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ISLE of WIGHT. [KELLY's of Winchester 598 CHALE. ISLE OF WIGHT. [KELLY'S of Winchester. The church of St. A.ndrew, erected by xo! miles, in connection with the south coast defences. Hugh Vernon about n13, is still partly Norman, though The principal landowners are Lady Mary A. B. Gordo~ little of the original structure now remains : it consists of North Court, Shorwell, the Rev. Charles Theobald M ..A.. of chancel, nave, south aisle, north and south porches, rector of Lasham, Rants, the trustees of the late Mr. and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles. contain­ Best, Messrs. Way, Russell, Sprake, Linington and the ing 5 bells, 2 of which were given by Mr. G. A. Hearn, ot trustees of the late Mr. Morris. The land is all freehold. New York, the. rest being old: there is a monument of The soil is strong loam ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops white marble to Sir Henry Worsley, who died in x843, are wheat, oats and barley; the area is 2,222 am-es of land and a nnm ber of stained windows, including five pre­ and 54 of foreshore; rateable value, £3,718; the popula­ sented by Mr. G. A. Hearn: in the churchyard is tion in 1891 was 607. interred Captain Samuel Walker, of the ill-fated ship Parish Clerk, Maurice Rayner. « Clarendon," which, on the homeward-bound passage Assistant Overseer & Rate Collector, Jobn Cooke. from the West Indies, was wrecked in Chale Bay. on the nth October, 1836, when 12 of the crew and all the Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, passengers, 13 in number, perished : there are 300 sit­ Parcel Post & Annuity & Insurance Office.-William tings. The register dates from the year 1679· The Harper Cpok, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from living is a rectory, n{lt yearly value £287, with 39 acres Ventnor at 8.35 a.m. & 3·35 p.m.; dispatched at 8.45 and residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late W. a.m. & 5.2o p.m.; sundays, 8.50 a..m Rhodes esq. and held by the Rev. Charles William Heald Wall Letter Boxes, Blackgang, cleared at 9 a.m. & 5·35 M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford. The Bible p.m.; sundays, 1o.ro a.m. &l Chale Green, cleared at Christian chapel here, built in 1842, was rebuilt in x884, 5-45 p.m.; sundays, 10.45 a.m.; Pyle farm, cleared at and has 130 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 5.ro p.m. week days only. Letters for Chale Green x888, is a building of stone, and has sittings for about should be addressed Godshill, Wroxall R.S.O. Isle of 120 persons. There is also a Mission Hall at Blackgang, Wight i:lrected in 1873, by the late Mr. Charles Reade, and seat­ Board of Trade Rocket Life Saving Apparatus (No. 302), ing about 300. Half a. mile from the Church is Blackgang Blackgang Chine, a tremendous chasm, the sides of which are nearly Coast Guard Station, Blackgang, William Henry Warne, soo feet in height, shelving down to the shore, and ter­ chief officer, & 6 men & St. Catherine's detachment minating inland in a projecting rock 40 feet in height. 5 men over which falls a small stream: the view from the ~mmrnit County Police Station, Church place, Samuel Johnson, comprises the whole of the coast to the Needles, with constable the Dorsetshire coast in the distance. Near to the Chine Parochial School (mixed & infants), built in 1843, & is St. Oatherine's Hill, which is upwards of 8oo feet enlarged in x8g<; & r8g6, for r6o children; average at­ above the sea level, and is said to be the highest point tendance, mixed 75 & infants 25 ; & supported in part in the island : the ancient Manor House, an interesting by an endowment of £22; John Cooke, master; Miss architectural relic, stands near. The Medin& river takes Martha Brown, infants' mistress itlil rise at the foot of this hill, at a place called Hermitage : Conveyance.