Woodside Infants School at Chelmsford Road, Hylton Castle was a former military camp. It had at least three Nissen huts, two wooden huts for classrooms and a brick toilet block with a concrete roof, that may also have served as an air raid shelter. The buildings appear on OS maps of 1951. Was the site connected with RAF Usworth?
Site Type: Broad
Military Camp
SITEDESC
Woodside Infants School at Chelmsford Road, Hylton Castle was a former military camp. It had at least three Nissen huts, two wooden huts for classrooms and a brick toilet block with a concrete roof, that may also have served as an air raid shelter. The buildings appear on OS maps of 1951. Was the site connected with RAF Usworth?
Site Name
Hylton Castle, Chelmsford Road, military camp
Site Type: Specific
Military Camp
HER Number
13408
Form of Evidence
Oral Evidence
Sources
Pers comm, Tom Scott, 5 October 2010
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9865
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426000
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Byker
Description
Thomas Coulthard (1779-1829) brewer. Thomas was known as the heaviest man in the district. His oak coffin was probably the largest ever seen in Newcastle. It measured 6 feet 7.5 inches long, 3 feet 5 inches at the shoulders and 2 feet 4.5 inches deep. His burial was witnessed by a crowd of people on 24 November. Sykes Records featured a drawing of the coffin. There is no surviving headstone.
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
SITEDESC
Thomas Coulthard (1779-1829) brewer. Thomas was known as the heaviest man in the district. His oak coffin was probably the largest ever seen in Newcastle. It measured 6 feet 7.5 inches long, 3 feet 5 inches at the shoulders and 2 feet 4.5 inches deep. His burial was witnessed by a crowd of people on 24 November. Sykes Records featured a drawing of the coffin. There is no surviving headstone.
Site Name
Church of St. Ann, grave of Thomas Coulthard
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
HER Number
13407
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 128
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9865, 4153
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
426000
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Joseph Crawhall (1793-1853) ropemaker and artist. Born in Allendale. Arrived in Newcastle aged 16 with his elder brother Thomas. He began a ropemaking apprenticeship at the wooden shipyard at St. Peter's. In 1812 he took over St Ann's ropery opposite St. Ann's Church. Joseph was a fine painter, caricaturalist, lithographer, etcher and wood engraver. He was a friend of wood engraver Thomas Bewick. Joseph was Mayor of Newcastle in 1849 and a magistrate. He died at Stagshaw House near Corbridge aged 59. The Crawhall family monument has been vandalised and awaits restoration.
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
SITEDESC
Joseph Crawhall (1793-1853) ropemaker and artist. Born in Allendale. Arrived in Newcastle aged 16 with his elder brother Thomas. He began a ropemaking apprenticeship at the wooden shipyard at St. Peter's. In 1812 he took over St Ann's ropery opposite St. Ann's Church. Joseph was a fine painter, caricaturist, lithographer, etcher and wood engraver. He was a friend of wood engraver Thomas Bewick. Joseph was Mayor of Newcastle in 1849 and a magistrate. He died at Stagshaw House near Corbridge aged 59. The Crawhall family monument has been vandalised and awaits restoration.
Site Name
Church of St. Ann, grave of Joseph Crawhall
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
HER Number
13406
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 126-128
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
10956
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
424660
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568840
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Gosforth
Description
Opened in 1943 by Gosforth Urban District Council because the churchyard at St. Nicholas Church was getting full. There have been around 4050 interments to date [2004].
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
Opened in 1943 by Gosforth Urban District Council because the churchyard at St. Nicholas Church was getting full. There have been around 4050 interments to date [2004].
Site Name
Gosforth Garden Village, Hollywood Avenue Cemetery
Site Type: Specific
Mixed Cemetery
HER Number
13405
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 162
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
166
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
424640
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570110
parish
North Gosforth
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
North Gosforth
SAMNUMBER
32056
Description
The evidence for burials consisted of coffins, grave covers, plain and decorated, medieval and C17, and 4 skeletons found in the chancel. Burials suggest it was a parochial chapel. Burials possibly into 18th century. The medieval chapel probably fell into ruins in the 17th century but its attached burial ground remained in use. In the 1780s a clergyman read a burial service there. Several medieval grave slabs and later gravestones lie scattered around the ruins in the grass. The most easily read is to William Hedley, yeoman, who died in 1664. He, his wife and their 12 children are buried here. 'IN CHRISTAIN HOPE ONE RESTS HERE, OBSCURE YET TENDER SHED A TEARE, HE WAS A GODLY ZEALOUS YOUTH, NEVER DESERTING FROM THE TRUTH, HUMILITIE LOVE HONESTIE, EACH VERTUE OF HUMANITIE, DID IN HIM FLOURISH, WHILE HERE HE LIVED IN FAITH HOPE AND CHARITIE, ENDING THIS LIFE IN GODLY SORT, YIELDING TO THE WORLD A GOOD REPORT'. His arms and crest appear below the epitaph. A less readable stone to John Robinson is adjacent. A watching brief in 2009 by the County Archaeologist during the installation of an information board recorded human bones.
