Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Robert Hood Haggie

HER Number:
13230

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Westgate Hill Cemetery, grave of Robert Hood Haggie

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:
Robert Hood Haggie (1810-1866) was a rope manufacturer. His father David Haggie began a rope works at Gateshead around 1800. Robert Hood Haggie took over a ropery at Willington Quay around 1840. It became the largest in England, employing over 1500 people. Robert lived in Summerhill Square in Newcastle. His gravestone now lies flat.

Easting:
2369

Northing:
6417

Grid Reference:
NZ23696417

Lats/Lons:

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