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 Wickenden

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Wickenden
Date of Death: 05/04/1780
Burial Date: 07/04/1780
Age at Death Years: 84
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard C6-265
Grave Description: Large double headstone with decorative top and central dividing line. Matching winged cherubs at top of stone. Engraved lettering
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Vey weathered and with heavy lichen cover on stone this memorial is difficult to read and illegible in places
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project
This headstone has been placed against the inside of the South Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited
F & W Wickenden July 2020 Photo by K MacDonell

Inscription:

Left side
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES THE WIFE OF
WILLIAM WICKENDEN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
4TH OF MAY 1776
AGED 66 YEARS

Right side
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM WICKENDEN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
5TH OF APRIL 1780
AGED 84 YEARS

Several lines of illegible text

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