Not a famous individual, but a very unusual and striking gravestone. The gravestone features his head and shoulders in relief and the symbols of the Freemasons and theatrical masks. He is described as a 'Tragedian', presumably an actor which specialised in tragedy. Morgan [2004] notes that the cemetery architect was Pritchard of Darlington and wonders if the two are connected. John Pritchard 1830-1868.

John McKay (1884-1964) was a miner, MP and Honorary Freeman of Wallsend. In 1910 he gained a diploma in economics and political science from Ruskin College, Oxford. He became MP for Wallsend in 1945.

Police Constable Bain (1826-1867) was killed by an explosion of nitro-glycerine (used in mines for blasting) on the Town Moor. The nitro-glycerine had been stored in a cellar at the White Swan Inn Yard in the Cloth Market. For safety a magistrate ordered its removal. John Mawson, Sheriff and chemist by trade, recommended that the explosive was poured down a disused mine shaft on the Town Moor. Six canisters were emptied down the shaft. Three remained but the contents had crystallised and they exploded. Five of the party of seven, including PC Bain, died instantly. John Mawson, Sheriff, and Thomas Bryson, town surveyor, died two days later. They are buried in Jesmond Old Cemetery.

William Lister Newcombe (1848-1929) was an architect. He was educated at Dr. Bruce's Academy in Percy Street. He went on to become one of Newcastle's leading architects. His work includes the Royal Victoria Infirmary (with H.P. Adams). His grave monument is a classical triumphal arch with four Tuscan columns, wreaths and a Greek inscription. Next to it is the chest tomb of his parents Frederick and Ann Newcombe and the red granite gravestone of his brother Frederick William Newcombe MD JP.

Sir George Burton Hunter (1845-1937) was a shipbuilder. He was the son of a Sunderland ship owner and sea captain. George Burton Hunter formed a shipbuilding partnership of Austin and Hunter on Wearside. He was head hunted by the Swan family when he was in his mid 30s and left Wearside to form a new firm at Walker with the widow of Charles Sheriton Swan, which became known as C.S. Swan & Hunter. In 1903 the company merged with J. Wigham Richardson. They won the contract to build the luxury liner Mauretania for Cunard. Hunter married Ann Hudson, neice of George Hudson MP, the 'Railway King'. George and Ann lived at Wallsend then moved to Clayton Road, Jesmond, around 1890. He gave land for St. Luke's Church in Wallsend. In 1914 he bought Wallsend Hall and gave it to the Borough for civic use two years later. It is the Civic Hall today. The Sir G.B. Hunter Memorial Hospital stands alongside. In 1918 Hunter received a knighthood for services rendered during the First World War.

Dr George Haliburton Hume (1846-1923) was a surgeon and Dr William Errington Hume (1879-1960) was a physician. The Hume family came from Kelso in the Scottish borders. William Hume married Elizabeth Haliburton. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and qualified as a surgeon aged 20. He worked at Newcastle Infirmary and lived on Westgate Road. In 1881 he moved to No. 4 Ellison Place. His son William Errington Hume was one of five children. He studied medicine at Cambridge then went on on to specialise in cardiology at the RVI. During the First World War he volunteered to serve in France so he could study the effects of poison gas and wet trench disease. He was awarded the CMG (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George). He met his future wife Marie in France. After the war they returned to Newcastle and he practised in Ellison Place. He introduced the electrocardiograph to Newcastle and received a knighthood in 1952 for services to medicine. William and Marie had five children, including George (Cardinal Basil Hume) who became head of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. The Hume monument is a plain cross on three steps.

Ralph Hedley (1848-1913) was an artist and wood engraver. He served an apprenticeship as a wood carver, later setting up a business in New Bridge Street as an 'Artistic and Architecural Carver'. He made models and moulds for Joseph Swan's light bulbs but church furnishings were his main product. He produced much of the carvings in St. Nicholas Cathedral in 1882, including the Bishop's throne. Ralph was also a painter, having been taught by William Bell Scott at the Newcastle School of Art. For 15 years he exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy. His best works include The Ballard Seller, The News-Boy, Going Home and Geordie ha'ad the Bairn. His gravestone is a Celic cross monument.

Dr. Thomas Emerson Headlam (1777-1864) was a physician and Whig politician. He was the youngest son of a shipbuilder at South Shore, Gateshead. Thomas attended the Royal Grammar School then went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. He graduated in 1800. He married Isabella the eldest daughter of Sir William Loraine of Kirkharle. They lived in Charlotte Square, later Northumberland Street. They also owned Crag Hall and later Black Dene House in Jesmond. Dene Bridge bears his initials and the date 1850. For over 50 years Thomas was Newcastle's leading physician. His obituary in The Lancet called him 'one of the most eminent English provincial physicians'. He was key in founding the College of Medicine in 1851. He was a dedicated Whig and supported political reform under Earl Grey. He became a councillor for St. Andrew's ward in 1835, then an Alderman and JP. He served twice as Mayor of Newcastle in 1837 and 1845. He was Vice President of the Literary and Philosophical Society and President for 5 years. At his funeral huge crowds lined the route to the cemetery from his son's house in Ridley Place. Headlam Street in Byker is named after him.

John Hall (1824-1899) was a ship owner and philanthropist. He was born in Pilgrim Street above his father's carver and gilder's shop. He attended the Royal Grammar School then worked as an office boy on the Quayside. At the age of 27 he became a merchant and ship owner. He acquired a wooded estate in Sweden from which he imported timber. He formed a business with his brother at the Royal Arcade. The Hall brothers were said to be the first ship owners on Tyneside to switch from sail to steam. In 1897 John Hall donated £100,000 towards the rebuilding of the Royal Victoria Infirmary for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. He chose the site next to Castle Leazes. He died at 3 Ellison Place. His oak coffin was made of wood from the old belfry of St. Nicholas Cathedral. A stained glass window in the south aisle of the chancel is dedicated to his memory. He is buried with his father, mother, brother James and his wife. The vault is decorated by a stone obelisk.

Sir Claude Dixon Gibb (1898-1959) was an industrialist. He was born in Australia and served as a pilot in France during the First World War. In 1924 he began working at C.A. Parsons & Co. Heaton Works. He rose from electrical engineering apprentice to Chairman and Managing Director. He proposed the application of atomic energy to produce electricity. Parsons provided the turbo alternators for the UK's first nuclear power station at Calder Hall in Cumbria in 1954. Gibb was knighted in 1945 and was awarded the FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) in 1946. A hall of residence at Northumbria University is named after him.