Newcastle General Cemetery, Joseph Wilson tomb

HER Number:
9168

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle General Cemetery, Joseph Wilson tomb

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Tomb

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

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:
425670

Northing:
565510

Grid Reference:
NZ425670565510

Lats/Lons:

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