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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St. Thomas Cemetery

Mrs Elizabeth Kemp

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Elizabeth
Surnames: Kemp
Date of Death: 22/06/1787
Age at Death Years: 56
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG ST001A
Plot Number: St Thomas Churchyard Southern Centre Plot 63
Grave Description: Double headstone with double curved top and stepped shoulders. 2 matching swirly decorative motifs at top of stone. Inscribed lettering with dividing central vertical line on stone. Headstone inserted in concrete base.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering and heavy red, white and yellow lichen cover makes reading inscription difficult.
Other Information: Full date of death and age from Inscriptions on the Memorials in St Thomas' Chapel compiled by Jack Wheeler 1975
Old Website Grave ID: 8614

Inscription:

Left side of headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH WIFE OF
THOMAS KEMP
WHO DEARTED THIS
LIFE JUNE ? 1787
AGED ...

Right side of headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
THOMAS KEMP
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE NOVEMBER ?
1791
AGED 61 YEARS

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
T & E Kemp July 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
T & E Kemp (2) July 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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