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Lomond Grove, HELENSBURGH, G84 7SZ

Old Luss Road at Kirkmichael. The area is named after Kirkmichael Road, which is at the centre of the area between Old Luss Road and the railway line.

These are actually the sides of the properties. They face onto Old Luss Road.

An early-September view, taken from the train on the West Highland Line.

On the left is the eastern boundary wall of Image Not far ahead, the name Kirkmichael appears on the signs. This is an old name, long pre-dating the name Helensburgh: for example, the lands of Kirkmichael Stirling were, in the middle of the fifteenth century, the subject of a dispute between William Stirling, Laird of Cadder, and Gilbert Stirling. Rather earlier, the Lennox Cartulary contains a charter confirming to Walter of Fosselane (Faslane) various lands, including those of "Keppach (Keppoch Image), de Culgrayane (Colgrain Image), de Camceskanys (Camis Eskan Image), de Kirkmychell, etc.", that had earlier been granted by Malcolm Earl of Lennox (d.1333) to Avileth* of Fosselane. (The grid references given here simply indicate where the modern equivalents of those names appear on present-day maps; they are not intended to give the exact location of the original lands.) (*) Or "Aulay". This Avileth or Aulay of Faslane was the grandson of an Earl of Lennox. The name was held by several members of the family, and charters variously spell it Auleth, Ameleth, Amelech, Amhlew, Hamelen, and so on, but all of those forms can be thought of as essentially being the name "Aulay" (as in Clan MacAulay).

From Williamson Drive.

This finely carved memorial was "erected by Thomas Weir, writer, Glasgow, and Jeanie MacIndoe, his wife, in memory of their daughter, Janet Walker, (Nettie), born 3rd September 1876, died 1[4th July 1881?]" (part of the inscription has flaked off). The parents, and other members of the family, are also commemorated. "Writer", as Thomas Weir is described in the inscription, was then the usual term for a lawyer, notary, or solicitor. This is one of the memorials that is specifically mentioned in the cemetery's listing text (see the end-note for a link). The memorial, which is located near the eastern edge of the cemetery (Image), is described there as a composite column entwined with bay leaf garland. The sculptor was T F Hunter of Glasgow. He was one of the founders of Hunter & Clark, a firm that was in existence until recently, and he had previously been one of the partners of the firm Arnott & Hunter.

Against the wall of the cemetery close to the entrance. IN MEMORY OF THE REVD JOHN ANDERSON. FORTY YEARS MINISTER IN HELENSBURGH, DIED 10TH JANY 1867, IN THE SIXTY-SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE. “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.”

This is the eastern boundary of the cemetery. At the far end of the path on the right, a memorial for the Kidstons of Ferniegair is visible (I have not depicted it separately, since several of the names on it are recent). Helensburgh's Image is named after a member of that family; see that link for further details. See also Image Click on the end-note title for other views of the cemetery.

The stone commemorates several descendants of Arthur Oughterson and of his wife Janet Robertson. Some of them were interred here, and others in South America. (The structure has some near twins in the same cemetery: a memorial to the builder James McKinnon, signed "J Craig", and a memorial to "Robert Hendry, Esq, chemist and druggist", signed "D Garland".)

This monument commemorates John Lindsay, "first minister of the parish of Helensburgh" (b. at Clackmannan 28th June 1822; d. at the Manse, 26th April 1895, after 47 years' ministry). This is one of the memorials that is mentioned in the listing text for the cemetery (see the end-note for a link).