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 Robert Barkham

Title: Mr
Forenames: Robert
Surnames: Barkham
Date of Death: 04/01/1779
Burial Date: 07/01/1779
Age at Death Years: 65
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard A5-029
Grave Description: Round topped headstone with shoulders, outlined text panel with engraved lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Good considering age of memorial. Heavy lichen cover on stone but inscription is still legible.
Other Information: This headstone has been placed against the inside of the West Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited.
Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
ROBERT BARKHAM
LATE OF PRIORY FARM
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 4TH DAY OF JANUARY 1779
AGED 65 YEARS

MOURN NOT MY FRIENDS AS YOU PASS BY
BUT THINK ON DEATH FOR ALL MUST DIE
MY DEBT IS PAID MY GRAVE YOU SEE
THEREFORE PRPARE TO FOLLOW ME

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
R Barkham (centre) October 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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