Newcastle Gaol, burial ground

HER Number

11344

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle Gaol, burial ground

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The small grassed area in Carliol Square is believed to be the site of the prison burial ground.

Easting

425220

Northing

564340

Grid Reference

NZ425220564340

Sources

'Prison Newcastle' a poster by Jon Welsh; Nigel Green, 2009, Tough Times & Grisly Crimes, page 101