#greyfriars kirkyard

[glorianas]

greyfriars kirkyard, edinburgh, scotland, july 31st, 2023

#my photos #edinburgh #scotland #greyfriars kirkyard #photographers on tumblr

[receiving-tomb]

#edinburgh #Greyfriars Kirkyard #Cemetery #graveyard #monument #overgrown #momento mori #my photography #anlisa.photos

[thewaywardmoon]

So, day three in Edinburgh...

I’m starting the day at Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, which is a medieval church and graveyard with some colorful residents. It’s also the place where the skye terrier, “Bobby” is reputed to have visited his owner’s grave every day for 14 years, and there’s a statue of Bobby nearby

(Greyfriar’s Bobby statue from Must See Scotland)

A little over a year ago, I lost my dog, Cricket, who was my constant companion for 12 years. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over that loss, or can even explain what she means to me, but visiting Bobby while in Edinburgh feels like a necessary part of saying goodbye

I will probably be a mess after this, so I’ve given myself some time to sit with my feelings and maybe get something to eat before the next thing I do, which is a walking tour of the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle

(Edinburgh Castle via Trip Advisor)

There are actually two castles in Edinburgh, the Palace of Holyrood (which I’ll talk about more later) and this one, dating from the 11th century. The Royal Mile stretches between them, and most of the early city of Edinburgh was built around Edinburgh Castle

After the castle tour, I’m treating myself to dinner at The Witchery, which is just...

(The Witchery via Trip Advisor)

The Witchery is a restaurant and inn at the base of Edinburgh Castle, near the location where witches were executed from the 16th to 18th century. The Witchery is darkly gothic, and sort of pays homage to those who lost their lives. It’s also a popular stop for ghost tours on the Royal Mile

After dining with the ghosts of witches, I head back to my hotel to sleep and get ready for my last full day in Edinburgh

The next morning I’ll be hitting Edinburgh’s other castle, the Palace of Holyrood. This one’s a bit more contemporary than Edinburgh Castle. It was built in the 15th century and was once home to Mary, Queen of Scots. It’s also where the current royal family stays when they’re in Edinburgh

(The Palace of Holyrood via Wikipedia)

After the palace, I’m hoping to grab lunch or tea nearby, then spend the rest of the afternoon on the Royal Mile just shopping and sightseeing. Then I’m spending my last night in Edinburgh at The Piper’s Rest, a pub known for its craft beers and nightly live music. Then I wake up stupidly early the next day to catch a train back to London, where’ll be for several more days

I think that’s good for now. I’ll make another post on my London leg of the trip later

#travel #edinburgh #scotland #edinburgh castle #palace of holyroodhouse #greyfriars bobby #greyfriars kirkyard #the witchery #vampire holiday

[ghoulshavemorefun]

Greyfriars Kirkyard.

#dark #explore #travel #edinburgh #scotland #kodak ultramax 400 #cemetry #greyfriars kirkyard

[phantomstag]

relief sculptures located somewhere in greyfriars kirkyard -- a cemetery in edinburgh, scotland, that is said to be haunted.

#greyfriars kirkyard #edinburgh #scotland #relief sculpture #sculpture #relief #art history #cemetary #kirkyard #death #deathconsciousness

[oathartist]

A trip to Edinburgh

Oath

2023

#art #illustration #digitalart #drawing #oath #secret society #skeleton #artistsontumblr #digital illustration #edinburgh #scotland #photography #camera obscura #old town #new town #st giles cathedral #greyfriars bobby #greyfriars kirkyard #edinburgh castle

[2t2r]

Greyfriars Kirkyard le cimetière le plus hanté du monde

Nouvel article publié sur 2tout2rien: https://www.2tout2rien.fr/greyfriars-kirkyard-le-cimetiere-le-plus-hante-du-monde/

Greyfriars Kirkyard le cimetière le plus hanté du monde

#cimetière #ecosse #fantome #George MacKenzie #Greyfriars Kirkyard #hante #Harry Potter #record du monde #terreur #Voldemort #architecture #cinema #imxok

[cherrybright]

#edinburgh #Greyfriars Kirkyard #cimetery #spring #tom riddle #Harry Potter #scotland

[derkabobhall]

Memento Mori. (Edinburgh 2022)

#travel #edinburgh #scotland #no filter #graveyard #greyfriars kirkyard #gothic

[sometimesjenniferreads]

Goth girls in a cemetery...

#no it's a church yard #no it's a kirkyard #Greyfriars Kirkyard #Edinburgh #Scotland #memento mori

[squigglebottom]

#greyfriars kirkyard #edinburgh #scotland

[johnschneiderblog]

A bonny crop of skulls

While in Edinburgh, Scotland last month, we took a stroll through the city's most famous cemetery - Greyfriars Kirkyard , established in the late 16th Century.

The graveyard features an impressive selection of carved skulls. Halloween, it seems, is a good day to post some of the photos I took there.

