Jesmond, Newcastle General Cemetery, Joseph Wilson tomb

HER Number:
9168

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Newcastle General Cemetery, Joseph Wilson tomb

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Tomb

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Broken obelisk tomb. Circa 1841. Memorial, to Joseph Wilson, composer of popular Tyneside songs, died 1841. Sandstone ashlar; base inscribed with verse in dialect. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2567

Northing:
6551

Grid Reference:
NZ25676551

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/342