Byker, Church of St. Ann, grave of Thomas Coulthard

HER Number:
13407

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Church of St. Ann, grave of Thomas Coulthard

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Thomas Coulthard (1779-1829) brewer. Thomas was known as the heaviest man in the district. His oak coffin was probably the largest ever seen in Newcastle. It measured 6 feet 7.5 inches long, 3 feet 5 inches at the shoulders and 2 feet 4.5 inches deep. His burial was witnessed by a crowd of people on 24 November. Sykes Records featured a drawing of the coffin. There is no surviving headstone.

Easting:
260

Northing:
642

Grid Reference:
NZ260642

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 128