Ryde Cemetery
Rev William Chawner
Title: Rev
Forenames: William
Surnames: Chawner
Date of Death: 22/08/1877
Age at Death Years: 60
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 010 B2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section Q Plot 2349
Grave Description: Large ornate headstone and matching smaller footstone, ledger stone top. Surrounded by railings and walled
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Was overgrown and cleared, now becoming overgrown again
Other Information: The map from Bereavement Services also gives the name of Eliza Chawner for this plot.
Old Website Grave ID: 5289
Inscription:
IHS
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM CHAWNER BA
LATE VICAR OF CRICH DERBYSHIRE
WHO FELL ASLEEP
ON THE 22ND AUG 1877
AGED 60 YEARS
(Line of sentiment unreadable)
ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF
ST JAMES CHURCH, RYDE, AND OTHER FRIENDS
AMONGST WHOM HE LABOURED
WITH MUCH SELF DENYING ZEAL
KNOWING NOTHING BUT CHRIST
AND HIM CRUCIFIED
(2 lines of unreadable sentiment)
Photographs:
W & E Chawner (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
W & E Chawner (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
W & E Chawner (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Related Documents:
PDF file: Marriage; Census; Obituary.''Reference from the General Registrars marriage records, entries from the 1861 and 1871 census, and the death notice from the IW Observer.''
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