
Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of Northumberland
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The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the county which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed.
Please update the project by adding links to any available monumental inscriptions or pages where images of the graves/cemeteries can be seen - mostly Billion Graves or Find a Grave.
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- The Church Monuments Society Updated as at 24/04/2014
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC - 136 entries All added as at 25/04/2014
- Find a Grave - all places searched and added 26/04/2014
- Billion Graves - followed using map and added 25/04/2014
- Interment.net all 3 entries added as at 25/04/2014 CJB
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List of Towns
The following list will probably need refining as not all places have cemeteries
Acomb
a village in the south of Northumberland, situated to the north of Hexham
- Acomb, Church of St John Lee/ St. John of Beverley Churchyard
- Acomb, Church of St John Lee/ St. John of Beverley New Churchyard
Allendale
- Allendale Woodland Cemetery
Allenheads
Alnham
a hamlet and civil parish in Northumberland, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Alnwick and is located near the source of the River Aln.
- Alnham, St. Michael Church
Alnwick
- Alnwick Abbey
- Alnwick Cemetery
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
- Alnwick, Chevington Cemetery
- Alnwick, Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Alnwick, Howick House
Find a Grave
Find a Grave 2nd Page
- Alnwick, Hulne Priory
- Alnwick, St. Michael Church
Alwinton
- Alwinton, St. Michael - Church/Churchyard
Amble
- Amble East Cemetery
- Amble West Cemetery
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
Ancroft
- Ancroft, St. Anne - Churchyard
Annitsford
- Annitsford, St. John Roman Catholic Churchyard
Ashburton - see under Gosforth
Ashington
- Ashington, Holy Sepulchre Churchyard
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
- Ashington, North Seaton Cemetery
- Ashington, St. Aidan's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Bamburgh
- Bamburgh, St. Aidan Church/Churchyard
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Beadnell
- Beadnell Cemetery
- Beadnell, St. Ebba Church Cemetery
Bedlington
- Bedlington, Netherton Lane Cemetery
- Bedlington, St. Cuthbert Churchyard
Belford
- Belford, St. Mary Churchyard
Bellingham
- Bellingham Cemetery
Beltingham
- Beltingham, St. Cuthbert - Churchyard
- Beltingham, St. Cuthbert - New Cemetery
Benton
- Benton, St. Bartholomew Churchyard
Benwell
- Benwell, St. James Churchyard
Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Berwick-upon-Tweed Cemetery
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, City Walls Memorials
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Holy Trinity Churchyard
Birtley
- Birtley Cemetery
- Birtley Crematorium
- Birtley, Elizabethville Roman Catholic Cemetery
- Birtley, St. Joseph Churchyard
- Chollerton, Birtley Parish - also under Chollerton
Blanchland
- Blanchland, St. Mary - Churchyard
Blyth
- Blyth Cemetery
- Blyth - Civilian War Dead
- Blyth, Cowpen Cemetery
- Blyth, Horton, St. Mary Churchyard
- Blyth, Seaton Delaval, Our Lady - Churchyard
Bolam
- Bolam, St. Andrew's Church/Churchyard
- Morpeth, Bolam, St. Andrew Church
Boldons, The
a group of three small villages in the North East of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - bordering the North of Sunderland, East of Newcastle and the south of South Shields and Jarrow. See individual entries
Boldon Colliery
Bolton
- Bolton Churchyard
Bothal
- Bothal, St. Andrew Church/Churchyard
The Church Monuments Society
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Branxton
- Branxton, Flodden Field Cemetery
- Branxton, St.Paul - Churchyard/Church Cemetery
Brinkburn
- Brinkburn, Priory Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Broomley - see also Hindley
- Broomley, Hindley, St. Margaret Churchyard
Byrness
- Byrness, St. Francis Churchyard
Bywell
- Bywell, St. Andrew
- Bywell, St. Peter
Cambo
a village in Northumberland about 11 miles (18 km) to the west of the county town of Morpeth
- Cambo, Holy Trinity Church
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
The Church Monuments Society
Cambois
- Cambois, St. Peter Churchyard
- Cambois, St. Peter - New Burial Ground
Carham
- Carham, St. Cuthbert - Churchyard
Carr Shield
a village in Northumberland, situated in the Pennines approximately between Penrith and Hexham.
