Hi Diane, Sunnyside Hospital closed in 1999. The original buildings were demolished. The site now houses Hillmorton Hospital and other hospital board services. It is about 3km from the centre of Chch. When Sunnyside was build I imagine it was quite rural but the city has grown out so now it is surrounded by suburbs. For it's history see http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Places/Public/Hospitals/Sunnyside/ Link to Google maps, Cathedral square top right, Hillmorton Hospital bottom left - http://tinyurl.com/needb3e As far as I know there was no cemetery at the hospital. I think that they would have used the public cemeteries. Looking in the Chch city council cemeteries database there is no matching entry for Charles Blackbee. search http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/ But, there is an entry for a Charles Blackber in 1873, buried at Addington Cemetery which would have been Sunnyside's nearest cemetery then. Possible typo Blackbee/Blackber? http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=80941 The dates don't quite match though, 1 week out. The burial is 31/7/1873. Could the date you have be the date of the issuing of the death certificate? Checking on Ancestry there are no hits at all for Charles Blackber in NZ suggesting it is a wrong name. The cemetery is on the map linked to above. Also, have you seen this information at NZ Archives? Title Years Seager, Lunatic Asylum to Superintendent - admission certificate Blackbee. (R22679433) 1872 - 1872 Item ID Agency Series Accession Record group Box / Item Sep Record no. Part Alternative no. Record type R22679433 CAAR 19936 CH287 CP 128 / ICPS 889/1872 Text It can only be read at the Chch branch of NZArchives so someone down here would have to go in and copy it for you. Regards, Paul >>> "Diane McNair" <diane1@farmside.co.nz> 18/03/2014 11:01 >>> My Gt Gt Grandfather, Charles Blackbee aged 67, died at Sunnyside Hospital 6 August 1873. Cause of death "Visitation from God" (according to the Hospital Comittee) Where in Christchurch (or how far from Christchurch) was the hospital situated? Cannot find his burial place. Did the Hospital have its own grave yard? Many thanks in advance for any help Diane in a very dry Te Kuiti The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs.