South Tyneside History
Title | Readhead Tomb, Westoe Cemetery |
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Reference Number | STH0008728 |
Photographer | Unknown |
Town or Village | South Shields |
Date | 29 Sept. 1983 |
Original Format | Black and white photograph |
Period | The 1980s |
Copyright | South Tyneside Libraries |
Further Information | The inscription of the tomb reads - "John Readhead, died at South Garth, Westoe, March 9th, 1894, 76 years. Susannah, wife, May 24th 1887, 68 years. Thomas Richardson Readhead, July 12 1903, 46 years." This is the only tomb in the cemetery fitted with, what alleges to be, original railings. All others having been removed, possibly as war time scrap drive. |