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 Hillier (RN)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Hillier
Date of Death: 09/08/1829
Burial Date: 13/08/1829
Age at Death Years: 46
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC001
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B3-080
Grave Description: Round topped headstone with stepped shoulders and deeply engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Some lichen cover on stone but fully legible.
Other Information: This headstone has been placed against the inside of the West Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited.
Burial date taken from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

MR WM HILLIER
MASTER R.N.
DIED AT RYDE
AUGUST 9TH 1829
AGED 46 YEARS

ALSO ANNE WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED JAN 23RD 1862
AGED 74 YEARS
WHOSE REMAINS REST IN BINSTEAD CEMETERY

ALSO WILLIAM IRWIN
SON OF THE ABOVE DIED AT MACAO 1836
AGED 17 YEARS

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Kate MacDonell
Hillier family November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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