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 William Atkey

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Atkey
Date of Death: 23/10/1885
Burial Date: 27/10/1885
Age at Death Years: 66
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 D3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section E Plot 1121
Grave Description: Gothic shaped headstone with open book and wreath carved into top and ivy leaves all around sides and top
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering to face of stone
Old Website Grave ID: 7384

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
LUCY ATKEY
WHO DIED OCT 23RD 1885
AGED 66
Three lines of illegible text

THY WILL BE DONE

ALSO GEORGE, SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPT 1ST 1888
AGED 29 YEARS

"COME UN TO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE
HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST"

Photographs:

David Earle
W Atkey 31.10.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
W Atkey
Photographer: David Earle

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