Tyne and Wear HER(8816): Jesmond, Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb - Details
8816
Newcastle
Jesmond, Newcastle General Cemetery, Keenleyside Tomb
Jesmond
NZ26NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Tomb
Canopied Tomb
Early Modern
C19
Structure
Canopied tomb. Circa 1842; signed R. DAVIES S NEWCASTLE. Memorial to Keenleyside
children, died 1841, 1841 and 1842, aged one, 12 and lO, and to other members of
the Keenleyside family including Thomas W. died 1867. Sandstone ashlar. Stepped
base to effigy of baby on couch under canopy of 4 slender octagonal piers, Tudor
arches, and central pendant. Historical note: 1841 and 1842 were years of cholera
epidemics. LISTED GRADE 2
2574
6544
NZ25746544
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/344