Jesmond Old Cemetery, Grave of John Hawthorn

HER Number:
15954

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond Old Cemetery, Grave of John Hawthorn

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
John Hawthorn. 1808-1866. His gravestone reads 'Surgeon of this town who died 1866 from Typhus fever taken in the discharge of his duties aged 58. This monument is erected by a few friends and patients of the deceased as a token of respect and esteem'.

Easting:
2563

Northing:
6547

Grid Reference:
NZ25636547

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2000, A Fine and Private Place - Jesmond Old Cemetery, p 24