Tyne and Wear HER(13200): All Saints Cemetery, grave of Francis Batey - Details
13200
Newcastle
All Saints Cemetery, grave of Francis Batey
Jesmond
NZ26NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Grave Marker
Gravestone
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Structure
Urn monument to Francis Batey (1841-1915), steam tug boat owner. Francis joined his father's tug boat business at the age of 11 and eventually gained his master's certificate. When the Albert Edward Dock opened in 1884, he was assistant pilot on the Rio Amazonas, the first ship to enter the dock. He went on to be chairman of several tug related companies on the River Tyne. One of his sons, John Thomas Batey, became Managing Director of Hawthorn Leslie's Hebburn shipyard.
425730
565670
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Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 70