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Stories, Information, Articles, Death Notices and Obituaries added to records - click on the links below to see lists of records that have been added to in each month

• The End of the Partlands Hotel
  Once famed as the grottiest pub in the whole country!
  
  
• Beware the Dangers of Paddling!
  ...numbers of children are languid and poorly, suffering from headache and malaise from this cause...
  
  
• Ryde Election Riots - 1851
  At the recent election for the Isle of Wight, a Riot at Ryde so terrified Mr Cole
  
  
• St Mark's flies - Bibio marci
  Visit Ryde cemetery in April and you may be surrounded by swarms of black flies
  
  
• Victorian Remedies
  Some remedies suggested in the Isle of Wight Observer, July 28th 1894
  
  
• Love is in the air!
  Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 by many people...
  
  
• New Year 1834
  Several friends of the Campanologists of the town, assembled ...
  
  
• Christmas in Ryde in Times Past
  The image is an advert for Father Xmas at Hill's Stores in 1934
  
  
• World War One - “County Press” Tobacco Fund for Islanders at the Front
  
  
  
• To Tree, or not to Tree?
  In Sept 1904 there was much debate in Ryde about planting trees in Union Street.
  
  
• "A Morning Blow at Ryde"
  Next to the delight of being at the seaside during this unusually hot September
  
  
• Royal Visit - August 1843
  The Queen has just landed, amidst the acclamations of thousands.
  
  
• Open Letter to Mr G Player and The Directors of Ryde Pier Co 1817
  From The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, September 17, 1817
  
  
• Pole Dance at Ryde!
  The company on the Ryde Pier, were lately amused by “the pig and the pole.”
  
  
• The First Typewriter in Ryde
  ISLE OF WIGHT TIMES April 20, 1876 Writing by Machinery
  
  
• Francis Newman JP, CE (1831 - 1904) Ryde Borough Surveyor
  Francis Newman was, by all accounts, a decent and well respected man of Ryde
  
  
• An Infuriated Bull on the Esplanade
  Article from the Isle of Wight Times 25 September 1873
  
  
• A Remarkable Circumstance
  Extract from the TERRIFIC REGISTER or RECORD OF CRIMES, JUDGEMENTS, PROVIDENCES AND CALAMITIES VOL. II 1825
  
  
• Christmas Past
  Ann Barrett, leader of our Research Team, wrote this poem for her family of her memories of Christmas as a child.
  
  
• Christmas Crackers!
  Love them or hate them Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Christmas Crackers
  
  
• Looking Back - How Ryde used to be
  An article in the IW County Press November 1934 looked back at how Ryde used to be.
  
  
• Edmund Rickard - Watchmaker and Jeweller
  Edmund Rickard Watchmaker and Jeweller High Street Ryde.
  
  
• Novel Mode of Transport!
  NOVEL MOVE – Mr NELSON, the clown in Bridges’ circus, brought together an immense crowd on the Esplanade
  
  
• Ward & Sons - Local bicycle manufacturers and motor engineers
  Mr Edward Tom Ward first set up his bicycle making business in Ryde around 1878.
  
  
• Sir Thomas Acquin Martin - Industrial Pioneer (1850-1906)
  Sir Thomas Acquin Martin and his wife Sarah have a really beautiful memorial, in the shape of an angel and a cross, in the Catholic Section of Ryde Cemetery.
  
  
• The Loss of a Fortune
  Edward John COLEMAN (b1834 - d1885) bought the estate Stoke Park, Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, from Lord Taunton, in 1863.
  
  
• The Fleet Reviews at Spithead
  The townsfolk of Ryde will have witnessed many Fleet Reviews in The Solent.
  
  
• William Arnold Bromfield - Traveller and Botanist
  William Arnold Bromfield wrote the FLORA VECTENSIS a description of the flowering plants and ferns of the Isle of Wight.
  
  
• Admiral Philip Westphal 1782 – 1880
  The oldest commissioned officer in her Majesty's navy, Admiral Westphal died at Ryde
  
  
• March 2008 - Southsea and Ryde Collecting Dog “Brake”
  Extract from the Penny Illustrated Paper - 20 December 1884
  
  
• February 2008 - Dr Alexander George Davey – Doctor of Medicine
  Dr Alexander George Davey is best remembered for his work in connection with ...
  
