Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Ryde Architecture

Osborne Hotel then Solent Court Hotel

1927 Kellys Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight – Mrs Charlotte WYLES, proprietress, Osborne Private Hotel, Esplanade, Ryde TN 86.

1935 Kellys Directory of Ryde & District – Mrs C WYLES, Osborne Private Hotel, Esplanade, Ryde.

1937 Kellys Directory of Ryde & District – Mrs C WYLES, Osborne Private Hotel, Esplanade, Ryde.

1951 Kellys Directory of Ryde & District – Mrs O M SHERWIN, Osborne Private Hotel, Esplanade, Ryde.

In 1962, Jose WELLSPRING bought the Osborne Hotel on Ryde Esplanade (later called Solent Court), and built the Oasis Ballroom there.

Photographed 2017 by Tracy Welstead