Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Paddy Freeman

HER Number:
13228

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Paddy Freeman

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Paddy Freeman (1774-1840) was a farmer and miller. Originally from Windmill Hills in Gateshead, he moved to High Heaton in the 1790s. His son worked in a mill in Jesmond Dene. Later members of the Freeman family can be found in Jesmond Old Cemetery. The gravestone has been tipped over.

Easting:
423690

Northing:
564180

Grid Reference:
NZ423690564180

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 113