Tyne and Wear HER(9846): Elswick, St. John's Cemetery, Jew's Burial Ground - Details
9846
Newcastle
Elswick, St. John's Cemetery, Jew's Burial Ground
Elswick
NZ26SW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Inhumation Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery
Early Modern
C19
Structure
The Jewish section of Elswick Cemetery is of high cultural value and history. The section is separate from the rest of St. John’s Cemetery and dates back to around the 1830s. It includes a mixture of Jewish gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions in sandstone and polished granite. LOCAL LIST
2233
6370
NZ22336370
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 188