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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Ryde Cemetery

Mrs Margaret Long

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Margaret
Surnames: Long
Date of Death: 03/03/1930
Burial Date: 07/03/1930
Age at Death Years: 60
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 026 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section C Plot 308a
Grave Description: Gothic headstone with oval inset text panel and engraved black painted lettering. Black painted outline of oval border. Arched religious text at top of stone. Inset floral motif centre top of stone.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Partially overgrown, near broken Adelaide Place wall area of cemetery. Most of black paint is missing, text is difficult to read in places.
Other Information: Burial date added, source: Bereavement Services records

Inscription:

Arched top of stone
FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

Text panel
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARGARET,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
PERCY THOMAS LONG,
WHO PASSED AWAY
MARCH 3RD 1930
AGED 60 YEARS.
ALSO
OF THE ABOVE
PERCY THOMAS
AT REST
MAY 2ND 1957
AGED 87 YEARS.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
M & P Long September 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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