What does this symbol mean?

[rdkmt]

It looks a bit like an R on its side? I've seen it more than once.

[Treetotal]

No idea but nice to know that all the help that I have given you to achieve this has worked 
Carol

[Rosinish]

It may be an idea to state where with some background, names/dates of the couple in question as some clerics had their own definition of things?

Annie

[Ruskie]

I agree with Annie that context is likely to be important.

What is the document?
Date?
Location?

Can you provide more examples of this notation?

Have you looked at other entries where you see the same “symbol”? Can you see any common theme?

I realise you have provided an image, but it is not clear what it is, and zooming in the writing is blurry.

[conahy calling]

What are the headings in the columns please.

 Edited       For those looking for the symbol in question, see following post.

[ShaunJ]

For those looking for the symbol in question, its in the second column, 3rd last entry in the image.

Or is it the symbol in column 7 next to Beatrice Thornton's name (as the image is entitled "Beatrice Thornton symbol") ?

Looking at names and dates this appears to be a 1936 Hull burial register.

[Flattybasher9]

Looks like an "Ankh" but on it's side.

Malky

The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol which symbolizes the many aspects of life, including physical life, eternal life, immortality, death, and reincarnation. The symbol is a teardrop-shaped hoop with a cross connected directly below it, to represent the sun making its path upward and over the horizon

[arthurk]

Would an ankh have been used in an official cemetery register in Hull in 1936? I rather doubt it.

Sometimes with this sort of thing you might find that there's some kind of explanation at the start of the book or by the first occurrence. Meanwhile, since it doesn't appear on very many entries I wonder if it could be marking cremations, which weren't as common then as now. But that's just speculation.

[JenB]

Here's the relevant page https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-C3SV-G?i=514&cat=701705

The symbol also appears on other pages, for instance here (John Walsh) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-C3SR-Q?i=401&cat=701705