Remembering John Taylor, Esq, M.D.

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Remembering John Taylor, Esq, M.D.

Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 4 Sep 2023

The old cemetery between Russell Street and Whitletts Road, notably the burial place of John Taylor Esq, of Blackhouse, M.D., is locally known as Taylor’s Cemetery. His monument, erected by public subscription, records “an eloquent and unflinching advocate of the People’s Cause” in his attempts to bring political and social change at a time when working men and women had no rights. A member of the 19th century Chartist Movement, he sacrificed personal health, means and liberty in his attempts to introduce measures then considered extreme but now known to be essential to the well-being of the state. For a wider view of the cemetery, see Image

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