Jesmond, All Saints Cemetery, grave of Francis Batey

HER Number:
13200

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, All Saints Cemetery, grave of Francis Batey

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Urn monument to Francis Batey (1841-1915), steam tug boat owner. Francis joined his father's tug boat business at the age of 11 and eventually gained his master's certificate. When the Albert Edward Dock opened in 1884, he was assistant pilot on the Rio Amazonas, the first ship to enter the dock. He went on to be chairman of several tug related companies on the River Tyne. One of his sons, John Thomas Batey, became Managing Director of Hawthorn Leslie's Hebburn shipyard.

Easting:
2573

Northing:
6567

Grid Reference:
NZ25736567

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 70