Gosforth, Convent of the Good Shepherd, burial ground

HER Number:
13252

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Convent of the Good Shepherd, burial ground

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Cemetery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd used part of their grounds as a private burial ground. The convent was demolished in the 1980s to make way for housing. The burial ground was tidied up and the headstones replaced by a single memorial stone which says 'R.I.P. PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF THE 48 GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS AND THEIR CHAPLAIN WHO LIE BURIED HERE'.

Easting:
2584

Northing:
6814

Grid Reference:
NZ25846814

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 142