WESTGATE HILL CEMETERY - List Entry

  • Description

    "In June 1825 a meeting of `protestant dissenters and other persons' was held in Newcastle upon Tyne and a committee appointed with the aim of forming a new cemetery (Outline of a Plan', 1825)......The c 1.2ha cemetery is situated c 1.5km to the west-south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The triangular site is bounded to the north by Westgate Road (formerly Arthur's Hill and on the course of Hadrian's Wall), and to the south-east by Elswick Road (formerly Elswick Lane). To the south-west the boundary adjoins Back Elwick Street, now divided to provide access to late C20 flats....."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001680
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 9 months ago
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