North East

Newcastle

Ballast Hills Burial Ground (1600s-1853)

The Ballast Hills Burial Ground project is collating information on this Nonconformist site, which was a major burial ground for the city for over 200 years.

Jesmond Old Cemetery (1834)

The Friends of Jesmond Old Cemetery website contains an interesting history of the site’s many sextons and superintendents.

 

British History

Search the bibliography for further material on 19th and 20th century cemetery and crematorium history.