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13394


Newcastle


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


Gosforth


NZ26NE


Religious Ritual and Funerary


Grave Marker


Gravestone


Early Modern


C19


Structure


Thomas Hedley (1809-1890) soap maker. Thomas began work as a clerk at a Gateshead firm of grocers, tallow chandlers and wine merchants. In 1838 the business was specialising in soap production and moved to City Road (City Soap Works), Newcastle. Hedley became a partner, then a proprietor. Hedley was Mayor of Newcastle in 1863. He was also a JP and helped set up Coxlodge psychiatric hospital. In 1930 the business was taken over by American soapmakers Proctor and Gamble.


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681


NZ251681



Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 154

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