Gates To Necropolis Glasgow Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer 4K travel video of the one of the gates at the entrance to the Necropolis on ancestry, history visit to Glasgow. The gates were installed in 1833 to provide access to the Bridge of Sighs, which carried the carriageway from the square across the Molendinar Ravine to the Necropolis. They were designed by renowned architect David Hamilton in 1838, and were cast at Thomas Edington and Sons' Phoenix Foundry in Queen Street. These Entrance gates to the Necropolis feature the symbol of the Merchants House of a Clipper Ship surmounting the Globe and the motto, " Toties redeuntis eodem, " so many returning to the same place, and were originally sited at the western side of the Molindinar Ravine on the Bridge of Sighs. They now stand at the entrance from the Cathedral Precinct and people come from all over the world and pass through these magnificent gates to see this unsurpassed Victorian Garden Cemetery. Edington Foundry, one of Glasgow’s oldest iron foundries was also known as the Phoenix Foundry. The firm was established by Thomas Edington at 52 Queen Street, and later moved to 38 and 50 Garscube Road between 1847 and 1890, and then to 20 St. Vincent Lane. Other work by this foundry within the Glasgow Necropolis was a gate designed by John Park of Anderston to Jew’s Burying Ground, in 1832 which is now lost, and the gates to the Egyptian Vaults also designed by David Hamilton.
David Hamilton, born 11 May 1768, died 5 December 1843, was a Scottish architect based in Glasgow. He has been called the " father of the profession " in Glasgow. Notable works include Hutchesons' Hall, Nelson Monument in Glasgow Green and Lennox Castle. The Royal Exchange in Queen Street is David Hamilton's best known building in Glasgow. It was completed in 1829, built around an existing mansion house dating from 1778. It now serves as the city's Gallery of Modern Art. In 1835, Hamilton came third in the competition to design the Houses of Parliament in London and won £500. He was the only Scottish architect to win a prize for his entry. He is known to have been sculpted by both William Mossman and Patric Park. Thomas Gildard and John Thomas Rochead were trained by him.

The surname Edington was first found in Northumberland, England, and later in Berwickshire where the old barony so named was located in the parish of Chirnside. Many variations of the name Edington have been found, including Eddington, Edington, Edlington, Erdington, Eddingtone and many more.

George Edington, arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship David Malcolm in 1847; Charles Edington, arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship Harry Lorrequer in 1849; John Edington, aged 50, landed in America from Liverpool, England, in 1906; Lillian Mary Edington, aged 20, who landed in America from London, England, in 1909.

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