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
The evidence for burials consisted of coffins, grave covers, plain and decorated, medieval and C17, and 4 skeletons found in the chancel. Burials suggest it was a parochial chapel. Burials possibly into 18th century. The medieval chapel probably fell into ruins in the 17th century but its attached burial ground remained in use. In the 1780s a clergyman read a burial service there. Several medieval grave slabs and later gravestones lie scattered around the ruins in the grass. The most easily read is to William Hedley, yeoman, who died in 1664. He, his wife and their 12 children are buried here. 'IN CHRISTAIN HOPE ONE RESTS HERE, OBSCURE YET TENDER SHED A TEARE, HE WAS A GODLY ZEALOUS YOUTH, NEVER DESERTING FROM THE TRUTH, HUMILITIE LOVE HONESTIE, EACH VERTUE OF HUMANITIE, DID IN HIM FLOURISH, WHILE HERE HE LIVED IN FAITH HOPE AND CHARITIE, ENDING THIS LIFE IN GODLY SORT, YIELDING TO THE WORLD A GOOD REPORT'. His arms and crest appear below the epitaph. A less readable stone to John Robinson is adjacent. A watching brief in 2009 by the County Archaeologist during the installation of an information board recorded human bones. Dated C12-18th.
Site Name
North Gosforth Chapel, burial ground
Site Type: Specific
Churchyard
SITE_STAT
Scheduled Monument
HER Number
13404
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
J. Brand, 1989, History of Newcastle I, pp. 321-2
J. Bell, 1832, An Account of the Remains of a Chapel,…near Low Gosforth House, Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, II, pp. 243-245
G.B. Richardson, 1841, Remains of the Old Chapel of So.(sic) Gosforth 184,1Northumberland Records Office
E. Mackenzie, 1825, History of Northumberland Vol. II, p. 470
Rev. R.E. Hooppell, 1882, On the Ruins of an Early Church at North Gosforth, near Newcastle… JBAA, Vol. 38, pp. 117-121
S. Holmes, 1883, Recent Investigations at the Ruined Chapel of North Gosforth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, IX, pp. 205-210
R. Welford, (date unknown) A History of the Parish of Gosforth pp. 19-22
J.C. Hodgson,1916, Notices of Ruined Towers, Chapels, etc. in Northumberland circa 1715, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XIII, p. 12
M.H. Dodds, 1930, North Gosforth Chapel, Northumberland County History, XIII, pp. 338-9
Photo, Newcastle Planning Dept. City Engineers Reprographics, 1980, North Gosforth Chapel Neg. nos. 7925/1-4
W.W. Tomlinson, 1899, North Gosforth Chapel, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, VIII (for 1897-98), 227; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2005, North Gosforth Chapel, Kingsley Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne - geophysical surveys; Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 161-2
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
10858, 10954
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
424170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571860
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hazlerigg
Description
Opened in 1878. There are just over 4000 interments [up to October 2002]. It mainly serves the Wideopen, Seaton Burn, Dudley, Dinnington and Hazlerigg areas. There are numerous victims of mining accidents buried in the cemetery. 1881 Joseph Gascoigne 'killed by a boiler explosion at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 31. 1893 Robert Atchison 'accidently killed in the mine at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 43 'DEATH DID TO ME SHORT WARNING GIVE, THEREFORE BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE, MY WEEPING FRIENDS LEFT BEHIND, I HAD NOT TIME TO SPEAK MY MIND'. 1930 John Shield 'died of injuries received at Dudley Colliery' aged 54.
