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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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

Child Alfred Smithson Dash

Title: Child
Forenames: Alfred Smithson
Surnames: Dash
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 001 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 1 Plot 98
Grave Description: Double plot with 99, surrounding kerbstones. Two small upright headstones with curved tops and shoulders, centrally placed. Headstone on the south side is slightly taller. Engraved lettering, grass covered plot.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Inscription very worn making it difficult/ impossible to read. Heavy crusted growth of yellow lichen adds to difficulty. Kerbstone on south side is quite sunken and other kerbs are totally overgrown.


Old Website Grave ID: 2092

Inscription:

Headstone - south side
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ALFRED SMITHSON
THE AFFECTIONATE SON OF
DANIEL AND SARAH DASH
...1863?
AGED 11? YEARS
several illegible lines

Headstone - north side
SACRED
... H. S. ...
... 1845 ...
.... DASH?
more illegible script

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
A Dash & H.S. (April 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Kate MacDonell
A Dash & H S April 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
A Dash April 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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