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 Martha Ann Brown

Title: Miss
Forenames: Martha Ann
Surnames: Brown
Date of Death: 04/08/1853
Burial Date: 11/08/1853
Age at Death Years: 70
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC004
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard D6-270
Grave Description: Upright gothic headstone with outlined text panel and engraved lettering. Matching floral motifs on either side of arch, indented sides at base. Surrounding plain kerbstones with cuboid corner posts.
Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: Burial date and second name from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
SARAH BROWN
WHO DIED AT RYDE 15TH JUNE 1843
AGED 48 YEARS
AND OF
MARTHA BROWN
HER ELDEST SISTER
WHO DIED AT RYDE 4TH AUGUST 1853
AGED 70 YEARS
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR
EYES AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH NEITHER
SORROW NOR CRYING NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY
MORE PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY
REV. OF ST. JOHN

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
S & M Brown November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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