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.