Church of St. James, grave of John A. Pendlington

HER Number

12886

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Church of St. James, grave of John A. Pendlington

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific

Gravestone

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

John Atkinson Pendlington was a businessman with a passion for cricket. He was a member of Benwell Cricket Club and invented the Linear Method of cricket scoring. He lived on Fairholm Road in Benwell until he died in 1914.

Easting

421690

Northing

564100

Grid Reference

NZ421690564100

Sources

St. James Church Graveyard Group, no date, A Guide to St. James' Graveyard