Among the graves here is that of John Gray and his beloved dog Bobby, who, rumor has it, guarded his master's grave for 13 years.

#John Schneider #Edingurgh Scotland #Greyfriars Kirkyard cemetery #carved skulls

[scotianostra]

On January 14th 1872 Edinburgh’s world famous dog, Greyfriars Bobby died.

For many visitors to Edinburgh, a must-see is the statue of Greyfriar's Bobby on George IV Bridge and, although it's officially frowned upon, rubbing Bobby's nose for luck. The true story of Greyfriar's Bobby is so enchanting that even Walt Disney decided to make a movie about him.

Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became famous in the 19th century for his unwavering loyalty to his owner. In 1850 John Gray, his wife, Jess and their son John arrived in Edinburgh. John was a gardener but could not find employment in his new hometown, so he worked as a night watchman for the Edinburgh Police Force.

It was a lonely job, so to keep him company, he bought a wee Skye Terrier, who he called Bobby. Soon John and Bobby became inseparable through the long winter nights they maintained a watch over their charges.

Edinburgh's damp and murky weather eventually took its toll on John, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Despite treatment from the Police Surgeon, John died on 15th February 1858 and was buried in Greyfriar's Kirkyard.

Bobby, who had never been apart from John, refused to leave the cemetery and stayed by his owner's grave. Despite the efforts of the graveyard staff to evict Bobby, he always returned and eventually, they gave up and provided little Bobby with shelter beside John's Grave.

Word of Bobby's loyalty quickly spread, and he became a local sensation. It is said that crowds would gather outside the graveyard at one o'clock each day. When Edinburgh's famous one o'clock gun was fired, Bobby would leave the grave and join local joiner William Dow for a walk to a local coffee shop.

John and Bobby visited Traill’s Temperance Coffee House on their rounds, and Bobby was always given something to eat by the owner John  Traill. This tradition continued after John's passing, thanks to the generosity of the owner.

A new by-law was passed by the Edinburgh Council in 1867, making it mandatory that all dogs had a licence and a collar. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir William Chalmers, undertook to pay for Bobby's licence, and he received a collar with the inscription "Greyfriar's Bobby from the Lord Provost 1867 Licensed".

If you visit the Museum of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile, you can see Bobby's collar and drinking bowl. as seen in the pics, that I took in 2016/.

Bobby stayed by John's grave for 14 years until he passed in 1872. He was buried in the same cemetery, just a few feet away from his beloved owner.

Greyfriars Bobby's story is one of the most enduring tales of loyalty and devotion. It serves as a reminder of the special bond between humans and animals.

In 1981 a new headstone at Bobby's Grave was unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester. The inscription reads, "Greyfriars Bobby – Died 14 January 1872 – Aged 16 years – Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all".

The legend of Bobby touched the heart of Baroness Angelia Georgina Burdett-Coutts. She was the daughter of the banker Thomas Coutts (of Coutts Bank fame) and inherited £1.8 million on her grandfather's death, making her one of the wealthiest women in England.

Burdett-Coutts spent most of her wealth on philanthropic causes. She co-founded the Urania Cottage for "fallen young women" with Charles Dickens and became a social housing pioneer.

The Baroness got permission from Edinburgh Council to erect a statue of Bobby at the junction of Candlemakers Row and George IV Bridge, just outside Greyfriars Kirkyard. The artist William Brodie was commissioned to create the statue in 1872.

Since its unveiling, the statue of Bobby has become an important Edinburgh landmark.

#scotland #scottish #history #dog #loyalty #edinburgh

[gothiccharmschool]

Sightseeing at Greyfriars Kirkyard.

#traveling goth #fuck off body image demons

[dallasdoesntexist]

dark academic things I love since moving to Edinburgh

I recently moved to Edinburgh to study psychology at the University of Edinburgh. These are some things I like to remind myself of how privileged I am to be able to experience when I'm feeling a bit melancholic

The sun against Arthur's seat in the morning

Feeding the squirrels in George Square garden when you got to the lecture too early

The empty Royal Mile on your way to your 9AM

Mourning the loss of Teviot Row House (may she rest in peace... for two years while she gets renovated)

Watching the sun paint the sky pink and the buildings a deep orange as it sets, cup of hot earl grey tea, laptop open, notebooks everywhere, LED candles flickering around the room.

Tutorials where people take things as seriously as you do

Walking around Greyfriars Kirkyard on a crisp autumn evening, sipping chai from a local coffee house

Sharing biscuits with the crows in Holyrood park

Disgracing the architecture of the Holyrood Parliament building -- much preferring St Andrew's House -- but also just disgracing the Parliament as a whole

Not feeling like you're trying too hard; everyone's trying harder than you

Meeting a bunch of Oxbridge rejects. Being thankful you didn't apply (and thus avoided that embarrassment...)

Buying dried herbs from the herbalist across the street from the university to make your own tea blends

Quoting Shakespeare; someone finishes the quote for you

Pondering your own mortality in the many museums across the city (especially the Surgeon's Hall museum...)

