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 Cemetery

Bishop John Telford

Title: Bishop
Forenames: John
Surnames: Telford
Date of Birth: 01/01/1814
Date of Death: 07/11/1865
Age at Death Years: 51
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 029 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section Y Plot 3433
Grave Description: Large plot with flat top and ledger stone inscribed around the sides. Stone kerbs surround with 10 ornate iron posts and railings
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: In danger of becoming overgrown
Old Website Grave ID: 4736

Inscription:

North Side

PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF JOHN TELFORD FOR 20 YEARS THE PRIEST

West End

OF ST MARY'S RYDE

South Side

WHO DIED THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1865 AGED 51 YEARS

East End

MAY HE REST IN PEACE AMEN.

Brass plate
FR. JOHN TELFORD
1814 - 1865
ORDAINED 1838

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J Telford (Feb 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J Telford (Feb 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J Telford (Feb 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J Telford (Feb 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J Telford (Feb 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1861 census and the funeral report from the IW Observer.''

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