Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of John Bruce

HER Number:
13226

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of John Bruce

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:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
John Bruce (1775-1834) was headmaster of the Percy Street Academy. He was the founder and head of the academy and was the father of Dr John Collingwood Bruce, antiquary and Roman Wall historian. Robert Stephenson was one of his pupils. His grave monument (now gone) was a magnificent classical temple over a recumbent figure of Bruce. It was designed by John Green. The vault beneath it contains at least six other family members.

Easting:
2374

Northing:
6416

Grid Reference:
NZ23746416

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 111-112