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 Richard Bell

Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard
Surnames: Bell
Date of Death: 29/06/1873
Burial Date: 05/07/1873
Age at Death Years: 56
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 017 A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section G Plot 981
Grave Description: Upright arched stone with matching floral motifs at top, gothic text panel with gothic script. Surrounding kerbstones with corner or railing post holes remaining.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Headstone leaning backwards 45 degrees, much weathered with faint lettering, some illegible. Back kerb broken off and sinking, other kerbs broken and mostly overgrown. Plot was partially cleared January 2019.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
RICHARD BELL ESQ
2 lines illegible text
ON THE 29TH OF JUNE 1873
AGED 56 YEARS

ALSO JOANNA
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OF THE ….. ?
ON THE 25TH OF JULY 1873
AGED 56 YEARS
1 line illegible text

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
R & J Bell January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
R & J Bell January 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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