Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shorwell

Shorwell, par. and vil., Isle of Wight - par., 3613 ac., pop. 646; vil., 4½ miles SW. of Newport; P.O.; the church is of the time of Edward NI.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shorwell CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Shorwell

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