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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ham House, half a mile beyond Ivy House; Chale, 3 miles south. XVII. MOTTISTONE. [8J miles from Newport, 13J miles from Cowes, 15^ miles from Ryde, lih miles from Ventnor, 13h miles from Sandown, and Ih mile from Brighstone.] Church, Early English (p. 268). Mottistone Manor House, date 1557, near the Church. Pitt Place (Colonel Brown), on the road to Brighstone. Mottistone Down and Longstone; Brook Chine, and Point, 2 miles west; Calbourne Bottom, 2 miles north-east. XVIII. NEWCHUKCH. [10| miles from Cowes, 6 miles from New- port, 6 miles from Ryde, 6 miles from Ventnor, Sh miles from Sandown, 11 miles from Brighstone.] Church, Early English and Dec. (partly), (p. 269). Newchurch Parsonage (Rev. C. R. Butler, M.A.). Queen's Bower, IJ mile south-east; King- ston, ruins of manor house, 2 miles north- east; Ashey Down, 2 miles north-west; Apse, ancient manor house, 3 miles south. XIX. NEWPORT. [5 miles from Cowes, 7 miles from Ryde, 10 miles from Ventnor, 10 miles from San- down, lOt miles from Yarmouth, 13 miles from Alum Bay, 7 miles from Brighstone, 6 miles from Godshill, 10 miles from Shanklin, 5 miles from Shorwell, and 9^ miles from Blackgang.] Church, Early Decorated; tombs, etc. (p. 270). Bellecroft (W. Major Coode, Esq., J.P.). Holyrood House. St. Cross (G. Kirkpatrick, Esq.), north of the town. Free Grammar School, Town Hall, Museum, Parkhurst; Carisbrooke; Church and Castle, 1 mile south-west; Pan Down, 1 mile south-east; Gatcombe Park, 3 miles south; Stapler's Heath, IJ mile east; Hunny Hill, 1 mile north; Arreton, 4 miles south-east. XX. NITON. [14 miles from Cowes, 8h miles from New- port, 15J miles from Ryde, 5J miles from Ventnor, 10 miles from Sandown, 12 miles from Brighstone.] Church, Early English, and Dec.; piscina, rood loft, monuments (p. 276). Rectory (Rev. G. Hayton). Mirables ( ), on the Undercliff. Old Park (Lady Cheape), 1* mile from St. Lawrence. Orchard (Sir H. P. Gordon, Bart.), half a mile west of Mirables. Puckaster Cottage (F. L. Popham, Esq.), above Puckaster Cove. Verlands (Mrs. Velmet). Windcliffe (Miss Kirkpatrick). AVest Cliff (Capt. Kerr), on the Niton road. St. Catherine's Hill, l^^ mile west; Whit- well, 1^ mile north-east; Puckaster Cove, 1 mile south; Blackgang Chine, Sandrock Hotel, Rocken End, etc. XXI. KYDE. [12 miles from West Cowes, 7 miles from Newport, 12 miles from Ventnor, 6 miles from Sandown, 17 miles from Yarmouth, 20 miles from Alum Bay, 14 miles from Brighstone, 13 miles from Godshill, 9 miles from Shanklin, 12 miles from Shor- well, 16 miles from Blackgang.] For the Churches, see p. 277. Appley (N. Clayton, Esq.), east of the town, above Appley Wood. Appley Tower (Sir W. Hutt, Bart.), on the road to Sea View. Beachlands (Sir J. Lees, Bart.), at the foot of Upper Dover Street. Beldornie Towers (W. H. Anderson, Esq.), Spencer Road, Buckingham House, at the commencement of the Spencer Road. Bucklands (Mrs. AUeyne Yard), Spencer Road. St. Clare, on the road to Spring Vale. Seagrove House (W. A. Glynn, Esq.), on the road from Sea View to St. Helen's. St. John's (Gen. Carr Tate), at the top of St. John's Hill. St. John's Lodge ( ), at the foot of St. John's Hill. Oak Hill (H. Leacock, Esq.), near Fairy Hill. Priory, The (Marquis of Cholmondeley, J.P.), about half a mile south-east of Nettlestone Green, on the shore.