Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of James Wilkie

HER Number:
13233

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of James Wilkie

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
James Wilkie (1762-1834) was a surgeon and apothecary of the Newcastle Dispensary. His memorial was erected by the Governors of the Dispensary as 'a mark of respect for his humane and faithful services over a period of 50 years'. It depicts a snake wrapped around a tree. His son took over his work, but jumped to his death from a first floor window in 1838, aged 40. He is buried in this cemetery also.

Easting:
2368

Northing:
6418

Grid Reference:
NZ23686418

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 118