{"id":276,"date":"2025-02-09T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T12:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/?p=276"},"modified":"2025-02-09T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T12:33:08","slug":"discover-and-engage-with-ballast-hills-burial-ground-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/02\/09\/discover-and-engage-with-ballast-hills-burial-ground-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover and Engage with Ballast Hills Burial Ground on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you passionate about local history, genealogy, or heritage preservation? Do you have family connections to Ballast Hills Burial Ground (BHBG) or a curiosity about its past? If so, we invite you to connect with our project on Facebook and Instagram!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Join Our Facebook Community<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em><strong> Ballast Hills Burial Ground<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>Facebook Group (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/859706655732944\/\">Join Here<\/a>) is a private group designed for descendants, local residents, and history enthusiasts. It is a space where members can share stories, photos, and knowledge about this significant site. Whether you&#8217;re researching family history, exploring burial inscriptions, or interested in Newcastle\u2019s heritage, we welcome you to be part of the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are actively sharing<strong> <\/strong>gravestone inscriptions from the 1904 publication <em>Inscriptions in Ballast Hills Burial Ground, Newcastle upon Tyne<\/em> by Chadwick J &amp; Dodds E. These posts highlight individual memorials, and we encourage members to engage\u2014whether by sharing historical insights, discussing family connections, or reflecting on the stories these stones reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/02\/Facebook-Screenshot-2025-02-09-120910-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow us on Instagram<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Instagram account (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ballasthillsburialground\/?hl=en\">@ballasthillsburialground<\/a>) offers a visual journey through BHBG\u2019s history. We share photographs, updates from the project, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research and discoveries. Through posts and stories, we highlight the site&#8217;s historical significance and ongoing efforts to document and preserve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/02\/Instagram-screenshot-2025-02-09-120700.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exciting News!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are particularly excited to announce that we have a new social media and communications intern joining the team! Expect even more opportunities to hear about the project through fresh content and engagement across our platforms. Additionally, we are working towards releasing our first newsletter by the end of the month, which will provide updates on our latest findings, upcoming events, and ways to get involved. If you would like to receive the newsletter, please email us at <a><strong>ballast.hills@newcastle.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a> to be added to the distribution list. Please reach out to us if you have specific content you would like to share or suggest for the newsletter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you passionate about local history, genealogy, or heritage preservation? Do you have family connections to Ballast Hills Burial Ground (BHBG) or a curiosity about its past? If so, we invite you to connect with our project on Facebook and Instagram! Join Our Facebook Community The Ballast Hills Burial Ground Facebook Group (Join Here) is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/02\/09\/discover-and-engage-with-ballast-hills-burial-ground-on-social-media\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Discover and Engage with Ballast Hills Burial Ground on Social Media&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,8],"tags":[44,52],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement","category-project-news","tag-get-involved","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}