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 Symonds

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry
Surnames: Symonds
Baptism Date: 19/11/1820
Date of Death: 01/06/1895
Burial Date: 05/06/1895
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 035 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1481
Grave Description: Upright pointed stone, sloping shoulders ornate flower design at top and sides (May 2010)
Headstone has fallen forwards flat on ground (April 2019)
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Lichen spots, some lettering eroded, badly leaning forward - May 2010
Now lying flat face down - April 2019
Other Information: Added baptism & burial dates, source: family records
Newspapers searched but no obituary found.

Old Website Grave ID: 7562

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR FATHER
HENRY SYMONDS
WHO FELL ASLEEP JUNE 1ST 1895
AGED 75 YEARS

ALSO OUR DEAR MOTHER
CHARLOTTE SYMONDS
WHO FELL ASLEEP APRIL 9TH 1902
AGED 77 YEARS

"SLEEP ON BELOVED, SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST
LAY DOWN THY HEAD UPON THY SAVIOUR'S BREAST
WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT HE LOVED BEST
GOODNIGHT BELOVED GOODNIGHT
REST AFTER WEARINESS, SWEET REST AT LAST"

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
H Symonds Oct 2020
Photographer: Colin Hunt

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