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# '''Greek Church & cemetery''' - the [[Greek]] Church of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Redeemer on Mount Tabor was consecreted 6 August 1781, but demolished and a new one built at Kalighat in 1926. "Greek cemetery at 105 Narkeldanga Main Road is forlorn" (NB: Interestingly I have a CD of pictures of Greek gravestones which was given to me, but need transcribing).
# '''Portuguese Church & burial grounds''' of which there seem to be several, the most notable may be the [[Portuguese]] Burial Ground at Boithakhana, opened on 8 February 1786.
# '''St Pauls Cathedral'''
3, 4 and 5 above adjoined opposite the South Park Street Cemetery which has been recently restored to a good standard. The sites of these cemeteries are now occupied by tall buildings.
*Mullickbazar grave of ''Economist'' founder James Wilson, died 11 August 1860, in this [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090811/jsp/calcutta/story_11343895.jsp link] from the ''Telegraph'', Calcutta. ‘Father of Indian finance', he was finance member of the Viceroy of India Council, akin to the post of chancellor of the Indian Exchequer.
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org www.indian-cemeteries.org] has photgraphs and transcriptions from the following cemeteries:
**Lower Circular Road Cemetery.
**North Park Street Cemetery.
**Scotts Cemetery.
**South Park Street Cemetery.
**St Johns Church.
**St Johns Church Black Hole Memorial.
**St Pauls Cathedral.
===Historical books online===
