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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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr Richard Young

Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard
Surnames: Young
Date of Death: 28/08/1788
Burial Date: 31/08/1788
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B6-005
Grave Description: Curved topped headstone with shaped shoulders and large deeply engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Deep vertical crack along central line of headstone. Much weathering and heavy lichen cover.
Other Information: 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. This is an identical design to that of his wife Martha which has been placed next to him.
Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

HERE
RESTS THE BODY
OF RICHARD YOUNG
LATE OF NEWNHAM FARM
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
28TH DAY OF AUGUST 1788
AGED 74 YEARS

several illegible lines of text

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
R & M Young August 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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