-Coach to Ventnor, from Blackgang hotel, on the summit is St. Catherine's Tower, a. small building dailv (sundays -excepted), at 9·45 a.m. & 3 p.m.; coach surmounted by an octagonal lantern, being all that now to Shanklin, from Blackgang hotel (sundays excepted), remains of a chapel built here in 1323 by one Waiter de at 7-55 a.m. & 3 p.m Godyton, whose name is still retained in a corrupted form, in that of a farm on the west slope of the hill, called Carriers to Newport. "Gotten Farm." On the brow of the hill is an elegant George Kent, to 'Warburton's hotel,' wed. &; sat. 9.30 column, erected by the late Michael Hoy esq. to com- a.m. other days 6.30 a.m memorate the visit of his Imperial Majesty Alexander I. Thomas Chiverton, to the 'George,' tues. thurs. &; sat. Emperor of Russia: it is 72 feet high, an<]. visible from & George & Frederick Cheek, to the 'Rose & Orown,' the greater part of the island. A militarv road has been mon. tues. wed. thurs. & sat. 10.30 a.m made from Chale G'hurch to Freshwater. a distance of Percy Sprake, to the 'Rose & Crown.' mon. wed. &; sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Butcher Charles, dairyman, Gladdicos Morris Harriet (Mrs.), dairy, Stroud Armstrong Robert Henry M.B., O.M. Cassell John, dairyman, Pyle cottage Green farm, Chale green Edin. The Five Rocks, Blackgang Chale ReadingRoom(Jn.Cooke,hon.sec) Morris Henry Morgan, fanner, Stroud Bradbury Miss, 5 Cliff terrace Cheek George & Frederick, carriers, Grn.& Nth. Grounds farms,C'hale grn Heald Rev. Charles William M.A. Upper Bramstone Morris: Susannah (Mri), apartment&, (rector), The Rectory Cheek Charles, dairyman, Goodalls 2 Cliff terrace Joliffe .Tames Duckett, Stonehenge Cheek Frederick, dairyman, Walpen i Orchard Henry, dairyman, Coopers Livesay :Miss Sandrock Spring cottage, C'heek Jas. dairyman, Up. Bramstone j Rayner Maurice, dairyman k parish Blackgang Chiverton Thos. carrier, Blackgang clerk, Yew Tree cot. Sandy lane Paul .Tn. Hayball, Southview, :Blackgng Cook Wm. Harper, grocer, Post oflic(3 R0bE.'rts Mary (Mrs.), dairy • Pinnock Robert, Sealands, Blackgang Cooke John, assistant overseer, rate! Roberts Thomas. Clarendon hotel Sprucklin James, St. Catherine's lodge, collector & schoolmaster, Church pl Russell Alfred, famter, (ffitten ~ Blackgang Cordingley Charles, :Blackgang Chine Upper Bramstone farms Washer Mrs. 7 Cliff terrace hotel, Blackgang Rusell Frank Waiter, farmer, West- Cox Emma (Mrs.), tailoress, Chale grn 1 side farm COMMERCIAL. Dabell Chas. btchr. Hillside,Blackgang 1 Scott Albert, chimney sweep,Appleford Armstrong Robert Henry M.B., C. M. Dabell Waiter, fancy repository, The. Scott Jn. farmer,Corve farm,Chale grn Edin. physician & surgeon, medical Mount, Blackgang /Spanner .A.lfd.mrkt.grdnr.Souih down officer to St. Catherine's Lighthouse Goodchild Thos. dairyman, Lower ho Sprake Oscar, Robert Henry &i Alice ostablishment, The Five Rocks, Harding Henry, New inn, Chale green I Agnes (Miss), Star inn & brewers Blackgang Harvey .Tames Phillips, farmer, Chale Sprake Percy, carrier, Chale green Arnold .Tames, farmer, Gladdices Abbey farm 1 Sturmey Fredk. aparts. 6 Cliff terrace Brown John, shopkeeper & butcher, Kent George, carrier, Needle's view Warne William Henry, chief officer of Chale green Linington John & Sons, builders & coast guard, Blackgang Brown Patience (Miss), apartments, blacksmiths, Chale green Way Henry,farmer,Pyle & Walpen frms 3 Cliff terrace Lowe Geo. shoe maker,Low.Bram~tone Weeks Geo. (Mrs.), dairy, Lit. Gotten Brown Walt.grocer & baker,Church pl Lowe Herbert, apartments, 1 Cliff ter Wheeler Maurice, aparts. 4 Cli1f ter Butcher Andrew, dairyman, Mrytle Morris Geo. dairyman, North Grounds Whillier Robert, baker, Chale green cottage, Chale green farm, Chale green [Whittington Geo. dairyman,Bramston& CHILLERTON is a hamlet of scattered farms and through Newport. Letters arrive 7.40 a.m.; box cottages in the parishes of Carisbrooke and W ootton, cleared at 5.40. Carisbrooke is the nearest money principally in the former; it is from 4 to 5 miles south order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant from Newport, and 3 south from Carisbrooke Castle. The Bible Christian chapel, a. structure of brick, seats xoo This place is included in Carisbrooke United District persons ; and there is also a W esleyan chapel. Sir Charles School Board Seely hart. of Brook House, is the principal landowner. Board School (with residences for the teachers) for the The soil is loamy; subsoU, freestone. The chief crops children of Chillerton, Gatcombe and part of Wootton; are wheat and barley, built in 1883, for 150 children; average attendance. Pos~ Office.-William Moore, sub-postmaster. Letters go; James George, master Alien Albert, dairy Henton George, dairyman, Loverstone 1\forgan Richd.Young,frmr.Bamsdown EstC'ourt Carol Tuesley & Ethel Caro- Jackman Thomas, carrier Morgan Thomas, builder , line (Misses), dairy fm.Chillerton ho Moore William, post office Morris Alvin; dairyman, Upper Rill .
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