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 Wareham

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Jane
Surnames: Wareham
Date of Death: 09/03/1756
Burial Date: 12/03/1756
Age at Death Years: 71
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC003
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard B4-055
Grave Description: Wavy topped headstone with decorative stepped shoulders and engraved lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Quite good considering age of memorial. Heavy lichen cover 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:

HERE LIE THE
REMAINS OF JANE THE
WIDOW OF JOHN WAREHAM
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 9TH OF MARCH 1756
AGED 71 YEARS

A VIRTUOUS WIFE A FRIEND MOST DEAR
A TENDER PARENT SLUMBERS HERE

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
J Wareham (on right) October 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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