Deaths at Seaton Sluice-burial place(s)?completed

[Preshous]

Mick

As you might be able to tell I care passionately about graveyards. There is so much information to be had from Headstones. But more than that, it is our heritage that is being flushed down the toilet, and for what, It's certainly not progress more like regress.

Gary

[Preshous]

I Know this is off topic but I came across this fascinating history of Earsdon and surrounding villages. Its worth a read. http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/northumberland/earsdon.html

[brushbroomstick]

What a great article.
A lot of the info on the village of Earsdon itself I already know but the info on the larger Parish of Earsdon is really interesting.
I am trying to find information about Earsdon village and its inhabitants around the time of the Napoleonic wars and perhaps earlier. Can anyone tell me where to look?

Irene

[Preshous]

Hi Irene

 I am always looking for information. If I come across anything I will let you know.

Regards Gary

[Annied22]

Gary, I'm with you 100%. I'd like to keep my family's burial plot tidy, but I know that come the summer, it'll be completely inaccessible to me because it'll be surrounded by 3' high nettles. I'm one of the lucky ones in that the headstone is relatively clear of ivy and still easy to read.

[Preshous]

Hi Annie

Thanks for your vote of confidence. The first round of emails went off this evening lets see how long it is before they reply. I won't leave it to long mind you I still have 80% of the gravestones to photograph and I don't want to have to have Sherpa guide to help me do it.

Gary

[Annied22]

Gary, please PM me when you plan to go there next and if I haven't got anything on, I'll make another visit at the same time. Like I said in an earlier post, I'm not that keen to go there on my own as it's so isolated, but I'd like to get some sharper shots of the family headstone and have a better look around in the hopes that I might find some more of my relatives.

As we discussed earlier, a lot of the folk buried there, including my family, were very poor. It must have been a source of great pride to them to be able to leave a plot and a "grand" headstone behind. That it's all been left to fall into such an overgrown mess shows a lack of respect that takes the breath away.

[Preshous]

Hi all

A quick update re St Albans. First reply came back last night. Quote

"Thank you for your enquiry. The responsibility for the upkeep of the church yard rests wholly with North Tyneside Council. It has done so for 25 years. The council also has a responsibilty for topple testing gravestones and this work is on going, though repair and maintenance of headstones rests with the family and heirs of the deceased.  If you have concerns then you can contact Bereavement Services at the Council."

Next step North Tynside Council.

Gary   

[belhay]

Hi Its great to see that so many of you are interested in Earsdon churchyard. I must have hundreds of relatives buried there having Learmouths from 1580 living at Old hartley.  The only headstone which I can whithout risking limb is Thomas langley 1840 1885 which is one of the few by the church.  Even so my husband had to use a stick to get past the nettles.  You would think that the council workmen would have the sense to place the headstones with the names upward when laying them flat.  A hint for the sharp famliy. most of them buried after 1900 are in Seaton churchyard. Names available for anyone interested.  The Sharps are connected to the Langley dickinson dixon tully watson bewick smith stott hay willey learmouth cook hall swan blacks,  families of old hartley and seaton sluice to name but a few.  Old hartley was pronounced as Hartla And Seaton sluice as the Pans by anyone born there. the Astley Arms only ever know by the area the Boiling Well.  The area was quite prosporous in 1800s shipping salt and coal and headstones for graves were easily come by due to the many stonemasons in the area (for anyone that is who had  more relatives than a widow to pay for them)   Andrea