Chatton
- Chatton, Holy Cross - Churchyard
Chelvington
- Chelvington Cemetery
Chillingham
- Chillingham, St. Peter - Church
Chollerton
- Chollerton, Birtley Parish
- Chollerton, St. Giles - Churchyard
- Chollerton, Simonburn Parish - al;so under Simonburn
Choppington
- Choppington, St. Paul - Churchyard
Corbridge-on-Tyne
- Corbridge-on-Tyne, Corbridge Cemetery
Cornhill-on-Tweed
a village and civil parish in Northumberland, about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Coldstream.
- Cornhill-on-Tweed, St. Helen's Church
Corsenside
- Corsenside, St. Cuthbert - Churchyard
Cowpen
- Cowpen Cemetery and Crematorium - also under Blyth
- Cowpen, St. Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Burial Ground
Cramlington
- Cramlington Catholic Church
- Cramlington, Dudley Weetslade Cemetery
- Cramlington, Mayfield Cemetery
- Cramlington Old Burial Ground
- Cramlington, St. Nicholas Churchyard
Cresswell
- Cresswell, St. Bartholomew - Churchyard
Dalton
- Dalton, Holy Trinity - Churchyard
Delaval - see under Blyth
Dinnington
- Dinnington, St. Matthew - Churchyard
Doddington
- Doddington, (Cemetery)
Duddo
a village and civil parish in Northumberland, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Berwick on Tweed.
- Duddo, All Saints - Churchyard
- Duddo, St. James the Great, Converted into part of a school
Dudley - see also under Seaton Burn
- Dudley Cemetery
- Cramlington, Dudley Weetslade Cemetery
Earsdon
- Earsdon Cemetery
- Earsdon, St. Alban - Churchyard
- Earsdon, Seaton Valley Cemetery
East Boldon
Edlingham
- Eldingham, Eggleston Abbey
- Edlingham, St. John the Baptist
Eglingham
a village in Northumberland, situated about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Alnwick and 10 miles (16 km) from Wooler
- Eglingham, St. Maurice Church
Ellingham
- Ellingham, St. mary and All Saints Churchyard
- Ellingham, St. Maurice - Churchyard
Elsdon
- Elsdon, St. Cuthbert Church
Embleton
- Embleton, Spitalford Cemetery
Falstone
- Falstone Cemetery
- Falstone, St. Peter's Church
Felton
- Felton Cemetery
- Felton, St. Michael - Churchyard
Ford
- Ford, St. Michael - Churchyard
- Ford, St. Michael and All angels Church
Gateshead
- Gateshead Civilian War Dead
- Gateshead, East Cemetery Cemetery Walk
- Gateshead, Heworth Cemetery Sunderland Road
- Gateshead, Heworth Burn Cemetery Watermill Lane
- Gateshead, Saltwell Cemetery Saltwell Road South
Billion Graves Page ✘
Find a Grave
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- Gateshead, St. Mary's Church Oakwellgate
- Gateshead, St. Mary Heworth Churchyard
Gosforth
- Gosforth, Ashburton Roman Catholic Cemetery
- Gosforth, Hollywood Avenue Cemetery
- Gosforth, North Gosforth (Cemetery)
- Gosforth, St. Nicholas - Churchyard
Greystead
a village in Northumberland, west of Bellingham.
- Greystead, St Luke CHURCH
Guizance or Guizance
a small village or hamlet in Northumberland, located south east of Alnwick on the River Coquet, several miles west of its mouth.
- Guyzance Chapel - Burial Register index is available from the Felton and Swarland L.H.S
Halton
a village in the southern part of Northumberland, situated a few kilometres north of Corbridge just south of Hadrian's Wall.
