I am horrified that the cemetery is not maintained by the city authorities. Also the cemetery should be locked at night. I understand that it is old but all the more reason to look after it.
What an incredible cemetery. I am kind of appalled at the state that it is in. Nobody responsible for its upkeep? Three hundred years ago I am sure the people being buried there would never have thought this would be the result of their burial chambers. Is that orange spray paint all over the masoleums or is it orange rock? This is mind-blowing to say the least. I can't wrap my head around it! Nonetheless, an excellent video! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I was absolutely APPALLED by the state of this Cemetery. Are those Graves in the abandoned Mausoleums. What are the Tombs on the walls. Whoever is in charge, should be ashamed of themselves. If these were my Family, I would be REALLY PISSED. Give me the name of whoever is in charge. I am going to write them a nasty letter.
Yes the lack of respect for the site and it’s history was shocking, watching from the US and there’s no real history to admire and see. If this was anywhere else it would be protected and cleaned up..shame on the council !…a pity the locals couldn’t make an effort to improve this amazing place.
@@Allison-hg9vm You clearly dont know how cemetaries work. This is normal natural decay. who is going to pay for the restorations of those tombs? their decendants? good luck trying to find them and trying to make them pay huge amounts of money. When YOU will be dead an burried a hundred years later your grave will also look decayed and your own great-grand childrend wont even know your first name. ANd no one is going to pay for your graves upkeep. Do you know the names of your great-grandparents or great-great grandparents? do you know where they are burried and do you visit their grave to clean it and do you pay for restorations? Dont think so. So you can stop virtue signaling now.
This looks like it has been abandoned for quite some time! It would probably take more money then the city is willing to spend! A whole lot more money!
This is a perfect example of what the city council does not want visitors to see. Edinburgh is projected to the world as a beautiful, ancient city. It may be but parts of it are in truly shocking condition.
as a resident f Edinburgh it doesn't surprise me in the least that clownsul doesn't do more to clean up the cemeteries as most of the budget is redirected to building tramways that will never run in the black and building cycle lanes that never get used PS the gun you heard going off is the 1'oclock gun it goes off every day you get used to it but you always check your watch when it goes off its very accurate
Great video. I grew up in that area ( Calton Road ) and my mum would take me to these graveyards. The old Calton cemetery now houses drug addicts and in my time fifty years ago, winos and down and outs. I seem to remember more roofed crypts, I always found it a creepy place and I was always told never to go there on my own.
Captain John Gray was a Scottish merchant seaman and master mariner who served as Captain of the SS Great Britain for 18 yrs. He died in mysterious circumstances, after apparently jumping or falling overboard. born Dec 8, 1819, died Nov 25th, 1872.
Looks like they are all famous people. It’s very eerie if you’re on your own, I would think. It’s fascinating. Steeped in history. Imagine living in one of those houses looking into a crypt, especially at night. I enjoyed this tour.
I think even if the Spirits got angry at someone getting high in their Crypt/Tomb, that person being haunted would be too 🥴blotto to be scared. They may be unaware that they are sleeping atop someone's remains? 🤔
No. Rather the opposite. These people need comfort and protection and the deceased need visits. It will spawn more guardian angels... To save them all together.
To be able to use Esquire as a title you must be a lawyer that has passed the bar exam in the state you reside in ...in America it basically means someone who can practice law. As a title Esquire meaning shield bearer in Great Britain and France as a term of nobility in the middle ages. It applied to the squire of a knight who hope to acquire a noble rank as he rose to knighthood..
I'm from Edinburgh they do have people who lock them up at certain times, these places are usually easy to break into.... It's a really old city... Being many graveyards all over the city they can't keep them out all the time. People of that sort are people that are homeless usually in this city
esquires in the US is typically used for lawyers. very cool cemetery hopefully i can make it over there one day. thanks for what you do and im always looking forward to the next one.
This place is gorgeous just breath taking ❤ the age is always what impresses me. It’s crazy that it’s so old and still here to enjoy. Really enjoyed the captains grave so creepy and eerie but amazing
It's an education for me. I hadn't realised people's place of rest was in a style of buildings like these The headstones and plaque memorial things are amazing. Shame it's being treated with disregard. Constable. WOW ...FAMOUSE ARTIST
So were the people buried under the ground in the mausoleums? And the insides of them were just empty like they are now? Did they ever have doors on them?
