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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Binstead Cemetery

Mr James Thompson

Title: Mr
Forenames: James
Surnames: Thompson
Date of Death: 26/05/1860
Burial Date: 31/05/1860
Age at Death Years: 46
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG B017 D1
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row C Plot 45
Grave Description: Bedstead style headstone with curved top and engraved gothic lettering
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Weathered with heavy lichen cover and gothic script makes inscription difficult to read. Sunken in ground so only upper portion of stone is visible and all of inscription can not be read. Leaning backwards and to the left
Other Information: We note the discrepancy on the date of death, the memorial states 26th May, whereas the newspaper report states 27th May.
Old Website Grave ID: 10345
J & M Thompson Oct 2020 Photo by K MacDonell

Inscription:

IN MEMORY OF
JAMES THOMPSON
WHO DIED MAY 26TH 1860
AGED 46 YEARS

ALSO
MARY ANN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGUST 16TH 1863
AGED 59 YEARS

THE FLESH SHALL SLUMBER IN THE GROUND
TILL THE LAST TRUMPETS JOYFUL SOUND
THEN HAST THE CHAINS WITH SWEET SURPRISE
(unable to read rest of inscription - buried in ground)

Photographs:

contributed by Angela Treacy
J & M A Thompson 2009
Photographer: contributed by Angela Treacy
Kate MacDonell
J & M Thompson October 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Coroner's Inquest

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