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 James Hancock

Title: Mr
Forenames: James
Surnames: Hancock
Date of Death: 01/05/1885
Burial Date: 08/05/1885
Age at Death Years: 66
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 017 B2/C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F Plot 833
Grave Description: Upright shaped headstone
Grave Condition Description: Lichen growing
Other Information: Although mentioned on the memorial Charles Effingham Hancock (1878) was not interred in this plot, he was buried in the adjacent plot 834
Old Website Grave ID: 3962

Inscription:

IN
LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
JAMES HANCOCK
OF RYDE
WHO DIED MAY 1ST 1885
AGED 66 YEARS

(three lines of sentiment unreadable)

ALSO
CHARLES EFFINGHAM
THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT RYDE MARCH 25TH 1878
IN HIS 17TH YEAR

"FOR SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & C Hancock (Aug 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & C Hancock (Aug 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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