In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yaverland like this:
YAVERLAND, a parish in the Isle of Wight; on S and own bay, 8 miles ESE of Newport. Post town, Newport, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1,834; of which 960 are water. Real property, £1,135. Pop., 69. Houses, 11. The manor belonged to T. de Aula; and passed to the Russells, the Hatfields, and the Richardses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £230.* Patron, Sir G. E. Hamond, Bart. The church is Norman.
Yaverland through time
Yaverland is now part of the Isle of Wight district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Wight has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yaverland itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yaverland, in The the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5645
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024
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