Tour Scotland 4K short Autumn travel video of clip Autumn trees, falling leaves and gravestones on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Greyfriars Graveyard in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Built on land once occupied by a Franciscan friary founded in around 1460, the graveyard has been restored and contains a number of Scottish headstones dating back hundreds of years. The monastery was established just outside the medieval boundaries of Perth in 1496 by Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant. The term Greyfriars stems from the grey habits traditionally worn by the Franciscan friars. On 11 May 1559, the fiery reformer John Knox delivered a passionate sermon against idolatry at the nearby St John's Kirk. The sermon triggered massive rioting across Perth, leading an angry mob to march on the town's religious houses. The Greyfriars Monastery was completely ransacked and destroyed in the chaos, paving the way for the land's transition into secular use. By 1580, the primary churchyard surrounding St John's Kirk had completely run out of space. The vacant, former monastery grounds were chosen as the town's secondary burial location, and interments began immediately. While the graveyard started tracking burials in 1580, very few of its earliest 16th and 17th century headstones survive. In 1652, Oliver Cromwell’s occupying forces seized massive quantities of local building materials, including the early gravestones from Greyfriars, to construct their massive military citadel on the nearby South Inch. To handle Perth's growing population, the footprint was extended southward in 1795 and again in 1820. In 1835, the site was modernised with proper footpaths and decorative trees, converting what was a cluttered, chaotic space into an organized Victorian cemetery. When Wellshill Cemetery opened in 1849, it took over as Perth’s main cemetery. Greyfriars saw increasingly fewer burials until it was finally closed in 1978. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30
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