So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
@@michellebateman6400 So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
@@Betharoot So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
5:40 "no matter how old you are this place has stood here the hole time.." I think about that every single video I watch..these videos especially 1790s...these things have stood here through our lives, every things our parents did, their parents, their parents, their parents, and quite possibly even more! It's pretty unfathomable just HOW LONG those stones have sat there
I was wondering what happened to the tops of some of these, also were the remains removed or just naturally go away. Sorry for the questions, I am from the USA, and its so sad to see these not being kept properly
You should see the ones in Louisiana and over in Kansas as well, any place a natural disaster has hit in the United States has wrecked a lot of cemeteries and cities have not kept up with the upkeep. It's very sad
You are able to use ‘Esquire’ after your name ‘Esq’ these days no one will take to much notice unless they understand what it actually is. Mine was past down from my great father in WW1 as he had a knighthood
Dan, thanks for giving a nice little tour through that old Cemetery. It is really a shame that people do not take more pride in such a beautiful Monument Cemetery as it always probably was. I was wondering Dan you probably answered this before so I apologize asking a stupid question, I noticed some of those mausoleums were burnt. When did the fire happen? Thanks Dan for great tour and thank you for sharing
That’s hundreds of years of soot from industry and people’s fireplaces belching out pollution. Many of Edinburgh’s buildings have been cleaned in recent decades to reveal the lovely bright stone colour underneath but some are still covered in dirt. Most famously they attempted to clean the Scott Monument in Princes Street because it was completely black from top to bottom but when they started the process they quickly realised that the centuries of dirt are all that’s holding it together, so they had to abandon the task and in the end they just replaced the most unstable parts with new stones and left the rest as it was, hence the ‘patchwork’ look it has today. Imagine how amazing the graveyard would look if it was all cleaned! Or maybe that would lessen its charm 🤔
Smashing video of an awesome cemetery. So fascinating to see all the mausoleums and how things used to be, especially for the well known of the city who made their mark on Edinburgh. You can freely use Esquire at the end of your full name. Just don't use Mr. before your full name. It's one or the other in etiquette. Keep up the great work!
@@deadgoodwalks another bit of info, these types of structures are not considered mausoleums but are Lairs or Lairages which is an old name for a scottish burial plot, for a long time scottish religion was keen that you be buried in the ground (soil) and not in some above ground vault or crypt/catacomb so wealthy families would buy a plot and built these elaborate surrounds and placed ornate grave stones so show off as much as they could.. If you ever do more stuff up in scotland by all means hit me up for info!
Prisoners could be put to work to take care of historic cemetery ? Those souls not resting in peace…they was part of building society to continue to bring and achieve who you’re today shame nobody care…!!!Today society take everything for granted..nobody pays respect for ancestors who live,in very different difficulty times……
First time viewer. Seems to me like a fire destroyed most of the cemetery. I know a lot of the char inside is from the homeless building fires inside. However the marks on the other structures being consistent throughout leads me to assume a huge fire ravaged the area. Do you know if this is true?
The marker for Cpt John Gray is a list of his family members. He has erected a stone to his parents in Olde Calton Burial Ground, York Place in Scotland.
there are multiple services that are pretty good in edinburgh offering various accomodations from basic hostes up to so called tiny houses.. there are places for these people but getting them to use them is the issue
Dead Good Walks: Are the caretakers planning on doing any clean up and repairs? What mess! I hope they do before there is nothing left at all. Is this type of cemetery common in your area? (Very, very old)
Why don’t you join the National Federation of Cemetery Friends and get to know about interesting Cemetery’s all over the British Isles and Europe ? Roger
I've been to Carlton Cemetery on several occasions and like tranquillity of the cemeter in the middle of Edinburgh. Like you, I find the obvious signes of drub abuse apalling and disrespectful.
You can use esquire after your name, actually, if you want, lol. In the UK today, it doesn't have any real meaning anymore and is only ever used out of general courtesy for men in more formal settings. It used to be a title for men in the landed gentry who were above the social rank of just gentleman, but weren't a knight. In the US, it's always been a title for lawyers. If someone from the US is using it after their name, they're a lawyer.
