St Mary's Gateshead - Bertram memorial

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St Mary’s Gateshead, UK overlooks the Sage Gateshead, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and the world famous River Tyne. St Mary’s embodies the history of how the landscape has changed, not only in its architecture but in the many memorials and plaques on the walls and in the churchyard. These tell not only the fascinating stories of the individuals whose names adorn the stone, but of the time in which they lived. The Charles Bertram memorial is a classic example: on a personal level it commemorates a respected Gateshead man, as well as his wife and the sad death of their young son. But Charles Bertram was also the owner of Bertram’s warehouse, the epicentre of the Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead in 1854. This spectacular disaster destroyed wide tracts of Gateshead and Newcastle and killed 53 people, Charles Bertram included. St Mary’s Gateshead stands as one of the few remaining witnesses. Created by ExplorAR #PreserveOurPast