Elswick / St. John's Cemetery

St. John's Cemetery was opened on the 22nd of October 1857 and was consecrated just over a year later. Just over 100,000 people have been buried here since it opened.
In the middle of the cemetery are two chapels, one for the Church of England and one for the dissenters, both of which are no longer in use.
In 1857 the Jewish community paid £500 for a section of the cemetery and this is now full with over 1000 graves.