Jesmond Old Cemetery, Grave of John Hawthorn
Jesmond Old Cemetery, Grave of John Hawthorn
HER Number
15954
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Jesmond Old Cemetery, Grave of John Hawthorn
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
John Hawthorn. 1808-1866. His gravestone reads 'Surgeon of this town who died 1866 from Typhus fever taken in the discharge of his duties aged 58. This monument is erected by a few friends and patients of the deceased as a token of respect and esteem'.
Easting
425630
Northing
565470
Grid Reference
NZ425630565470
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2000, A Fine and Private Place - Jesmond Old Cemetery, p 24