Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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

Sarah Amelia Downs

Forenames: Sarah Amelia
Surnames: Downs
Date of Death: 14/03/1846
Burial Date: 21/03/1846
Age at Death Years: 54
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC002
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard E3 137
Grave Description: Large chest tomb with double moulded top and large deep base. Inset panels on all sides, blank cartouche in centre of south side. Engraved lettering on lid of tomb
Grave Condition Description: A large solid box memorial but the heavy lichen cover and weathering on the stone, severe in places (shallow saucer type impression above beginning of inscription) makes text very difficult to read
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project and the burial date record has the surname spelling DOWNES

Inscription:

... MEMORY OF
SARAH AMELIA DOWNS
WHO WAS RELEASED
IN THE BLESSED HOPE OF EVERLASTING LIFE
ON THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH
A. D. 1846
AGED 54

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
S Downs July 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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