Feeling validated when someone mentions they're on their third coffee of the day and it's only 12PM

getting the bus from Old Town to New Town, being able to look out across the North Sea. Mentally conjuring up Siren's songs

Venturing out to Leith for the Witchcraft Market once a month

Pinning handouts of poetry to your pin board in your room. Saves you spending money to print off your own

the Law library

Taking a French class, because Greek clashed with your main course and Latin had prerequisites. Studying all 3 on your own out of spite

Being taught in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, where Burke and Hare delivered bodies to

It's normal to wear a suit and tie every day; it's also normal to wear a hoodie and jeans if you woke up too late from studying all night

Cringing when someone compares the city to Harry Potter. Then softening as you realise they're just noticing the same magic that you noticed, too, only articulating it differently

Watching the trees turn red and scatter their leaves across the pavement before they're carried away by the wind. being reminded once again of your own approaching doom

Going to the Frankenstein bar, zoning out of the conversation and watching the black&white film that plays on loop. Then talking at the person next to you about the inaccuracy, using quotes from the novel to back up your argument

Bonus points if they agree

Everyone freaking out about deadlines in a few weeks' time; knowing you'll be fine, because you developed your study methods in school

The Christmas market coming up

Farmers' markets on the weekends

Beltane Fire Society, and the upcoming Samhuinn festival in the pitch black of Holyrood park

Imagining the horses and their carriages trotting along the cobblestone roads

Fantasising about moving to Dean's village; knowing you'll have to settle for Stockbridge

Or wanting to move to Murrayfield, but not wanting to be too far from the university

Vanilla room spray. Fresh black coffee. Biscuits to dip into it

Being the one people go to for answers, but only helping them if they're genuinely stuck and want to learn

Cashmere scarf, tweed coat, saddle bag -- copious amounts of compliments on your outfit choice

Watching the bats flutter past your window

Not being able to go into the castle, lest you fail all your exams!

Buying a hefty coat from Armstrong & Son's vintage emporium

Double doors built so small, you have to open both in order to get through. Then feeling like a villain as the heavy wood slams behind you

Dimly lit, dark wooden hallways

Free coffee, if you know where to look

Taking a nap in the library between lectures. No weird stares

Being able to spot the people you know have definitely read The Secret History, or The Song of Achilles, or The Picture of Dorian Gray

Avoiding the touristy areas, but finding places just as good

#writers of tumblr #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academism #academia #edinburgh #scotland #chaotic academia #light academia #studyblr #study aesthetic #student life #studying #studyspo #study motivation #study blog #university of edinburgh

[assassinationtipsforladies]

So, I was writing this response to a post about how aggressively JK Rowling pissed away the massive goodwill she once had, but then tumblr ate it. So I wanted to tell you all about the current JK Rowling drama in Scotland. It's obviously not even 1% as important as her transphobic campaigning, that is the thing you should hate her for, but it is extremely funny and deeply weird, so lets have a giggle about it. So, you know those Harry Potter tours of Edinburgh? That go around showing locations where JK wrote the book, and locations that inspired elements in the books, and also do nothing but benefit her reputation and the HP-nostalgia-industrial complex? Right, so this is JKR with the Harry Potter tour industry in Edinburgh (she's fine with the London ones, I guess) this week

She's declared that actually, the HP universe arrived fully formed in her head and she had no inspiration from anyone and anything. It's a total coicidence that Greyfriars Kirkyard, where she used to walk her daughter before going to the cafe to write, has residents including a McGonnagall, Moody, Tom Riddell, an entire row of members of the Potter family, and Scrimegeour (You know, that extremely common name Scrimegeour what she might have run across anywhere) or that the George Heriot school, also on her professed walking path, is a big spooky castle with four school houses, the colours of which are blue, green, red, and yellow. I mean for sure some of the tours exaggerate the level of influence or the certainty that this place directly inspired this or that thing in Harry Potter. Pretty much every old British city has at least one street that's reminiscent of Diagon Alley, and all those stuffy old private schools look somewhat like Hogwarts and pretty much all British schools use the house system. But at the same time, of course she was influenced by the world around her. Of course the stuff she saw every day made it's way in to her writing. It would be weird if it didn't. And like. My good bitch. You got those character names from those graves. Maybe not the potters, Potter is a super common name, but come the fuck on. There's co-incidences and there's Scrimegeor. It's weird how increasingly hostile Rowling seems to be to admit that she got any inspiration from anything at all. Like influences are normal and fine. You can admit that you enjoyed boarding school stories and children's fantasy, that you got character names from a graveyard, that you maybe saw kids preforming highland dancing on the school lawn in their house colours and dug the aesthetic. It's all fine.And if she admitted that anything was an influence it would be way more credible when she tries to say 'actually no. I never noticed that'. Also, you know subconscious influence is real. It's just so bizaare and petty that she's attacking essentially her most loyal fans for wanting to connect to her work. Also it is just me or does she just absolutely loathe Scotland.