Hi Amanda High Pit was located just west of the St. Anthony's Brickwork's. If you look at a modern day map it was in the vicinity of the junction of Bird's Nest Road and Monkchester Road. I'm using a 1912 map with no street names in the vicinity so I can only estimate. St. Anthony of Padua is not there (my childhood church). That is located about a mile away. St. Anthony's church was on Belmont street and I'd guess the victims were buried at Walker Christchurch. Best regards David -----Original Message----- From: dampnr <[email protected]> To: northumbria <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:22 Subject: [NMB] 1853 Byker cholera victim Hello all - I had an ancestor perish in the 1853 cholera epidemic. She was a widow, residing on the 1851 census at an area of Byker called St. Anthony High Pit. I would like to know the following: 1. If there is an old map showing this street? 2. If cholera victims were buried in their parish churchyards or if there may have been alternate arrangements for these unfortunate souls. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6180 - Release Date: 03/15/13