Hebburn Cemetery

HER Number

5234

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn Cemetery

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Mixed Cemetery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Due to the growth in population in Hebburn and the inconvenience of travelling to the cemeteries at Jarrow and Hedworth, the Monkton and Jarrow Burial Board purchased 14 acres of land for Hebburn Cemetery. It opened in 1890. The entrance is a gothic arch with an avenue leading to two gothic chapels, one Church of Englnad the other Nonconformist. The chapels are linked by a gateway arch by Frederick West of Hebburn) and topped with a 75 foot high spire

Easting

430900

Northing

563900

Grid Reference

NZ430900563900

Sources

<< HER 5234 >> F. Green, 1995, Historic Parks & Gardens in Tyne and Wear, Stage 2 Research; Simpson & Brown and South Tyneside Council, 2007, Hebburn Hall Conservation Area - First draft Character Appraisal; www.hebburn.org; www.norman.dunn247.com; www.999hebburn.co.uk