I'm no purist - in any aspect of my life - but it is offensive to HISTORY to allow that place to crumble. I'm not as upset at the unhoused being there - the dead don't care, and their names survive - but the lack of stewardship of so much history.
The cemetery pre dated the road, many of the graves were moved to the nearby new calton cemetery, if you go into that cemetery you can find some of the old gravestones which have names and dates that pre date that cemeteries opening
It's deplorable seedy addicts who use these dismembered and decaying mausoleums as havens for drug use. They are violating the very grounds that stationed the dead of the 18th-19th upper classes with their heinous offenses. The buried victims sadly aren't resting comfortably in peace ethereally and appropriately, thanks to the scandals disturbing the crypts of the deceased.
Maybe post the contact number and address for whomever is tasked to look after these graves and grounds. Shame how it just being left to fall apart. I take it that the stonework that has blackened is from pollution over the centuries? When I 1st started seeing the stone I thought that was fire damage. Anyway. Great and interesting video as always. In Southern Alberta we’ve quite a few old cemeteries here and there but mostly local folks take the time to keep then tidy. Can’t believe that your local crack “bundle of sticks” have such a pathetic disrespect for such things but then again their not really known for their concerns for others.
Esq, esquire used to mean that you were a landowner, It was the tier system. Think Esq was one below Gentleman. I found this while researching family tree.
Esquire or Esq can be used to address a man with a coat of arms, or any person can use it really. Instead of writing Mr etc. You write PJ Probably Esq as an example. I used to use it years back if I wrote to a company boss or such persons. Not used it for years. It's a form of addressing the male person. I think, but not sure, you can legally use it. I don't think there's a legal requirement. ??? Just think of all the stories those deseaced people could tell us and how amazing that would be. 🌷
Appalling how that cemetery has been allowed to get into such a state. If the authorities can't be bothered, they should have volunteers or, better yet, let offenders clean the place for community service. It's not that hard to be kind to the dead. Eram quod es, eris quod sum.
What's the significance of the open mausoleums? Were they buried in the back wall or in the ground? Were they opened and emptied and now they just stand vacant?
Eww what kind of person spray paints over a cemetery 😢 … treating such a beautiful place without respect 😢. I understand people get in bad situations and make bad choices but that’s all the more reason to care for a cemetery….
Great video! The Esquire title on names has no legal meaning, and can be used by anyone. The title of Sir and others are legal titles are strictly enforced. You can get the title of Sir for education or professional reasons.
Just be careful man I am being very serious on this. From the way it looked in the video somebody was crypt squatting, so please be careful. Jeremiah from Ohio USA.
missed premire but that wont stop me watching the video still crypt sqwatting thats one thing i wouldnt want if i was buried in a crypt is unwanted visitors squatting
the sandstone has had a couple of centuries to pick up soot and smog.. thats what you can see, some occasional homeless fires but mainly soot and smog from the victorian era
So, are the bodies and coffins buried in the ground with these structures built over them? I thought a mausoleum had the coffins above ground, but I don't see anything like that??
Spot on, the burials were in ground with these structures built to enclose a families burial plot, scottish religion basically disliked anything but in ground burial which led to things like this being built as a show of wealth
they are not actually mausolea but lairs/lairages which is basically a scottish phenomena and tied to the church of scotland being big on in ground burials even for the super wealthy so structures like this became common as a show of wealth
Dont know if anyone caught it but just after you mention wanting esquire after your name you here a wee girls voice say hi.I know its not a paranormal channel but just thought id mention it
And to think back in the witch trial days so many of the executed innocents were buried without even a basic Christian burial. The Circle Turns.🤔🏴💔🙏
I am horrified that the cemetery is not maintained by the city authorities. Also the cemetery should be locked at night. I understand that it is old but all the more reason to look after it.
trust me its an Edinburgh thing
a group of us offered to be keyholders for this cemetery a while ago.. the council refused
Unbelievable that this place is left to allow people to do drugs.
And leave this place in such a sad state . Looks like an amazing place to explore
These historic graveyards are so unique. It's so sad that there isn't a way to keep derelict out. Another great tour. Thank you
Holy crap mate that’s Renton from trainspotting 😂😂
yes! someone got it haha
@@deadgoodwalks superb mate
What an incredible cemetery. I am kind of appalled at the state that it is in. Nobody responsible for its upkeep? Three hundred years ago I am sure the people being buried there would never have thought this would be the result of their burial chambers. Is that orange spray paint all over the masoleums or is it orange rock? This is mind-blowing to say the least. I can't wrap my head around it! Nonetheless, an excellent video! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It’s natural decay. Quite suitable for a cemetery.
