At one time, Calton was its own separate village at the east end of what is now Princes Street, and at the base of Calton Hill. In 1718, the Society of the Incorporated Trades of Calton bought a half acre of ground for use as a burial ground for the village. A century later, a new road was to be built which would run through the centre of the cemetery. It was decided that a new cemetery should be built where bodies from part of the cemetery affected by the road could be relocated.
Like many of the cemeteries in Edinburgh, Old Calton is the
final resting place for many of the city’s important citizens.
There's the remarkable statue of Abraham Lincoln there, too.
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