Percy Street, Nonconformists/Puritan Burial Ground

HER Number:
5994

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Percy Street, Nonconformists/Puritan Burial Ground

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cemetery

Site Type: Specific:
Cemetery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
"Burying Ground" shown on Hutton's map of 1770. Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, XIX, xv

Easting:
424750

Northing:
564840

Grid Reference:
NZ424750564840

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<> Charles Hutton, 1770, A Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, XIX, xv; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 28; Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 169-70