- Halton, St Oswald, St Cuthbert and King Alfwald
Haltwhistle
- Haltwhistle Cemetery
- Haltwhistle, Holy Cross Churchyard
Hartburn
a village in Northumberland, situated about 6 miles (10 km) to the west of Morpeth.
- Hartburn, St. Andrew's Church
Haydon Bridge
- Haydon Bridge, St. Cuthbert - Churchyard Extension
Hazelrigg (newcastle-upon-Tyne0
- Hazelrigg, (Cemetery)
- Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery
Hebburn or Hebron
- Hebburn Cemetery
Heddon-on-the-Wall
- Heddon-on-the-Wall Churchyard
- Heddon-on-the-Wall, St. Andrew - Churchyard
Henshaw
- Henshaw, All Hallows - Churchyard
Hepple
- Hepple, Christ Church - Churchyard
Hexham
- Hexham Abbey or Priory
- Hexham Cemetery
- Hexham Civilian War Dead
- Hexham, St. Andrew's Cemetery
- Hexham, St. John Lee, St. John of Beverley Churchyard
- Hexham, St. Mary Cathedral
- Hexham, St. Mary Roman Catholic Churchyard
Hexhamshire (or Whitley)
- Whitley (or Hexhamshire), St. Helen Churchyard
Hindley
a small hamlet, comprising around 20 residences. It is in the parish of Broomley and Stocksfield and is just to the south of Stocksfield in Northumberland with Broomley to the west and Whittonstall to the east
- Broomley, Hindley, St. Margaret Churchyard
Holy Island
- Holy Island, St Mary the Virgin
Horton
- Horton, St. Mary Churchyard
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave Blyth
Howick
a village in Northumberland, between Boulmer and Craster
- Howick, St. Michael Churchyard
- Howick, St. Michael and All Angels
Houghton-le-Spring
- Houghton-le-Spring Cemetery Dunholme Close
- Houghton-le-Spring Cemetery Durham Road
- Houghton-le-Spring, St Michael & All Angels
- Houghton-le-Spring, St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery
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Ilderton
a small village in Northumberland, located in the on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, between Lilburn in the east and Harehope Hill in the west
- Ilderton, St Michael church
Ingram
a small village in Northumberland, England. It is located in the Cheviots on the River Breamish, and on the edge of Northumberland National Park
- Ingram, St. Michael Churchyard
- Ingram, St Michael and All Angels
Jarrow
- Jarrow Cemetery Hill Park Road
- Jarrow, St. Paul's Church
- Jarrow, St. Paul's Monastery (Ruins)
Kidland
(Berwick-on-Tweed)
Killingworth
formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Killingworth, St. John Graveyard
Kirkharle
- Kirkharle, Church of St. Wilfred also listed under Morpeth
Kirkhaugh
a very small village adjacent to the River South Tyne in Northumberland
- Kirkhaug, Holy Paraclete Church
Kirkheaton
a village in Northumberland, about 10 miles (16 km) north east of Hexham and about 5 miles (8 km) west of Belsay.
- Kirkheaton, St Bartholomew Church
Kirknewton
- Kirknewton, St. Gregory the Great Church
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
The Church Monuments Society
Kirkwhelpington
- Kirkwhelpington, St. Bartholomew Church
Find a Grave
Find a Grave 2nd Page
Knarsdale or Knaresdale
a village in Northumberland, England about 5 miles (8 km) north of Alston
- Knarsdale, St. Jude;s Church Graveyard
Kyloe
- Kyloe Cemetery
Lambley
- Lambley, St. Mary and St. Patrick
Lemington
- Lemington Cemetery
Lesbury
- Lesbury, St. Mary Churchyard
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
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Longbenton
- Longbenton, Benton Cemetery
- Longbenton, Dudley Cemetery
- Dudley Cemetery Perhaps the same?