I was absolutely APPALLED by the state of this Cemetery. Are those Graves in the abandoned Mausoleums. What are the Tombs on the walls. Whoever is in charge, should be ashamed of themselves. If these were my Family, I would be REALLY PISSED. Give me the name of whoever is in charge. I am going to write them a nasty letter.
Yes the lack of respect for the site and it’s history was shocking, watching from the US and there’s no real history to admire and see.
If this was anywhere else it would be protected and cleaned up..shame on the council !…a pity the locals couldn’t make an effort to improve this amazing place.
@@Allison-hg9vm You clearly dont know how cemetaries work. This is normal natural decay. who is going to pay for the restorations of those tombs? their decendants? good luck trying to find them and trying to make them pay huge amounts of money.
When YOU will be dead an burried a hundred years later your grave will also look decayed and your own great-grand childrend wont even know your first name. ANd no one is going to pay for your graves upkeep.
Do you know the names of your great-grandparents or great-great grandparents? do you know where they are burried and do you visit their grave to clean it and do you pay for restorations? Dont think so. So you can stop virtue signaling now.
This looks like it has been abandoned for quite some time! It would probably take more money then the city is willing to spend! A whole lot more money!
This is a perfect example of what the city council does not want visitors to see. Edinburgh is projected to the world as a beautiful, ancient city. It may be but parts of it are in truly shocking condition.
There is no excuse for allowing drug addicts to take over a cemetery.
as a resident f Edinburgh it doesn't surprise me in the least that clownsul doesn't do more to clean up the cemeteries as most of the budget is redirected to building tramways that will never run in the black and building cycle lanes that never get used PS the gun you heard going off is the 1'oclock gun it goes off every day you get used to it but you always check your watch when it goes off its very accurate
It's sad, there are places that are so history and then just let them go to waste ...
Great video. I grew up in that area ( Calton Road ) and my mum would take me to these graveyards. The old Calton cemetery now houses drug addicts and in my time fifty years ago, winos and down and outs. I seem to remember more roofed crypts, I always found it a creepy place and I was always told never to go there on my own.
Dean cemetery is by far the best in Edinburgh, maybe in the future you'll make a video there if you didn't already! Thank you for your work!
Sadly ran out of time but it’s on my list for when I go back
Absolutely unbelievable how they’ve let that place decay
Thanks! Great video Dan. Another side of Cemeteries we do not often see.
Thank you Ian!
Captain John Gray was a Scottish merchant seaman and master mariner who served as Captain of the SS Great Britain for 18 yrs. He died in mysterious circumstances, after apparently jumping or falling overboard. born Dec 8, 1819, died Nov 25th, 1872.
Absolute shame that the historic gravesites are in ruins. Do you have a historical organization you could show your videos to?
Looks like they are all famous people. It’s very eerie if you’re on your own, I would think. It’s fascinating. Steeped in history. Imagine living in one of those houses looking into a crypt, especially at night. I enjoyed this tour.
I think even if the Spirits got angry at someone getting high in their Crypt/Tomb, that person being haunted would be too 🥴blotto to be scared. They may be unaware that they are sleeping atop someone's remains? 🤔
No. Rather the opposite. These people need comfort and protection and the deceased need visits. It will spawn more guardian angels... To save them all together.
@@seacampal1425 Thats a nice way to think of it, however in such a low point in their lives, it would be more uplifting if their company were alive.😊
To be able to use Esquire as a title you must be a lawyer that has passed the bar exam in the state you reside in ...in America it basically means someone who can practice law. As a title Esquire meaning shield bearer in Great Britain and France as a term of nobility in the middle ages. It applied to the squire of a knight who hope to acquire a noble rank as he rose to knighthood..
I'm from Edinburgh they do have people who lock them up at certain times, these places are usually easy to break into.... It's a really old city... Being many graveyards all over the city they can't keep them out all the time. People of that sort are people that are homeless usually in this city
esquires in the US is typically used for lawyers. very cool cemetery hopefully i can make it over there one day. thanks for what you do and im always looking forward to the next one.
