North Gosforth Cemetery

HER Number

13403

District

Newcastle

Site Name

North Gosforth Cemetery

Place

Hazlerigg

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

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

Opened in 1878. There are just over 4000 interments [up to October 2002]. It mainly serves the Wideopen, Seaton Burn, Dudley, Dinnington and Hazlerigg areas. There are numerous victims of mining accidents buried in the cemetery. 1881 Joseph Gascoigne 'killed by a boiler explosion at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 31. 1893 Robert Atchison 'accidently killed in the mine at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 43 'DEATH DID TO ME SHORT WARNING GIVE, THEREFORE BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE, MY WEEPING FRIENDS LEFT BEHIND, I HAD NOT TIME TO SPEAK MY MIND'. 1930 John Shield 'died of injuries received at Dudley Colliery' aged 54.

Easting

424170

Northing

571860

Grid Reference

NZ424170571860

Sources

Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 160