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"RYDE, a chapelry, post and market town, in the parish of Newchurch, liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 5 miles S.W. of Portsmouth, 7 N.E. of Newport, and 79 S.W. of London. It is situated on the declivity of a hill extending to the shores of the Solent Water, and opposite to Stokes Bay and Portsmouth Harbour. It is a sub-port to Cowes, and is a coastguard station. It was anciently called La Rye, or Ride, and was burnt by the French in 1377. Less than a century back Ryde was but a small fishing village, but within the last 50 years it has rapidly risen into a thriving and prosperous town, and now ranks as one of the most pleasant bathing places on the S. coast." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson (c)2003]

Cemeteries

• St Thomas, Church of England, Ryde

Church History

Church Records

• St Thomas, Church of England, Ryde

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Gazetteers

• A transcription of the section for Ryde from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

• A transcription from Mason's Guide to the Isle of Wight, 1876.

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