6,023 burials at Sunderland Cemetery (Stockton Rd, Grangetown) in 1875-1884. This block includes the burials following the Victoria Hall Disaster of June 16, 1883 in which 183 children died. (31 of these children were buried at Mere Knolls, 1 at the Southwick parish church, 116 at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, and 22 at Sunderland Cemetery. This leaves 13 burials unaccounted for.)

As usual, the cemetery register provides more detail about the deceased than the parish register:

  • 9 Dec 1884 James Pentland, of 35 Spring Garden Lane, age: 65, blacksmith
  • 28 Dec 1884 Mary Middlehurst, of 15 Vine Street, age: 4 months, daughter of Emmanuel Middlehurst
  • 5 Jan 1875 Eleanor Craig, of Woodbine Street, age: 75, wife of Wilkinson Craig