Your comments are safety conscious and very good advice. what a sacrilege to the old crypts
This place is gorgeous just breath taking ❤ the age is always what impresses me. It’s crazy that it’s so old and still here to enjoy. Really enjoyed the captains grave so creepy and eerie but amazing
It's an education for me.
I hadn't realised people's place of rest was in a style of buildings like these
The headstones and plaque memorial things are amazing.
Shame it's being treated with disregard.
Constable. WOW ...FAMOUSE ARTIST
What a shame that the council doesn't do more to preserve the cemetery, so much history going to ruin . People have no respect 😔❤️🇨🇦
So were the people buried under the ground in the mausoleums? And the insides of them were just empty like they are now? Did they ever have doors on them?
I am wondering the same thing.
Yea. Me too
So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
@@michellebateman6400 So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
@@Betharoot So, first things first they are NOT mausoleums as there is no above ground burial or burial chamber but are actually what are known as Lairs or Lairages and for most intents and purposes are basically fancy grave surrounds with the burials in the ground underneath, they are popular in scottish cemeteries for a fairly complicated historical reason that boils down to "religion says you should be buried in the earth" so people spent their money on fancy surrounds
So sad the place is falling apart. Thanks for sharing
Love your videos and this is particularly interesting. Thank you. I just love cemeteries and really enjoy your walks.
To quote my parrot, "what a mess"! Places like this remind me of how young Australia is. Thanks for the walkabout. Deb of Oz.
5:40 "no matter how old you are this place has stood here the hole time.." I think about that every single video I watch..these videos especially 1790s...these things have stood here through our lives, every things our parents did, their parents, their parents, their parents, and quite possibly even more! It's pretty unfathomable just HOW LONG those stones have sat there
What s crying shame. How difficult is it to respect hallowed ground?
The monuments are blackened from long-ago air pollution.
A little late, but this was an awesome tour...especially considering how dangerous it could have been! Love your channel, Dan! ❤
Makes for great viewing not knowing what’s around the next corner ha
Like seeing a tour of Pompeii- fragments of rooms open to the sky
I was wondering what happened to the tops of some of these, also were the remains removed or just naturally go away. Sorry for the questions, I am from the USA, and its so sad to see these not being kept properly
You should see the ones in Louisiana and over in Kansas as well, any place a natural disaster has hit in the United States has wrecked a lot of cemeteries and cities have not kept up with the upkeep. It's very sad
You are able to use ‘Esquire’ after your name ‘Esq’ these days no one will take to much notice unless they understand what it actually is. Mine was past down from my great father in WW1 as he had a knighthood
Wow very sad....you would think they would fence off or block somehow 🤷🏻♀️
I think it’s a very gloomy place. I also feel very sorry for the junks and homeless people there who have to sleep there and take their drugs😢 Martha
Dan, thanks for giving a nice little tour through that old Cemetery. It is really a shame that people do not take more pride in such a beautiful Monument Cemetery as it always probably was. I was wondering Dan you probably answered this before so I apologize asking a stupid question, I noticed some of those mausoleums were burnt. When did the fire happen? Thanks Dan for great tour and thank you for sharing
That’s hundreds of years of soot from industry and people’s fireplaces belching out pollution. Many of Edinburgh’s buildings have been cleaned in recent decades to reveal the lovely bright stone colour underneath but some are still covered in dirt. Most famously they attempted to clean the Scott Monument in Princes Street because it was completely black from top to bottom but when they started the process they quickly realised that the centuries of dirt are all that’s holding it together, so they had to abandon the task and in the end they just replaced the most unstable parts with new stones and left the rest as it was, hence the ‘patchwork’ look it has today. Imagine how amazing the graveyard would look if it was all cleaned! Or maybe that would lessen its charm 🤔
@@mei5050 Thank you 😊.
I think locking the cemetary at night, and having security on site would help.
Smashing video of an awesome cemetery. So fascinating to see all the mausoleums and how things used to be, especially for the well known of the city who made their mark on Edinburgh.
You can freely use Esquire at the end of your full name. Just don't use Mr. before your full name. It's one or the other in etiquette. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the info. Dead Good Walks Esq
@@deadgoodwalks another bit of info, these types of structures are not considered mausoleums but are Lairs or Lairages which is an old name for a scottish burial plot, for a long time scottish religion was keen that you be buried in the ground (soil) and not in some above ground vault or crypt/catacomb so wealthy families would buy a plot and built these elaborate surrounds and placed ornate grave stones so show off as much as they could.. If you ever do more stuff up in scotland by all means hit me up for info!
