Tour Scotland Video Patrick Brown Merchant Gravestone Howff Graveyard Dundee

Tour Scotland video of the Patrick Brown, Merchant, Gravestone in the Howff Graveyard cemetery in Dundee, Scotland. The land of the burial ground was part of the Franciscan, Greyfriars, Monastery until the Scottish Reformation. In 1564 Mary, Queen of Scots granted the land to the burgh of Dundee, for use as a burial ground. It was used for meetings by the Dundee Incorporated Trades, and subsequently became known as The Howff, from the Scots word howff meaning a meeting place. Meetings at The Howff ceased in 1776. The last burial took place in 1857. The walls along the west side date from 1601.

The Brown surname is common in both England and Ireland, but the variant surname Browne is associated more with Ireland. Originating from the Olde English, Norse Viking and Anglo Saxon pre 7th century word, brun, it generally referred to the colour of the person's hair, complexion or garments.

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