  
• January 2008 - William Knyvett – Singer and Composer
  William Knyvett was an eminent singer and composer, a Gentleman of the Chapels Royal.
  
  
• December 2007 - The History of the Christmas Tree
  The Christmas tree has become such an important part of a traditional English Christmas that it is difficult for us to imagine Christmas without a tree, but this wasn’t always so.
  
  
• November 2007 - Coachman Harry Williams’ Diamond Wedding – November 1940
  Harry Williams was born in 1858 at Dudley House, John Street Ryde, one of eight children. His father, George Williams, kept a posting yard with horses and the stately carriages so characteristic of the mid-Victorian period. Even at a young age Harry owned his own horse and chaise and by the age of 18 was a fully-fledged licensed carriage driver.
  
  
• October 2007 - Augustus George Vernon-Harcourt 1834 - 1919
  Inventor and Chemist Born 24th December 1834 in Chelsea, London, Augustus George was the son of Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt and Marcia Tollemarche and grandson of The Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Lady Ann Leveson-Gower.
  
  
• September 2007 - Thomas Dashwood - Master Builder
  Thomas Dashwood was born in Whippingham on 17th December 1788, he moved to Ryde as a young man to seek his fortune.
  
  
• August 2007 - Suffolk Towers, 84 George Street, Ryde
  Researched by Joann Bailey and Anthony J. Merry
  
  
• June 2007 - Captain James Stallard - Smuggler
  James Stallard was born in St Helens in about 1796. As a young man he was apprenticed to Pilot Beazley who was known as ‘Old Razza Beazley’, but soon after his service ended he entered into the business of smuggling.
  
  
• May 2007 - Father de Gex, Assistant Priest at St. Michael's Church
  Alexander Frederick de Gex, a native of Somerset, was Assistant Priest at St. Michael’s Church in Swanmore for 3 years until his death in April 1931.
  
  
• March 2007 - After 58 years of marriage a Ryde couple die together.
  A sad but touching story of a couple who had a long life together and died the same day.
  
  
• January 2007 - Ryde Lifeboat Disaster 1 January 1907
  One hundred years ago, two brave men lost their lives when the Selina Lifeboat capsized.
  
  
• December 2006 - Christmas in Victorian Times
  Ryde, Isle of Wight, has strong connections to the Victorian celebration of Christmas
  
  
• November 2007 - Drummer Boy's Military Funeral
  The Castle on the Esplanade in Ryde (now a hotel) was used as a hospital in WW1.
  
  
• September 2006 - James Leonard FRY
  Mr Fry was killed in an accident while placing bunting on a shop front in Union Street.
  
  
• August 2006 - General Sir Henry Dermot Daly
  Research carried out by Trish Lovell on General Sir Henry Dermot Daly
  
  
• June 2006 - James Walker R.N. Chief Officer of Coastguard
  
  
  
• June 2006 - A Local Hero
  He gave his life to save two children from drowning
  
  
• May 2006 - Day by Day at Lucknow
  Two Sisters endure 5 months of siege at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny
  
  
• May 2006 - Do Not Stand by my Grave and Weep
  A poem written by Mary Frye in 1932 to comfort a bereaved friend.
  
  
• April 2006 - Miss Elizabeth Mary Eugenie CAWS
  Miss Elizabeth Mary Eugenie CAWS died in a fire in her home in Ryde in 1931. The County Press recorded her death, as well as the Coroner's Inquest. She lived alone, in the upper apartment in a cottage off Hill Street.
  
  
• April 2006 - General Sir Samuel BROWNE, V.C.; K.C.B.; K.G.S.I.
  General Sir Sam Browne was a distinguished Army Officer who served in India and the near East. He retired to the Isle of Wight in 1898, and died in Ryde in 1901. His cremated remains are buried in Ryde Cemetery, and his grave marker is a simple stone crucifix on a three step plinth.
  
  
• April 2006 - Benjamin Archer Kent M.D.
  A Medical Pioneer in Southern Australia
  
  
• March 2006 - Thomas Hellyer
  Thomas Hellyer, Architect of Ryde, has a unique tomb in Ryde Cemetery.
  
  
• March 2006 - Mr Stephen Adams, nome de plume of Michael Maybrick
  Grave Type: Normal Grave Large vaulted grave with kerbs and ornate top supported on multi columns.
  
  

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