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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Miss Bellina Lees

Title: Miss
Forenames: Bellina
Surnames: Lees
Date of Death: 26/01/1858
Age at Death Years: 14
Grave Type: Vault
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plots 27-28c
Grave Description: Large vault surrounded by iron railings and gate with a concrete and grass top. Medium size slate cube with a stone cross set on top.
Grave Condition Description: Weathered. The inscription on the east facing side is barely legible and the west facing inscription is hard to read. The railings are missing in places, and the gate has rusted shut, and the lock lays on the ground.
Other Information: This vault incorporates the monument and remains of Sir James Lilyman Caldwell, Elizabeth Sullivan and Richard Sullivan.
Old Website Grave ID: 1521

Inscription:

West facing

SIR JOHN LEES BART.
BORN DECEMBER 31ST 1816
DIED JUNE 19TH 1892
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South facing

MARIA, WIFE OF
SIR JOHN LEES BT.
3RD JAN 1881
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN
AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

East facing

THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY
SIR JOHN AND LADY LEES
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BELLINA
WHO DIED JAN XXVI MDCCCLVIII (26 JAN 1858)
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Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J, M & B Lees (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, M & B Lees (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, M & B Lees (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, M & B Lees (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, M & B Lees (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death.
''The death notice from the IW Observer.''

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