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Basil Humes Memorial
Basil Hume's memorial is a small garden that lies in front of the church of Saint Mary, and commemorates the life of Cardinal Basil Hume Osb, who lived from 1923-1999. He was a Benedictine monk and also the cardinal archbishop of Westminster, is a Newcastle boy, greatly beloved by his city. This statue and garden were constructed in 2002 under an order of the inhabitants and the municipality, reflecting the condition of the cardinal to the landscapes of the region of Northumbria, with plants found in the area around the city as well as in the Inner Farne Island, an island off the coast where the monks first lived as hermits bishops.
You can also see the translation in modern English of the old Catholic poem that was originally in medieval English. The stones were brought from the Holy Island and Inner Farne, like those of AMpleforth, the house of Basil Hume. It was Queen Elizabeth II who opened this memorial. She is Anglican this gesture demonstrates the respect that the cardinal receieved by the Anglican people.
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