During the Mid 19th Century there were three Cholera Outbreaks in the Town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. From July to November 1832, 63 individuals who were mostly females that were living in poor conditions fell ill and died from the disease! The hospital in Hamilton (near the Barracks) and other expenses that incurred cost the Parish upwards of L.600.
c. 1858 Map Clipping Showing The Location Of The Cholera Mass Grave Near The Old Parish Church Circled In Red.
Present Day Google Earth/Satellite View of The Cholera Mass Grave Location Circled In White.
There is a Mass Grave and Memorial Stone in Memory of the Victims of the 1832 Disaster in which the people died. The stone is in the grounds of Hamilton Bowling Club and just outside the Old Parish Churchyard Wall. Since the Hamilton Bowling Club aquired the land c. 1841, the Memorial Stone has been moved twice from it’s original location/postion. It now sits in the exact grounds of the club, next to the left of the Club House.
Hamilton Bowling Club On Strathmore Road, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The Cholera Mass Grave Memorial Stone which sits in the left corner of Hamilton Bowling Club.
The inscription reads as follows;
This Stone
Marks The Graves
Of
Many Poor
Who
Died Of Cholera
In
1832
Hamilton Historian. Terry Murphy 