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 Thomas Himmens

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas
Surnames: Himmens
Date of Death: 20/08/1890
Age at Death Years: 69
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG B017 B2
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row G Plot 53
Grave Description: Pointed headstone with shoulders and hips. Raised text panel with matching classic style doric columns on sides, inset roundel with floral motif centre top and engraved lettering. This is the fourth of 4 Himmens family memorials in a row (Plots G50-G53) all of similar design
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some lichen cover on stone which is weathered and lettering faded in places. Headstone leaning badly to left and backwards
Old Website Grave ID: 10589
T Himmens Nov 2011 Photo by C Strong

Inscription:

TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS HIMMENS
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS,
AUG 20TH 1890,
AGED 69 YEARS.

"THEY ARE DIMINISHED AND BROUGHT LOW SO HE
BRINGETH THEM UNTO THEIR DESIRED HAVEN."

"I ASK THEM WHENCE THEIR VICTORY CAME
THEY WITH UNITED BREATH,
ASCRIBE THEIR CONQUEST TO THE LAMB,
THEIR TRIUMPH TO HIS DEATH."

"CEASE FOND NATURE,
CEASE THY STRIFE,
LET ME LANGUISH INTO THEE."

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Himmens family October 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
J (left) & T Himmens October 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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