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 Latimer Le Marchant Thomas Le Marchant

Title: Mr
Forenames: Latimer Le Marchant
Surnames: Thomas Le Marchant
Date of Death: 25/12/1913
Burial Date: 30/12/1913
Age at Death Years: 62
Grave Type: Vault
Map Reference Number: RSHG B018 C3
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row E Plots 74 - 76
Grave Description: Vault over triple plot, large low ledger stone with plain Latin cross lying on top, engraved lettering. On large rectangular stone base. Surrounding kerbstones with remains of metal posts, railings and decorative metal fencing, complete on west side. Although the vault is over a triple plot, it is in the centre of a much larger area within the kerbs and fencing (covering a possible 8 plots). On the south side (nearest hedge) there is a line of tiling separating off a rectangular area. Does not look like a burial area but could be a re-enforcement of the sloping bank next to the road or was possibly a grave garden.
Grave Condition Description: Quite good
Other Information: Latimer Thomas Le Marchant, Gentleman, age 61, died Chiswick House, Chiswick, buried 30 December 1913 - Source: Register of Burials
Old Website Grave ID: 10472
Le Marchant family vault Dec 2020 Photo by K MacDonell

Inscription:

North side (sloping edge of ledger)
ALICE ELIZABETH LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT DIED 28TH JULY 1861 AGED 22 YEARS
DAUGHTER OF LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT JP OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
SHALL NOT THE EARTH DO RIGHT

North side (straight edge of ledger)
ALBERT MAUNSELL LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT MAJOR DORSET REGT DIED 23RD DEC 1927 AGED 81
ANNIE MARY HIS WIFE DIED 10TH DEC 1932 AGED 77

East side (sloping edge of ledger)
O LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKEST AWAY THE SINS
OF THE WORLD HAVE MERCY UPON US

South side (sloping edge of ledger)
LATIMER LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT DIED CHRISTMAS DAY 1913 AGED 62 YEARS
YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT
BEHOLD WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE

Photographs:

Carol Strong
Le Marchant family vault November 2011
Photographer: Carol Strong
Kate MacDonell
Le Marchant family vault area December 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
PDF file: Death notice
Notice from Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter 27 December 1913

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