Leith Old Cemetery (Jericho)

Description

The Leith (Old) cemetery is the older of the two cemeteries associated with the Leith whaling station. It sits in the middle of the abandoned whaling station. At the time it was used, however, the station was located a few hundred metres further North and the cemetery would have been on a bare hillside. A landslide buried part of the original station, hence its nickname ‘Jericho’. Once the station was moved to the site, a new cemetery – the main one – was started across the river to the south. Its location in the middle of the collapsing station means that it is subject to damage from wind-blown debris.

Access

The cemetery is inside the Leith Harbour Prohibited Area, declared by the Government in 2010 to prevent access to the dangerous station site.

Grave Explorer

	Grave 1 Bjørn Oyvind Gunnulfsen d. 8 Sep 1914	Grave 2 Edward Dunn d. 25 Feb 1912
Grave 3 Johannes Iversen Wiik d. 9 Dec 1914	Grave 4 Erling Simensen d. 15 Dec 1913	Grave 5 Lars Martinsen d. 28 nov 1913	Grave 6 Emil Johannesen d. 1 Mar 1915
		Grave 7 Carl Johan Lauritsen d. 9 May 1916	Grave 8 H. A. Fagerstrom d. 13 May 1916