Gosforth, Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of Rev. JW Bewick

HER Number:
13401

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of Rev. JW Bewick

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Tomb

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Rt. Rev. John William Bewick (1824-1886), Bishop and founder of St. Cuthbert's RC grammar school. Bewick was born at Minsteracres in Northumberland. He trained for the priesthood at Ushaw College and was ordained in 1850. In 1853 while helping the sick, he caught cholera, but recovered. He became third Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in 1882. He established the Industrial Schools in Gosforth for destitute boys and girls and helped found St. Cuthbert's RC Grammar School in Bath Lane, which later moved to Benwell.

Easting:
237

Northing:
676

Grid Reference:
NZ237676

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 159