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 Steel Morley

Title: Mr
Forenames: James Steel
Surnames: Morley
Date of Birth: 27/08/1818
Date of Death: 16/08/1877
Burial Date: 20/08/1877
Age at Death Years: 58
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 025 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section W Plot 3188
Grave Description: Upright arched headstone with overgrown kerb surround. Headstone has some floral engraving at sides.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Easy to read lots of yellow lichen growing.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 5980

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
JAMES STEEL MORLEY
MATE IN CHARGE
HMS EDGAR
QUARANTINE STATION
MOTHERBANK
BORN AUGUST 27 1818
DIED AT RYDE
AUGUST 16 1877

ALSO SARAH MORLEY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT RYDE MARCH 5 1895
AGED 77 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & S Morley (Aug 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & S Morley (Aug 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Death.
''Entry from the 1861 census, and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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