Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHORWELL

SHORWELL, a village and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The village stands in a richly-wooded hollow, at the mouth of a transverse valley of the chalk range, 4¾ miles SW by S of Newport r. station; is a pretty place, with some fine old genteel residences; and has a post-office under Newport, Isle of Wight. The parish contains five tythings, and extends to the S coast. Acres, 3,685; of which 40 are water. Real property, £5,303. Pop., 612. Houses, 113. The manor was given, in the time of Henry III., to Laycock abbey in Wilts; passed to the Leighs, the Bulls, the Bennets, and the Gordons; and, with North Court, belongs now to Sir H. P. Gordon, Bart. Woolverton was long a principal mansion; but is now represented by a farmhouse. The living is two-fold, a vicarage and a sinecure rectory, in the diocese of Winchester. The vicarage is annexed to Mottiston; and the rectory is a separate benefice, of the value of £469 a year, in the patronage of the Rev. E. Walsh. The church is of the time of Edward III. There are a national school, and charities £84.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shorwell CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Shorwell

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