Monuments

Churchyards and cemeteries

One of my first research activities was to head for the two cemeteries in Amble on a mission to track down the Turner family plot to check some information for my cousin and to see if I could find the Henderson graves that my Granny Webb used to take me to on her weekly flower visit. I amazed myself by being able to head almost directly to the Henderson graves even though it must be over 40 years since I went with my granny.

Both visits surprised me by turning up a lot more information than I expected and bringing many old memories of family and townspeople back to the surface. Since then I have visited more cemetries and have some interesting monumental photos from:

• Amble West Cemetery
• Amble East Cemetery
• St. John’s church at Broomhill
• Chevington Cemetery
• St. Lawrence’s Church at Warkworth
• St. Paul’s Church at Choppington
• Lowick Church

Plan to start publishing some of the photos that have helped my research in the Christmas hols.

Others that I need information from include:

• Kyloe Church – privately owned, by appointment only
• Norham Church – figured out where it is but did not have time

War Memorials

My collection of war memorial photos so far includes:

• Amble
• Radcliffe (at Amble)
• Broomhill