John: Perhaps I didn't put it clearly enough, but when I referred to St Anthony opf Padua I was referring to the patron Saint of sailors, not to the church of St Anthony's. Given the truth of my story about the lady with the picture, it is not surprising that the local RC church is St Anthony's. Nor, given that the district in general was already known as St Anthony's, It is not surprising that the C of E parish church should also be St Anthony's (but, to maintain a separation from the Catholics, a different St Anthony!). Similarly, my reference to Walker parish church was precisely because it was founded before the time in question. I remember looking around the churchyard in the dark days of the 1970s, when MI recording meant trying to get around as many sites as possible before vandal Vicars cleared them to create lawns which would make for pretty wedding photos. To speed that up we only took notice of stones dating from before 1851 as anyone who lived after that would be recorded on the 1851 census. I found, I think, two pre-1851 stones only, and both were in what was obviously the original part of the churchyard, a modest area close to the church. Do you still go regularly to Tyne & Wear Archives? - I have been going on Tuesdays recently - or are you organising a punitive raid on Wigan? Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: John Gallon <[email protected]> To: northumbria <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:17 Subject: Re: [NMB] 1853 Byker cholera victim Dear Geoff, You have the wrong churches for St. Anthony's Parish. The parish church is St. Anthony of Egypt C of E, Belmont Street opened in 1868. St Anthony of Padua RC, Byker Street,(now called Phillipson Street), Walker opened 1860. Walker Parish Church, which is Christ Church, situated Church Street, Walker opened in 1848. So there is a likelihood that any Cholera deaths in St. Anthony's Parish could of been buried in Christ Church's graveyard. As for High Pit, it was situated roughly at the Junction of St. Anthony's Road and Wharrier Street. John Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~littleblobby/ http://www.freewebs.com/littleblobby/ .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message