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

Mrs Jane James

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Jane
Surnames: James
Date of Death: 21/02/1776
Burial Date: 25/02/1776
Age at Death Years: 55
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B4-056
Grave Description: Curved topped headstone with decorative stepped shoulders and deeply engraved lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Good considering age of memorial. Crusted lichen on stone but inscription is legible.
Other Information: This headstone has been placed outside the Church West wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited.
Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

IN
MEMORY
OF JANE YE WIFE OF
WILLM JAMES OF RIDE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY THE 21ST
1776 AGED 55 YEARS

ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
J James (on left) October 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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