Long Houghton or Longhoughton
- Longhoughton, St. Peter Churchyard
- Longhoughton, St. Peter and St Paul Church
Longframlington
- Longframlington, St. Mary Church Cemetery
Longhirst
- Longhirst, St. John Churchyard
Longhorsley
- Longhorsley, St. Helen Churchyard
Lowick
- Lowick, St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Lucker
- Lucker, St. Hilda Churchyard
Lynemouth
- Lynemouth, St. Aidan Church Burial Bround
Matfen
- Matfen, Holy Trinity Churchyard
Meldon
- Meldon, St. John Church
Mickley
- Mickley, St. Geoirge Churchyard
Mitford
- Mitford, St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard
Morpeth
- Morpeth, Bolam, St. Andrew Church also listed under Bolam
- Morpeth, Fairmoor (Cemetery)
- Morpeth, Kirkharle Church of St. Wilfred also listed under Kirkharle
- Morpeth, Newminster Abbey
- Morpeth, St. Mary and St. James Churchyard
- Morpeth, St. Mary the Virgin Church/Churchyard
Billion Graves Page
Find a Grave
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- Morpeth, St. Robert's Roman Catholic Church
Netherwitton
a village in Northumberland, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Morpeth.
- Netherwitton, St. Giles
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, St. Bartholomew's Church
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
Newbrough
- Newbrough, St. Peter Churchyard
Newburn
- Newburn, St. Michael Churchyard
- Newburn, St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newcastle upon Tyne, All Saints Church/Cemetery
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Find a Grave
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Ballast Hills
- Newcatle-upon-Tyne, Bradwell Crematorium
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Byker and Heaton Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
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Find a Grave 2nd Page
- Newcastle upon Tyne Cathedral Dean Street
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Chesterton Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Greenside Cemetery
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Heaton Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jewish cemetery
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Lemington Cemetery Union Hall Road
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle prison Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Old Jesmond General Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
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- Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Andrew's Church Newgate Street
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Andrew's and Jesmond Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Anthony Churchyard
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Andrew and Jesmond Cemetery
- Newcastle upon Tyne, St. James Church
- Newcastle upon Tyne, St. John's Church St. John's Road
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. John's Westgate and Elswick Cemetery
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Mary's Cathedral and Churchyard
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Mary's Gateshead also listed under Gateshead
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Newcastle upon Tyne, West Road Cemetery Silverhill Drive
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
- Newcastle upon Tyne, West Road Crematorium
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Westgate Hill General Cemetery
Billion Graves Page ✘
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
Norham
- Norham, St. Cuthbert Churchyard
Billion Graves Page ✘
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- Norham, St. Margaret Churchyard
North Gosforth
- North Gosforth
- North Gosforth Joint Burial Ground
North Shields
- North Shields, St. Hilda Church
- North Shields, Preston and Tynemouth Cemetery Monks Wood
- North Shields, Preston Cemetery Walton Avenue
- North Shields, Tynemouth Priory Pier Road
Old Bewick
- Old Bewick, Holy Trinity Churchyard
Old Penshaw - nr Houghton-le-Spring', Washington and Chester-le-Street
- Old Penshaw, All Saints Church Penshaw Lane
Ovingham
- Ovingham Burial Ground
- Ovingham Cemetery Tyne Gardens
- Ovingham, St. Mary the Virgin
Pegswood
- Pegswood Cemetery
Ponteland
- Ponteland, St. Mary - Church/Churchyard
Prudhoe
- Prudhoe New Cemetery
Ramshope
a hamlet in the civil parish of Rochester in Northumberland, located in Northumberland National Park. Historically Ramshope was an extra parochial area.
Rennington
- Rennington, All Saints Churchyard
Rock
- Rock, St. Philip and St. James Churchyard
Rothbury
- Rothbury, All Saints Churchyard
- Rothbury Cemetery Church Street
- Rothbury, Whitton Bank Cemetery
Ryton
a semi-rural small town near the western border of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent town in County Durham it became incorporated into the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974.
