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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Henry Simmonds Penney

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry Simmonds
Surnames: Penney
Date of Death: 25/12/1889
Burial Date: 30/12/1889
Age at Death Years: 48
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 012 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1825
Grave Description: Ornate headstone with decorative carved shoulders and columns at each side, carved flower motif at base of each shoulder. Inlaid IHS ornately carved with ivy entwined. Carved inner shoulder arch with berries. Kerbstones.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: The headstone is covered with green lichen and some of the inscription is difficult to read. The grave was cleared in March 2016 when the trees and hedge bordering Arthur Street were cut down.

Inscription:

Round arch of shoulders
IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ELIZA J. [LIZZIE] PENNEY
SHE WAS BORN ?? ?? 1847
SHE DIED NOVEMBER 18TH 1884

ALSO OF
HENRY SIMMONDS PENNEY
HE WAS BORN AUGUST 7 1841
HE DIED DECEMBER 25 1889.

Photographs:

Carol Strong
E & H Penney March 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong

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