Sacred Heart Convent, cemetery

HER Number

13241

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Sacred Heart Convent, cemetery

Place

Fenham

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The Society of the Sacred Heart was founded in France in 1800 and arrived in England in 1842. It came to Newcastle in 1904 and moved to Fenham Hall (HER 9103) to establish a school and college. There are over 40 headstones in this small cemetery, which mark the resting place of St. Mary's College.

Easting

422130

Northing

565380

Grid Reference

NZ422130565380

Sources

Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 124