Tyne and Wear HER(13241): Fenham, Sacred Heart Convent, cemetery - Details
13241
Newcastle
Fenham, Sacred Heart Convent, cemetery
Fenham
NZ26NW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Funerary Site
Cemetery
Modern
C20
Structure
The Society of the Sacred Heart was founded in France in 1800 and arrived in England in 1842. It came to Newcastle in 1904 and moved to Fenham Hall (HER 9103) to establish a school and college. There are over 40 headstones in this small cemetery, which mark the resting place of St. Mary's College.
2213
6538
NZ22136538
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 124