These images serve to illustrate the development of the memorials over time. It also shows the extravagance of the memorials raised in 1610’s to the 1630’s – no doubt due to the prosperity of that period, which is a marked contrast to the relative paucity of memorials raised between 1640 and 1667 – no doubt due to War, Plague, Occupation and Economic Depression in Edinburgh during those decades.
The date order is based mostly on the year of first death, except for Hope where the death was 150 years before the memorial and Little where the death was 100 years before the memorial.
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