Jarrow Cemetery

HER Number

5248

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow Cemetery

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow Burial Board was formed in 1864. Two mortuary chapels were built in brick, one for members of the Church of England and the other for Roman Catholics. The cemetery was consecrated in 1869 by the Bishop of Durham. Six acres of the site was allocated for CofE and nine for the Roman Catholics and dissenters. The planting in the cemetery has survived well including hollies, elms, oaks, maples, willow, birch and a variegated elm.

Easting

433300

Northing

564300

Grid Reference

NZ433300564300

Sources

<< HER 5248 >> F. Green, 1995, A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, p 30