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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Binstead Cemetery

Mr William Banning

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Banning
Date of Death: 07/02/1857
Age at Death Years: 72
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG B018 D1
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row B Plot 61
Grave Description: Large ledger stone on step, high gabled cruciform top, all on wide stone base. Quatrefoil nset with fleur-de-lys cross motif on west gable, trefoil inset family shield motifs on north and south gables. Engraved lettering
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Brambles beginning to overgrow grave - September 2011, cleared February 2012

South side very sunken , inscription no longer visible, top east end broken off, north side inscription is just legible. Base split in two places on north side. Ivy, thick moss and lichen cover on stone - November 2020
Other Information: This is the first recorded burial in Binstead Cemetery. The grave was cleared of ivy and brambles by IWC contractors January 2012.
There is a memorial plaque for William Banning within Binstead Holy Cross Church.
Old Website Grave ID: 10309
W Banning Nov 2020 Photo by K MacDonell

Inscription:

Ledger stone
North & south sides have exactly the same inscription

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BANNING ESQUIRE FORMERLY OF LIVERPOOL
WHO DIED AT RYDE 7TH FEBRUARY 1857 AGED 72 YEARS

Holy Cross Church Binstead - wall plaque
IHC
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM BANNING ESQ., FORMERLY OF LIVERPOOL
WHO DIED AT RYDE VII FEBRUARY MDCCCLVII
AGED LXXII YEARS. HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE NEW
BURIAL GROUND OF THIS CHURCH.

Photographs:

Carol Strong
William Banning February 2012
Photographer: Carol Strong
Carol Strong
William Banning crest February 2012
Photographer: Carol Strong

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death Notice

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