- Ryton and Crawcrook Cemetery
- Ryton, Holy Cross Parish Churchyard
St. John Lee
- St John Lee, St John of Beverley Churchyard
Scremerston
a village in Northumberland - it lies on the North Sea coast about 3 miles (5 km) south of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Seaton Burn
a village in Tyne and Wear, England to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and adjacent to Wideopen
- Dudley Cemetery
Seaton Delaval - see also under Blyth
- Seaton Delaval, Our Lady Churchyard
- Seaton Delaval, Seaton Sluice, Our Lady Churchyard
Seaton Hirst
- Seaton Hirst, St. John Churchyard/ St. John the Evangelist
Seghill
- Seghill, Holy Trinity Churchyard
Shilbottle
- Shilbottle, St. James Churchyard
Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
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Interment.net
Simonburn
- Chollerton, Simonburn Parish
- Simonburn, St. Mungo Church
Slaley
- Slaley, St. mary the Virgin Churchyard
South Charlton
- South Charlton, St. James Churchyard
South Shields
- South Shields, Harton Cemetery St. George's Avenue
- South Shields, Westoe Cemetery Ladysmith Street
Stamfordham
- Stamfordham, St. Mary Church/Churchyard
Stannington
- Stannington Cemetery
- Stannington, Christ Church Churchyard
- Stannington, St. Mary Church/Churchyard/Cemetery
- Stannington, St. Mary the Virgin - Church
Sunderland
- Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Helmsdale Road
- Sunderland, Castletown Cemetery
- Sunderland Cemetery Kitchener terrace
- Sunderland Crematorium
- Sunderland, Holy Trinity Church Burial (ground)
- Sunderland, Mere Knolls Dykeland's Rioad
- Sunderland, North Sunderland Cemetery
- Sunderland, Ryhope Cemetery Burdon Lane
- Sunderland, St. Michael's Minster Church
- Sunderland, Southwick Cemetery Helmsley Court
- Sunderland, Tyne and West Crematorium
Thockrington
- Thockrington, St. Aidan Church
Thorneyburn
- Thorneyburn, St. Aidan Churchyard
Thropton
- Thropton, All Saints Churchyard
Tweedmouth
- Tweedmouth Cemetery
- Tweedmouth, St Bartholomew Churchyard
Tynemouth
- Tynemouth, Christ Church
- Tynemouth, Preston Cemetery
- Tynemouth Priory
Ulgham
- Upgham, St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Walker
- Walker, Christ Church Churchyard
- Walker Churchyard
Wall
- Wall, St. Oswald Churchyard
Wallsend
- Wallsend, Churchbank Cemetery
Billion Graves Page ✘
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Interment.net
- Wallsend, Holy Cross Cemetery St. Peter's Road
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- Wallsend, Old Church of the Holy Cross (Defunct)
Warden
- Warden, St. Michael Churchyard
- Warden, St Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Wark
- Wark, St. Michael Churchyard
Warkworth
- Warkworth Cemetery
- Warkworth New Cemetery
- Warkworth Old Cemetery
- Warkworth Parish Church
- Warkworth, St. Lawrence Church Dial Place
Billion Graves Page ✘
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Find a Grave
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The Church Monuments Society
West Boldon
- West Boldon, Boldon Cemetery Dipe Lane
Billion Graves Page
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Whalton
- Whalton, St. Mary Magdalen Church/Churchyard
Find a Grave
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Whitfield
village in the county of Northumberland, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Hexham
- Whitfield, St. John's Church
- Whitfield, Holy Trinity Church
Whitley (or Hexhamshire)
- Whitley (or Hexhamshire), St. Helen Churchyard
Whitley Bay
- Whitley Bay Cemetery and Crematorium
- Whitley Bay, Hartley South Cemetery
- Whitley Bay, Jewish Cemetery Blyth Road
- Whitley Bay, St. Paul Churchyard
- Whitley Bay, Tynemouth Cemetery The Links
Whittingham
- Whittingham, St. Bartholomew Churchyard
Whittonstall
- Whittonstall, St Philip and St James
Whorlton
- Whorlton, St. John Churchyard Extension
Widdrington
- Widdrington, Holy Trinity Churchyard
Woodhorn
- Woodhorn, Churchyard
- Woodhorn, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Wooler
- Wooler, St. Mary Church Burial Ground
- Wooler, St.Mary Churchyard
- Wooler, St. Ninian Roman Catholic Churchyard