Jesmond, St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of Edward Brough

HER Number:
13209

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of Edward Brough

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:
Edward Brough (1846-1933) was a grocer and benefactor born in America. He was brought to Tyneside aged two. He went on to work for a firm of provision importers and then was a partner in a wholesale provision business importing butter and eggs. At the age of 42 Edward and his eldest son John William set up their own wholesale provision business at a shop in Farrington Court, Bigg Market. They branched into retail and had a shop in Blackett Street. Their successful business was sold to the Meadow Dairy Co Ltd in 1919. The Broughs were generous to local charities, especially the Poor Children's Holiday Association. They donated a house in Whickham to be used as the Edith Brough Children's Home. In his will Edward left each of his employees a year's wages.

Easting:
2498

Northing:
6617

Grid Reference:
NZ24986617

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 88-89