Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Ryde Social Heritage Group are hosting the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch at Ryde Cemetery on Saturday 24 January 2026. 


This property was built 1834 for the Mechanic’s Institute and it was opened by Sir John Simeon M P.


Rarely have such wild conditions been experience in the Island as those during the week-end, when the new year literally came in with a roar. 


In December, our busy research team added 22 biographical records to names on the website, including that of Dr. George Lawrence Kilpatrick Crampton, a general practitioner since 1948.  He joined the Melville Street practice in 1963.


Mr Gallaway was formerly Deputy Chief Constable of the Island County Constabulary, a position from which he retired in 1922, after 28 years' service in the police.