>My Gt, Gt, Grandfather was killed in 1865 in an Accident at Seaton Station which is on the Hartlepool to Sunderland Railway Line. He was taken to Bishopwearmouth Hospital, he was in the Royal Naval Reserve and was on his way to the training ship when the Accident happened. >He was given a Naval Funeral & was buried at the Bishopwearmouth Church, but which church would this be? ================================================================== Hi Alan, Bishopwearmouth Church stands across from the Empire Theatre in Sunderland an is now referred to at the Sunderland Minster (it became a Minster after Sunderland was granted City status). It is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and has often been called by that dedicated name too. The cemetery surrounding the church is rather small and still has a number of headstones in situ. Once it became full, there was another cemetery opened near to what is called Galley's Gill. This is now just an open space which leads down to the river. Some of the headstones that once marked the graves can still be seen propped against the southern boundary wall of the cemetery. The present Bishopwearmouth Cemetery lies between Chester Road (the A183) and Hylton Road. There was another burial ground over the road from Bishopwearmouth Church, but I think it was used only for the Cholera victims. A few years back, when they built a new road over where this burial was situated, they removed the remains of those who had been buried there, and reinterred them in the present Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. Hope this helps... David Allan.