Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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 Young

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Young
Date of Death: 30/09/1808
Burial Date: 06/10/1808
Age at Death Years: 40
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC004
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard E6-236
Grave Description: Tall sinuous topped headstone with engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Much weathered and heavy lichen cover on stone makes inscription difficult to read.
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.

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM YOUNG
WHO DEPARTED THIS LUFE
SEPTEMBER 30TH 1808
AGED 40 YEARS

A FAITHFUL FRIEND
A FATHER DEAR
A LOVING HUSBAND
SLEEPETH HERE
(2 illegible lines of text)

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Young family November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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