This memorial in Glasgow's Necropolis marks the re-burial site of the remains of Glasgow University professors and their families which were originally interred in the nearby Blackfriars Churchyard.
This church once stood on the eastern side of the High Street and could trace its origins back to 1246. In 1573, it became a possession of Glasgow University, which, at that time, was also based on High Street.
When the University moved to its current Gilmorehill site in the West End of the city in the 1870s, the church and its churchyard (as well as the neighbouring old college buildings) was cleared to be replaced by the College Goods Station and Railway Yard.
At this time, the remains from the graveyard were moved to the Necropolis after a record was made of all the legible gravestones. This record is now housed in Glasgow's Mitchell Library.
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