Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb
Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb
HER Number
8816
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Canopied Tomb
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Canopied tomb. Circa 1842; signed R. DAVIES S NEWCASTLE. Memorial to Keenleyside
children, died 1841, 1841 and 1842, aged one, 12 and lO, and to other members of
the Keenleyside family including Thomas W. died 1867. Sandstone ashlar. Stepped
base to effigy of baby on couch under canopy of 4 slender octagonal piers, Tudor
arches, and central pendant. Historical note: 1841 and 1842 were years of cholera
epidemics. LISTED GRADE 2
children, died 1841, 1841 and 1842, aged one, 12 and lO, and to other members of
the Keenleyside family including Thomas W. died 1867. Sandstone ashlar. Stepped
base to effigy of baby on couch under canopy of 4 slender octagonal piers, Tudor
arches, and central pendant. Historical note: 1841 and 1842 were years of cholera
epidemics. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425740
Northing
565440
Grid Reference
NZ425740565440
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/344