Jesmond Old Cemetery

Newcastle upon Tyne, Italy

Jesmond Old Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, founded in 1834. It contains two Grade II listed buildings and seven Grade II listed monuments as well as the graves of dozens of notable people from the history of Tyneside. The cemetery was designed by John Dobson

who was himself later buried in the cemetery. There are ten Commonwealth service personnel buried in this cemetery, eight from World War I and two from World War II. Another notable burial is that of John Hancock (1808–1890), a noted ornithologist from Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Nearby

Jesmond Parish Church chiese · 0.5 km away
Newcastle University Library library · 0.8 km away
The Biscuit Factory museum · 0.8 km away
Newcastle Civic Centre town_hall · 0.9 km away
Jesmond Dene beni_culturali · 0.9 km away
Great North Museum: Hancock natural_history_museum · 0.9 km away
The Response 1914 sculpture · 1 km away
Church of St Thomas the Martyr chiese · 1 km away