In a generation too we will all be forgotten. This is the great paradox: the day you are born is the day you start to die. Amen 🙏
Beautiful 😍 Love the idea for the comparison to find out what it used to look like
Prisoners could be put to work to take care of historic cemetery ? Those souls not resting in peace…they was part of building society to continue to bring and achieve who you’re today shame nobody care…!!!Today society take everything for granted..nobody pays respect for ancestors who live,in very different difficulty times……
Watching this one right now mate brilliant video nice old cemetery could do with some TLC though
First time viewer. Seems to me like a fire destroyed most of the cemetery. I know a lot of the char inside is from the homeless building fires inside. However the marks on the other structures being consistent throughout leads me to assume a huge fire ravaged the area. Do you know if this is true?
Beautiful city. I was there in 2017 and regret not finding that cemetery.
Esquire is a lawyer 🙂
How bad does it have to be that people stay in a graveyard? Some ppl just can't do life.
Great video . Esquire is used after the full name of a lawyer.
The marker for Cpt John Gray is a list of his family members. He has erected a stone to his parents in Olde Calton Burial Ground, York Place in Scotland.
It's sad to see a cemetery in disrepair, but it's even worse that living people are homeless. We should worry more about the living than the dead.
there are multiple services that are pretty good in edinburgh offering various accomodations from basic hostes up to so called tiny houses.. there are places for these people but getting them to use them is the issue
I dunno which is worse, this place or the town dump
Dead Good Walks: Are the caretakers planning on doing any clean up and repairs? What mess! I hope they do before there is nothing left at all. Is this type of cemetery common in your area? (Very, very old)
Any gentleman can use “Esq” (“Esquire”) after their name. It’s simply a courtesy suffix more usually applied to an addressee when writing to him.
Why don’t you join the National Federation of Cemetery Friends and get to know about interesting Cemetery’s all over the British Isles and Europe ? Roger
I would not survive one night in this mausoleum. Thanks for this tour. Michi
what a morbidly fascinating channel.
I've been to Carlton Cemetery on several occasions and like tranquillity of the cemeter in the middle of Edinburgh. Like you, I find the obvious signes of drub abuse apalling and disrespectful.
You can use esquire after your name, actually, if you want, lol.
In the UK today, it doesn't have any real meaning anymore and is only ever used out of general courtesy for men in more formal settings.
It used to be a title for men in the landed gentry who were above the social rank of just gentleman, but weren't a knight.
In the US, it's always been a title for lawyers. If someone from the US is using it after their name, they're a lawyer.
There are normally volunteer groups that care for these places and record it’s history, wonder where the volunteers are for this one?!🤔
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Thanks for adding the names.
I almost choked on my pop when you said that guy farted as he walked by. Lol
Like your channel; could you possibly film inside the churches as well; ty
What makes the black markings on so many of the older stones?
Just curious was there roofs on the crypts a lot looked black maybe burned . Thanks
I'm no purist - in any aspect of my life - but it is offensive to HISTORY to allow that place to crumble. I'm not as upset at the unhoused being there - the dead don't care, and their names survive - but the lack of stewardship of so much history.
Great tour. The road, which divides the cemetery, was it there before the cemetery or did the disturb the cemetery to put it there?
The cemetery pre dated the road, many of the graves were moved to the nearby new calton cemetery, if you go into that cemetery you can find some of the old gravestones which have names and dates that pre date that cemeteries opening
It's deplorable seedy addicts who use these dismembered and decaying mausoleums as havens for drug use. They are violating the very grounds that stationed the dead of the 18th-19th upper classes with their heinous offenses. The buried victims sadly aren't resting comfortably in peace ethereally and appropriately, thanks to the scandals disturbing the crypts of the deceased.
Thank you!!!!
Maybe post the contact number and address for whomever is tasked to look after these graves and grounds.
Shame how it just being left to fall apart.
I take it that the stonework that has blackened is from pollution over the centuries?
When I 1st started seeing the stone I thought that was fire damage.
Anyway.
Great and interesting video as always.
