Convent of the Good Shepherd, burial ground
Convent of the Good Shepherd, burial ground
HER Number
13252
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Convent of the Good Shepherd, burial ground
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Structure
Description
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd used part of their grounds as a private burial ground. The convent was demolished in the 1980s to make way for housing. The burial ground was tidied up and the headstones replaced by a single memorial stone which says 'R.I.P. PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF THE 48 GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS AND THEIR CHAPLAIN WHO LIE BURIED HERE'.
Easting
425840
Northing
568140
Grid Reference
NZ425840568140
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 142