Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Henry Angus

HER Number:
13224

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Henry Angus

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Henry Angus (1800-1872) was a coach maker and Baptist Mayor. He was the son of a farmer from Hindley in Northumberland. He was apprentice to his relative, Caleb Angas (see HER 13223) the coach maker and eventually took over the business. He was the first Baptist Mayor of Newcastle and worshipped in the Tuthill Stairs chapel. He stopped Sunday trading in the butcher market. Henry married Hannah Sample, the daughter of a Baptist minister, who is buried with him.

Easting:
2365

Northing:
6417

Grid Reference:
NZ23656417

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 110