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John Urpeth Rastrick (1780–1856) was a civil engineer, born in Morpeth, Northumberland. His early background was in iron and mechanical engineering. He was involved in the building of bridges, construction of machinery and steam engines.
The Extra-Mural Cemetery covers land formerly the open arable field of Scabes Castle, a late eighteenth-century farm with buildings in Hartington Road. These were demolished in the 1900s when Hartington Place and Hartington Terrace were developed. The Extra-Mural Cemetery is the oldest of the three cemeteries on the land.
Title
Monument to John Urpeth Rastrick
Date
c.1856
Medium
Cornish grey granite
Accession number
BN2_LS_S070
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
October–March 9am–4pm, Sunday 11am–4pm, April–September 9am–5.30pm, Sunday 11am–5.30pm
Signature/marks description
upper aspect of lower part of table tomb: W & J FREEMAN / PENRYN
Inscription description
west face of table-tomb, incised, black painted letters: JOHN URPETH RASTRICK / ENGINEER OF / AMONGST NUMEROUS OTHER WORKS / THE LONDON BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAYS / DIED AT SAYES COURT NEAR CHERTSEY SURREY / NOVEMBER 1 1856 / AGED 77; east face of table-tomb, incised, black painted letters: H.S.E. / IOANNES URPETH RASTRICK / VIR INGENIC PERQUAM SUBTILI / QUI VIAPUM FERRATARUM APUD ANGLOS / PRIMUS FERE AUCTOR / ID QUOQUE EFFECIT UT ILLA / LONDINIO USQUE AD URBEM BRIGHTONENSEM / ET INDE PER ORAM MERIDIONALEM / -MUNIRETUR- / OBIIT APUD SAYES COURT IN COM. SURR. / KAL. NOV. A. S. MDCCCLVI / AET. LXXVII.
