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Springburn Road, GLASGOW, G21 1SE

Viewed from the junction with the new Springburn Road.

A high retaining wall on the south side of the road.

Seen from Sighthill Cemetery.

For a view of the whole monument in context, and for further information, see Image The present view shows the inscription on the northern side, commemorating William Leiper, the architect. For the text of the inscription on this and other sides of the memorial, see the link just cited.

For further information, and for details of the inscriptions on the memorial, see Image The buildings in the background are on Springburn Road.

The stone in the foreground, on the right, commemorates several members of the Leiper family; among them is the architect William Leiper (see, for example, Image, Image). The stone was designed by Leiper himself, for his father. There used to be an angel (by Charles Benham Grassby) on top of the memorial, but it disappeared some decades ago. In the present photograph, the inscription on the sunlit side refers to the architect's father (also named William), who was a teacher: "A tribute to the memory of William Leiper by his pupils. Died 17 August 1867, aged sixty-six years / The redeemed of the Lord shall return." On the adjacent visible side: "Jane Leiper, younger daughter of the said William Leiper, died nineteenth December 1873, also Jane Mellis his wife who died nineteenth June 1879, aged seventy-six years, also Isobel Leiper his elder daughter who died nineteenth August 1899". [The surname of the wife of William Leiper senior is sometimes spelled Mellis (as here), and sometimes Myles.] Proceeding anticlockwise, the next side (unseen in this view, but shown in Image) commemorates the architect himself: "Also William Leiper, architect RSA FRIBA, his son, who died twenty-seventh May nineteen hundred & sixteen aged seventy-seven years". The remaining unseen side is blank; see Image

The viewpoint here is close to the north-eastern corner of the cemetery; see Image for further comments on its setting.

This obelisk, in memorial to members of a Victorian family by the name of King, is gradually disappearing into the vegetation. Although Sighthill Cemetery is Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33623, it is need of considerable attention as regards to maintenance. No doubt this is due to Glasgow City Council's lack of staff and funds at this time.

Looking south towards the city centre, near the entrance to St Rollox retail park.

Sighthill Cemetery, on the Springburn Heritage Trail, was opened in 1840. The radicals John Baird and Andrew Harvie, executed in Stirling as leaders of the 1820 rising, are buried here.