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Many areas of Newington have been reclaimed by nature and have become an important haven for some of the city's wild life, however the sections closest to the entrance are best kept and the Friends of Newington help keep the cemetery in good order. Due to potential dangers of falling, many of the
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Of particular note are the enclosed area for Jewish burials (against the east boundary wall) and the high number of war graves (mainly in the southern half). The cemetery contains 156
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It contains a section of vaults to the north-west, laid out on a north–south axis. It was intended to be larger but was curtailed by the building of the railway line.
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and originally named the Edinburgh Metropolitan Cemetery, but also sometimes called Echobank Cemetery, but is far less successful in layout than his earlier work at
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The original lodge house was smaller than the one seen today and was also designed by Cousin, however it was extended in 1883, by
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Its northern sections, having been abandoned for over thirty years, are now an important wildlife habitat within the city.
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The raised section to the south-west, with no stones at all, contains paupers graves.
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itself, standing on an awkward elongated kite-shaped site between a railway line and
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cemetery
Edinburgh
Newington
Dalkeith
Prestonfield
David Cousin
Dean Cemetery
Warriston Cemetery
Kinnear & Peddie
Commonwealth service war graves
World War I
World War II
John Stevenson Rhind
John Cairns (1818-1892)
William Grant Stevenson
James Caw
Charles Gibson Connell
FRSE
David Craigie
FRSE
Arthur Lloyd
General
Sir Gordon MacMillan
British Army
general
World War I

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