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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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Miss Maria Johnston

Title: Miss
Forenames: Maria
Surnames: Johnston
Date of Death: 22/04/1839
Burial Date: 29/04/1839
Age at Death Years: 39
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC001
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B3-063
Grave Description: Round topped headstone with decorative shoulders and engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Heavy lichen cover on stone and weathering make inscription difficult to read in places. Headstone leaning to the left.
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

MRS
SARAH JOHNSTON
A VERY OLD INHABITANT OF RYDE
WHO DIED AFTER A VERY SHORT ILLNESS
MUCH BELOVED AND ESTEEMED
ON THE 2ND FEBRUARY 1851
AGED 72 YEARS.
SHE WAS ALSO THE WIDOW OF
WILLIAM JOHNSTON ESQ.
FORMERLY OF BELMONT RYDE.
WHO DIED IN LONDON
ON THE 27TH AUGUST 1821?
ALSO MARIA JOHNSTON
ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED
AFTER MANY YEARS OF AFFLICTION
AT RYDE ON THE 22ND APRIL 1839
AGED 39 YEARS

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Johnston family November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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