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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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr James Stephens

Title: Mr
Forenames: James
Surnames: Stephens
Date of Death: 22/04/1785
Burial Date: 27/04/1785
Age at Death Years: 39
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard C6-263
Grave Description: Curved topped headstone with shoulders and outlined text panel with engraved lettering
Grave Condition Description: Quite good considering age of memorial. Heavy lichen cover and weathering make inscription difficult to read in places but it is legible
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project
This headstone has been placed against the inside of the South Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited

J Stephens July 2020 Photo by Kate MacDonell

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
JAMES STEPHENS
WHODEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 22ND OF APRIL 1785
AGED 39 YEARS

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