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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St. Thomas Cemetery

Mr Thomas Houghton

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas
Surnames: Houghton
Date of Death: 06/08/1797
Burial Date: 10/08/1797
Age at Death Years: 56
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG ST001A
Plot Number: St Thomas Churchyard Southern Centre Plot 66
Grave Description: Upright headstone on concrete base. Curved top with shoulders, sculpted double frowning cherub heads sitting on wings at top of stone, matching leaves motifs on each side at top of stone. Incised lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Quite good, some weathering has eroded cherubs and some text is too faint to be read. Quite heavy red and yellow lichen cover.
Other Information: Date of death is recorded as 8th August in the information from Inscriptions on the Memorials in St Thomas' Chapel compiled by Jack Wheeler 1975 but headstone clearly reads August 6th.
Old Website Grave ID: 8619

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS HOUGHTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 6TH 1797
IN THE 57TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
several lines illegible

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
T Houghton July 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
T Houghton (2) July 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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