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 Sarah Cambridge

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Sarah
Surnames: Cambridge
Date of Death: 15/05/1872
Burial Date: 17/05/1872
Age at Death Years: 88
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 025 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1891
Grave Description: Headstone with stepped base and rounded shoulders, inlaid carving and lettering.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: This grave was cleared of the overgrown hedge March 2016.

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
SARAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM CAMBRIDGE
OF GREAT SHELFORD CAMBS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 15TH 1872
AGED 88 YEARS

"FROM WHEN THE DUST OF EARTH I RISE
TO CLAIM MY MANSION IN THE SKIES,
E'EN THEN SHALL THIS BE ALL MY PLEA,
JESUS HATH LIVED, HATH DIED FOR ME."

ALSO NAOMI DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS MAY 5TH 1899
AGED 75 YEARS.
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY."

Photographs:

Carol Strong
S & N Cambridge March 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong

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