The Isle of Wight : its history, topography and antiquities : with notes upon its principal seats, churches, manoral houses, legendary and poetical associations, geology and picturesque localities ... / by W. H. Davenport Adams.

  • Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891.
Date:
1884
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    and home by way of Apse Heath, Stick- worth, and Arreton. 28. Carriage drive: Through Shalfleet to Yarmouth. Eeturn by way of Thorley and Calbourne. 29. Through Calbourne, and across the downs, to Freshwater Gate. Eeturn across the downs to Brook. Through Mottistone, Brighstone, and Shorwell, into Newjiort, [For additional routes see pp. 111-114.] FROM BONCHURCH AND VENTNOK, 30. Ascend St. Boniface Down near the railway-station, cross the summit by foot- path to Cook's Castle; thence, by Cow Pit Cliff, into Shanklin, through the town, and return by the beach (if the tide serves) as far as Luccombe, up the Chine, and through the Landslip and Bonchurch into Ventnor = 9 miles. 31. Cross St. Boniface Down, and by Steven's Bush, Hew Farm, and Span, reach Appuldurcombe Down. Descend into Sten- bury, and thence, through AVhitwell, to Niton. Eeturn by route 30 = 13 miles. 32. Along the Undercliff to Blackgang. Cross St. Catherine's Down into Niton, and thence, by Whitwell, to Godshill. Eeturn by Whiteley Bank into Shanklin, and back by the highroad = 20 miles. 33. Through St. La^\Tence to Sandrock Hotel. Eeturn by Niton and AVhitwell to Stenbury. Ascend the down, and return by Eew Farm and Steven's Bush = 13 miles. 34. From Ventnor, through Shanklin, Sandown, and Brading, into Eyde, and back by the same route, A carriage drive. 35. From Ventnor, through Wroxall, to Whiteley Bank. Thence, through Gods- hill, Eookley, and Gatcombe, into New- port. Visit Carisbrooke, and pass the night at Newport. A carriage drive. 36. From Newport, through Shorwell, to Brighstone. Thence to Chale, and back to Ventnor by the Undercliff. Available for equestrians and carriages. FROM SHANEXIN OR SANDOWN. 87. From Sandown to Yaverland. Cross Bembridge Down, and through the Pen- insula to Bembridge. Cross to St. Helen's. Keep through the village into the Brading road. Thence into Brading, and by Yar- bridge to Sandown (or Shanklin) = 11 miles (Sandown). For pedestrians. 38. Through Sandown and Brading to Eyde. Thence, by way of Ashey Down, to (712) 23 Newchurch. Eeturn by Queen Bower, Lower Northwood, and Cheverton, to Lake, Thence to Sandown (16 miles) or Shanklin (18J miles). 39. Through Shanklin, Luccombe, and Bonchurch, to Ventnor. Eeturn by Wrox- all to AVhiteley Bank, and thence into Shanklin. About 14 miles (Shanklin). 40. From Sandown to Lake and Chever- ton. Thence to Apse Heath, and, turning to the left, keep south to Apse Farm. Cross through the woodlands of America into Shanklin, and return by the shore = 9^ miles. 41. From Sando^vn, along the shore, to Luccombe Chine. Ascend the cliffs, and proceed by the footpath through the Land- slip to Bonchurch. Eeturn by the road ^ 11 miles. 42. From Shanklin to Languard manor- house. Keep northward to Merry Garden, and north-east to Northwood, Queen Bower, and Newchurch. Eeturn by Wack- lands and (south-east) Pidford to Apse Heath. Then by Apse Farm and America, or by Apse Farm and Cliff, into Shanklin. About 10 miles. 43. From Shanklin, by Whiteley Bank, to Godshill, and thence by Lashmere Pond, Northground, and Stroud Green, into Chale. Visit Blackgang, and return by the Undercliff. For carriages = 24 miles. 44. From Shanklin, through the fields, to Cook's Castle. Cross Shanklin and Boni- face Downs into Bonchurch. Eeturn through the Landslip to Luccombe Chine, and thence, by the shore, or from Monk's Bay by the shore = 9 miles. FROM BLACKGANG CHINE HOTEL. 45. Through Chale and Chale Street, and across Kingston Down, to Kingston. Then through a picturesque hollow lane to Shor- well. From Shorwell to Brighstone, and return along the cliffs to Blackgang —13 miles. 46. Along the cliffs to Atherfieid Point, and home by the shore, if the tide permits = 7 miles. 47. Along the Undercliff to Ventnor, re- turning by Whitwell and Niton. For car- riages = 15 miles. 48. To St. Catherine's Down. Descend into Niton, and return by Westcliff and Sandrock to Puckaster Cove. Then along the Cliffs to Blackgang. For pedestrians = 9 miles.