Tombs of the Dundee Howff.

  Resources and Acknowledgements.

 

"Angus, Dundee & Broughty Ferry Monumental inscriptions pre 1855", published by The Scottish Genealogy Society 1995  Edited by Alison Mitchell  ISBN 0 901061 25 5

"Witches Blood" by William Blain. It is a fictional story about the English family of Dundee from the 15th century through to the 19th century. It has a lot of interesting detail about the history of Dundee and is highly recommended. ISBN 0 552 14979 9

"The Howff - A Guide to an Old Graveyard" by Nancy Davey published by Dundee Art Galleries & Museums.  ISBN 0 900344 56 3

Dundee Central Library, local studies section, many thanks to David Kett and staff.

Dundee City Archives, thanks go to Iain Flett the City Archivist and staff.

"Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions Chiefly in Scotland" (1834 reprint and update of An Theatre of Mortaility 1704) Robert Monteith

"Memorials of Angus & Mearns: An Account Historical, Antiquarian and Traditionary" Andrew Jervise, ed & corr by James Gammack, 1885

The Howff by James A. Rollo. History of Dundee - Maxwell. History of Dundee - Thomson. Extracted History of Dundee - Mackie. Angus or Forfarshire - Alex J Warden. Lives of the Lindsays - Lord Lindsay. Old Dundee, Ecclesiastical, Burghal, and Social, Prior to the Reformation - Maxwell. Burgh Laws of Dundee with the History, Statutes, & Proceedings of the Guild of Merchants by Alex J Warden. The Book of the Howff. 1833-34. Additional notes 1838. James Thomson, notes by A.C. Lamb. A.C. Lamb, Dundee, Its Quaint and Historic Buildings. Dundee Delineated - A Colville 1822 Eminent Burgesses of Dundee - A.H. Millar 1887 Dundee Celebrities of the 19th Century - William Norrie 1873 Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832 (Introduction by Peter Dron).   The following inscriptions have details taken from c1880 Guide to Howff Tombstones By A.C. Lamb & ; The History of Dundee 1847 by James Thomson and are reproduced with kind permission of Dundee City Archives 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 22-24, 31, 32, 34-37, 63, 66, 71, 81, 85, 93, 99, 101, 107, 112, 117, 119, 120, 135, 138, 140, 142, 155, 156, 167, 168, 174, 187, 188, 192, 194, 197, 205, 210, 227, 244, 245, 262, 264, 271, 278, 315, 328, 335, 361, 379, 383, 419, 421, 435-437, 444, 454, 461, 481, 546, 548, 551, 560, 587, 588, 590, 613, 622, 631, 632, 638, 667, 684-686, 694, 695, 705, 715, 723-726, 736, 810-812, 819, 896, 897, 973, 978, 992.

The following headstone inscriptions were obtained from R. Monteiths Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions Chiefly in Scotland 3, 6, 19, 34-36, 63, 65, 68, 80, 85, 100, 107, 117, 130, 172, 192, 202, 214, 303, 317, 432, 435, 461, 561, 622, 634, 638, 684, 708, 816, 992, 1213, 1215, 1452-1479. Codes used on some pages: 1 or DD, Dundee Delineated. 2 or RT: Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832. (Reproduced with kind permission of Dundee City Archive). 3: Eminent Burgesses of Dundee. 4: Dundee Celebrities of the 19th Century.