Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Eneas Mackenzie

HER Number:
13229

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Eneas Mackenzie

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:
Eneas Mackenzie (1777-1832) was a printer, publisher and author. He was born in Aberdeen and moved to Newcastle when he was around 3. He was one of the first people to be baptised at the Tuthill Stairs Baptist Chapel. He set up a printing and publishing business (Mackenzie & Dent) with John Moore Dent, who is also buried in this cemetery. Mackenzie was a social reformer, a radical and promoter of learning for the working class. He formed the Newcastle Mechanics Institute. He is best known for his illustrated history of Northumberland and Newcastle, first published in 1811. He died of cholera. His obelisk monument has toppled over.

Easting:
2371

Northing:
6417

Grid Reference:
NZ23716417

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pages 113-4