhead
BR/PY Portsoy Cemetery
BR/RH Rhynie Cemetery (Rhynie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1906 - 1968)
BR/RN Ruthven Cemetery (Cairnie Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1891 - 1968)
BR/SC St. Clement's Kirkyard (Aberdeen City) (1855-1927)
BR/SF St. Fergus Cemetry (St. Fergus Parish, Aberdeenshire)
BR/SN St. Nicholas Kirkyard (Aberdeen City) (1824-c. 1965)
BR/SP Spital Churchyard & St. Peter's Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (1769-1972)
BR/TR Trinity Cemetery (Aberdeen City) (c.1882-1940)
BR/TU Turriff Burial Grounds
BR/YW Ythanwells Cemetery (Forgue Parish, Aberdeenshire) (1912 - 1969)
Please note that the dates of some volumes overlap and the information contained in each volume varies. |
| Administrative History | From medieval times until the mid-19th century the disposal of the dead was carried out almost exclusively by burial in churchyards. In the 18th century, secession churches and other sects (such as Quakers), particularly in larger burghs, opened their own burial grounds. In some towns there were separate burial grounds for the Town’s Hospital (or poorhouse), and for certain burgh organisations, such as merchants or trade incorporations. By the mid-19th century many churchyards were full, and burial had become a public health concern, especially following outbreaks of smallpox, typhus and cholera. The problem of overcrowding was partly solved by the emergence of commercial cemeteries and, in the second half of the 19th century, municipal cemeteries opened by burghs and civil parishes. In Aberdeen, Allenvale, Nellfield, Springbank, Grove and Trinity cemeteries were all originally commercial ventures.
Responsibility for burial grounds (including churchyards) was placed on parish councils under the 1894 Local Government (Scotland) Act, and on the districts of county councils under the 1929 Local Government (Scotland) Act.
Scotland’s first crematorium was built in Glasgow’s Western Necropolis in 1895: Aberdeen's crematorium was initially a commercial venture, opened in March 1938 by Aberdeen Crematorium Limited, but was taken over by the Town Council on the 1 January 1945, under the supervision of the Links and Parks Department. In the 1950s and 60s municipal crematoria were built in many parts of Scotland
(Taken from Scottish Archives Network's Knowledge Base and developed). |