Jesmond, Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb

HER Number:
8816

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, 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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
2574

Northing:
6544

Grid Reference:
NZ25746544

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/344