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 Linington

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Linington
Date of Death: 24/11/1876
Burial Date: 29/11/1876
Age at Death Years: 61
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 023 A1/A2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section I Plot 1456a
Grave Description: Double plot with stone surround. Upright arched headstone with carving at top and bottom. Text in recessed centre. Shared plot with William Lambert, both headstones identical.
Grave Condition Description: Text beginning to wear away
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 4915

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM LININGTON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AFTER A PAINFUL ILLNESS
BORNE WITH CHRISTIAN
AND EXEMPLARY PATIENCE
NOV 24TH 1876
AGED 61 YEARS

"SEVERE AFFLICTION KINDLY SENT IN LOVE
LED HIM TO CHRIST AND TRAINED HIM FOR ABOVE
THE END NOW SEEN, HOW SHORT YOUR LIGHT APPEAR
THE LONGEST SUFFERING HE EXPERIENCED HERE"

ALSO OF EMMA
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH 10 1883
AGED 66 YEARS

"TENDER MOTHER AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE
HERE SLEEPS IN HUMBLE HOPE OF BETTER LIFE
EACH MOMENT SINCE HER DYING HOUR
MY LOSS I KEENLY FEEL
BUT TRUST I FEEL THE SAVIOUR'S POWER
TO SANCTIFY AND HEAL"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Linington and Lambert March 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W & E Linington March 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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