Gosforth, Church of St. Nicholas, grave of Thomas Doubleday

HER Number:
13392

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Church of St. Nicholas, grave of Thomas Doubleday

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Thomas Doubleday (1790-1870) poet, dramatist, biographer and radical politician. He inherited the family soap manufacturing business (Doubleday and Easterby) in The Close but was more interested in literature. The business collapsed. Thomas became Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths at St. Andrew's Church in Newcastle. He was later secretary of the coal trade. He was an outspoken Whig and supporter of Earl Grey's Reform Bill of 1832. He was a well-respected poet and thinker. He and his friens Robert Roxby wrote a series known as 'Fisher's Garlands' which was published annually.

Easting:
251

Northing:
681

Grid Reference:
NZ251681

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 153