In Southern Alberta we’ve quite a few old cemeteries here and there but mostly local folks take the time to keep then tidy.
Can’t believe that your local crack “bundle of sticks” have such a pathetic disrespect for such things but then again their not really known for their concerns for others.
Eww what kind of person spray paints over a cemetery 😢 … treating such a beautiful place without respect 😢
I would be afraid to sleep among the dead. It looks to me that nobody takes care of the grounds across the pond.
Esq, esquire used to mean that you were a landowner, It was the tier system. Think Esq was one below Gentleman. I found this while researching family tree.
It is so disrespectful to do what these people do in a persons resting place ..upsetting to see.
Esquire or Esq can be used to address a man with a coat of arms, or any person can use it really. Instead of writing Mr etc. You write PJ Probably Esq as an example. I used to use it years back if I wrote to a company boss or such persons. Not used it for years.
It's a form of addressing the male person.
I think, but not sure, you can legally use it. I don't think there's a legal requirement. ???
Just think of all the stories those deseaced people could tell us and how amazing that would be.
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Appalling how that cemetery has been allowed to get into such a state. If the authorities can't be bothered, they should have volunteers or, better yet, let offenders clean the place for community service. It's not that hard to be kind to the dead. Eram quod es, eris quod sum.
Never mind a hot coffee ,I would have thought you would need a stiff whisky after looking at that lot .
What's the significance of the open mausoleums? Were they buried in the back wall or in the ground? Were they opened and emptied and now they just stand vacant?
Mostly in the ground or possibly its all rotted away
In the ground, these structures can be basically considered as fancy grave surrounds
This is the best day for a walk with the dead
Eww what kind of person spray paints over a cemetery 😢 … treating such a beautiful place without respect 😢. I understand people get in bad situations and make bad choices but that’s all the more reason to care for a cemetery….
Another awesome looking cemetery. Is it heroin addiction typically? Anyway thanks for sharing. 🎊
Thanks Jason. Yep typically heroin and crack as far as I’m aware
At 4:10 ... are they meant to look like faces on the headstones??
Amazing cemetery!
Great video!
The Esquire title on names has no legal meaning, and can be used by anyone.
The title of Sir and others are legal titles are strictly enforced. You can get the title of Sir for education or professional reasons.
Just be careful man I am being very serious on this. From the way it looked in the video somebody was crypt squatting, so please be careful. Jeremiah from Ohio USA.
This whole place looks like it had been on fire at one point. Is all that black on stones soot or mold?
Soot from Victorian times
Did these mauseliums ever have doors or roofs ? Are the people buried in the ground? They don't look like there are any wall crypts. Thanks
In ground burials, these are not mausolea but basiclly fancy grave surrounds
Good lord, it looks like a shanty town!
Yikes, stay safe out there🙀👀🪦💉💊🚬
Whoa
So are the people buried in the ground or in the walls here?
the ground, mausolea have never been popular in scotland
missed premire but that wont stop me watching the video still crypt sqwatting thats one thing i wouldnt want if i was buried in a crypt is unwanted visitors squatting
I’ve just had my wisdom teeth out & what a great way to recover, than to come on a dead good walk.
are ghosts in this graveyard?
why do alot of those buildings look burnt?
the sandstone has had a couple of centuries to pick up soot and smog.. thats what you can see, some occasional homeless fires but mainly soot and smog from the victorian era
Esq, is the same as an Attorney
So, are the bodies and coffins buried in the ground with these structures built over them? I thought a mausoleum had the coffins above ground, but I don't see anything like that??
Spot on, the burials were in ground with these structures built to enclose a families burial plot, scottish religion basically disliked anything but in ground burial which led to things like this being built as a show of wealth
Your private family mausoleums are constructed or designed differently than the ones in the US.
Yep, we do have some shelf style ones but they’re not very popular
they are not actually mausolea but lairs/lairages which is basically a scottish phenomena and tied to the church of scotland being big on in ground burials even for the super wealthy so structures like this became common as a show of wealth
Dont know if anyone caught it but just after you mention wanting esquire after your name you here a wee girls voice say hi.I know its not a paranormal channel but just thought id mention it
And to think back in the witch trial days so many of the executed innocents were buried without even a basic Christian burial. The Circle Turns.🤔🏴💔🙏
Hi from Alabama!!