Kenmore Kirkyard - Perth & Kinross, Scotland
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N 56° 35.060 W 004° 00.053
30V E 438523 N 6271565
Cemetery surrounding the Kirk of Kenmore at the eastern end of Loch Tay in highland Perthshire.
Waymark Code: WM16CQT
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/02/2022
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The village of Kenmore is situated near the centre of Scotland in the highland part of Perthshire at the eastern end of Loch Tay. The original parish church and graveyard was at Inchadney to the north-east of the village, this was closed after a new church was built in Kenmore in 1669, and no trace exists of the church or graveyard.
In 1760, the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane set out to build a model planned village at Kenmore which also involved building a new church on the site of its predecessor. At the same time a churchyard was also laid out on the surrounding land which occupies a peninsula between the loch and the River Tay to the north. The church, which occupies the highest part of the land, was designed by William Baker, and is a white-harled building with a tower on the eastern gable. The sloping land mostly to the north, west and south contains nearly 1,000 gravestones, including an heir to the Kingdom of Punjab. The featured gravestone, to the south-west of the church reads as follows:
'TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS BICKERTON
CLERK OF WORKS
TO THE
MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE K.C.
FOR 12 YEARS
WHO DIED SUDDENLY
AT TAYMOUTH SAWMILL
ON THE 29th DECEMBER 1894
AGED 56 YEARS
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY FRIENDS
ON THE BREADALBANE ESTATES IN
TESTIMONY OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF
HIS BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND WORTH
AS A FRIEND UNITED WITH UNFAILING
COURTESY AND KINDLY FEELING TOWARDS
ALL WITH WHOM HE WAS BROUGHT IN
CONTACT
ALSO HIS WIFE
JANE WATSON
WHO DIED AT EDINBURGH
5th MARCH 1931 IN HER 94TH YEAR'
The kirk yard lies to the east of the A827 road as it passes through the village with a war memorial and lychgate at the entrance.