{{Short description|Cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England}} thumb|Jesmond Old Cemetery {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Jesmond Old Cemetery''' is a Victorian cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, founded in 1834. It contains two Grade II listed buildings and seven Grade II listed monuments as well as the graves of dozens of notable people from the history of Tyneside.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/chapels-jesmond-old-cemetery-newcastle-9086731|title=Chapels at Jesmond Old Cemetery in Newcastle set to be restored as office space|first=Tony|last=Henderson|date=April 21, 2015|website=ChronicleLive}}</ref> The cemetery was designed by John Dobson who was himself later buried in the cemetery.<ref name="auto"/>
There are ten Commonwealth service personnel buried in this cemetery, eight from World War I and two from World War II.<ref name="cwgc">[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/42803/NEWCASTLE%20-UPON%20-TYNE%20(OLD%20JESMOND)%20GENERAL%20CEMETERY] CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualties record.</ref>
Another notable burial is that of John Hancock (1808–1890), a noted ornithologist from Newcastle upon Tyne.
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery|2372288}} * [http://www.jesmondoldcemetery.co.uk/index.html Friends of Jesmond Old Cemetery] Accessed March 2011
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Category:Cemeteries in Tyne and Wear Category:Buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne Category:1834 establishments in England