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
Opened in 1878. There are just over 4000 interments [up to October 2002]. It mainly serves the Wideopen, Seaton Burn, Dudley, Dinnington and Hazlerigg areas. There are numerous victims of mining accidents buried in the cemetery. 1881 Joseph Gascoigne 'killed by a boiler explosion at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 31. 1893 Robert Atchison 'accidently killed in the mine at Seaton Burn Colliery' aged 43 'DEATH DID TO ME SHORT WARNING GIVE, THEREFORE BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE, MY WEEPING FRIENDS LEFT BEHIND, I HAD NOT TIME TO SPEAK MY MIND'. 1930 John Shield 'died of injuries received at Dudley Colliery' aged 54.
Site Name
North Gosforth Cemetery
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery
HER Number
13403
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 160
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9994
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
423700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567600
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Gosforth
Description
John Farnon (1851-1923) department store owner. Farnon was an Irish linen importer. He founded Farnons Department Store in Nun Street in 1882. He and his wife Annie Richardson lived above the shop. Farnon was a councillor for Gosforth Urban District Council for 25 years and chairman in 1917-18. He served on the Newcastle School Board and was a JP for Newcastle. He donated the apse window to St. Charles RC Church in Gosforth. His two surviving daughters donated the Lady Altar at the same church in memory of their parents.
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
SITEDESC
John Farnon (1851-1923) department store owner. Farnon was an Irish linen importer. He founded Farnons Department Store in Nun Street in 1882. He and his wife Annie Richardson lived above the shop. Farnon was a councillor for Gosforth Urban District Council for 25 years and chairman in 1917-18. He served on the Newcastle School Board and was a JP for Newcastle. He donated the apse window to St. Charles RC Church in Gosforth. His two surviving daughters donated the Lady Altar at the same church in memory of their parents.
Site Name
Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of John Farnon
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
HER Number
13402
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 159
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9994
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
423700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567600
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
Rt. Rev. John William Bewick (1824-1886), Bishop and founder of St. Cuthbert's RC grammar school. Bewick was born at Minsteracres in Northumberland. He trained for the priesthood at Ushaw College and was ordained in 1850. In 1853 while helping the sick, he caught cholera, but recovered. He became third Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1882. He established the Industrial Schools in Gosforth for destitute boys and girls and helped found St. Cuthbert's RC Grammar School in Bath Lane, which later moved to Benwell.
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
SITEDESC
Rt. Rev. John William Bewick (1824-1886), Bishop and founder of St. Cuthbert's RC grammar school. Bewick was born at Minsteracres in Northumberland. He trained for the priesthood at Ushaw College and was ordained in 1850. In 1853 while helping the sick, he caught cholera, but recovered. He became third Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1882. He established the Industrial Schools in Gosforth for destitute boys and girls and helped found St. Cuthbert's RC Grammar School in Bath Lane, which later moved to Benwell.
Site Name
Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of Rev. JW Bewick
Site Type: Specific
Tomb
HER Number
13401
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 159
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9967
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
425100
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Gosforth
Description
John Ramsay (1707-1782) aged 75. His gravestone is inscribed with this epitaph: YE POLITICIANS STOP AND PAUSE! A PATRIOT LIETH HERE, WHO LOVED HIS COUNTRY AND ITS LAWS, AND LIBERTY HELD DEAR. TO MATHEMATICKS HE INCLINED, HIS MIND WAS ALWAYS GAY. AN HUSBAND GOOD, AND PARENT KIND, WAS HONEST JOHN RAMSAY.
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
SITEDESC
John Ramsay (1707-1782) aged 75. His gravestone is inscribed with this epitaph: YE POLITICIANS STOP AND PAUSE! A PATRIOT LIETH HERE, WHO LOVED HIS COUNTRY AND ITS LAWS, AND LIBERTY HELD DEAR. TO MATHEMATICKS HE INCLINED, HIS MIND WAS ALWAYS GAY. AN HUSBAND GOOD, AND PARENT KIND, WAS HONEST JOHN RAMSAY.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, grave of John Ramsay
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
HER Number
13400
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 157
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9967
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
425100
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Gosforth
Description
John Dees (1796-1849), mason. Dees was killed by an explosion of gas at Gosforth Colliery on 14 June 1849. Thomas Forster and John Lawson were also killed. It was the first fatal explosion at the colliery in 20 years.
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
SITEDESC
John Dees (1796-1849), mason. Dees was killed by an explosion of gas at Gosforth Colliery on 14 June 1849. Thomas Forster and John Lawson were also killed. It was the first fatal explosion at the colliery in 20 years.
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, grave of John Dees
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
HER Number
13399
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 157