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 William Cooper

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Cooper
Date of Death: 05/06/1777
Burial Date: 08/06/1777
Age at Death Years: 28
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard A6 023
Grave Description: Round topped headstone with wavy shoulders. Text panel matches headstone shape and has engraved lettering
Grave Condition Description: Good considering age of memorial. Lichen cover on stone but inscription is legible apart from lines of sentiment
Other Information: This headstone has been placed against the inside of the South Churchyard wall, we have no record of where the original plot was sited.
Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.
W Cooper Sept 2019 Photo by Kate MacDonell

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM COOPER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 5TH OF JUNE 1777
AGED 28 YEARS

Several illegible lines of sentiment

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