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 Sarah Ford

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Sarah
Surnames: Ford
Date of Death: 23/12/1838
Burial Date: 27/12/1838
Age at Death Years: 64
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC004
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard H6-146
Grave Description: Tall upright curved topped headstone with rimmed top edge and shoulders. Inset panel on top quarter of stone containing central sculpted urn with swags. Deeply engraved lettering
Grave Condition Description: Quite good condition. Heavy black and yellow lichen on bottom quarter of stone
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.
This headstone has been placed against the inside of the East Churchyard wall and we have no record of where the original plot was sited

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SARAH WIFE OF THO FORD
LATE OF PORTSMOUTH
WHO DIED DEC 23RD 1838
AGED 64 YEARS

THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A
REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD
HEB CIV VIX

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
S Ford (centre) June 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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