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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Binstead Cemetery

Mr Henry John Murphy

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry John
Surnames: Murphy
Date of Death: 12/05/1885
Age at Death Years: 31
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG B017 B1
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row G Plot 41
Grave Description: Headstone with decorative stepped shoulders rising to integral fleur de lys cross with central inset IHS motif. Engraved lettering
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Heavy lichen cover on stone. This headstone is identical in design to the adjacent memorial for Elizabeth and Michael Murphy
Old Website Grave ID: 10577
Murphy & Goyns Nov 2011 Photo by C Strong

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
HENRY JOHN MURPHY.
WHO DIED MAY 12TH 1885.
AGED 31 YEARS.

"NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY THAT
IS AN HEAVENLY."

"SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THEIR DESIRED
HAVEN."

ALSO OF EMILY GOYNS.
SISTER OF THE ABOVE.
DIED JUNE 23RD 1890.
AGED 40 YEARS.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
H Murphy & E Goyns (on left) October 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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