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Queen, to shed a gentle light on the Princess. the on light gentle a shed to Queen, Elizabeth and her captivity her and Elizabeth

to find out about Princess about out find to Prince Albert. Prince ria and two windows, also commissioned by the by commissioned also windows, two and ria

Trail to Castle Carisbrooke to Trail

Queen Victoria and Victoria Queen to Princess Elizabeth commissioned by Queen Victo- Queen by commissioned Elizabeth Princess to

Follow the Royal Heritage Royal the Follow find out more about more out find

The new church includes the life-sized memorial life-sized the includes church new The

age Trail to Osborne to Osborne to Trail age

time capsule of ancient coins. ancient of capsule time Follow the Royal Herit- Royal the Follow

see in the church. the in see

dation stone of the current church building over a over building church current the of stone dation

cess which you can you which cess

church and at 1.00 pm Prince Albert laid the foun- the laid Albert Prince pm 1.00 at and church

memorial to the Prin- the to memorial

bunting, there was a great parade to the site of the of site the to parade great a was there bunting,

sioned a fine marble fine a sioned

1854 the streets were lined with lined were streets the 1854 24 August On

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workmen and a plaque was placed over the spot. the over placed was plaque a and workmen

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come Newport Minster) and the place forgotten. place the and Minster) Newport come

the old church of St Thomas, Newport, (later to be- to (later Newport, Thomas, St of church old the

The Princess was buried in an unmarked grave in grave unmarked an in buried was Princess The

Castle, probably of pneumonia. of probably Castle,

when only 14 years old, she died in Carisbrooke in died she old, years 14 only when

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the Queen. the King Charles 1. She spent over half her life in captivi- in life her half over spent She 1. Charles King

and in one of the windows commissioned by commissioned windows the of one in and Princess Elizabeth was the second daughter of daughter second the was Elizabeth Princess

arch, the front of the organ gallery organ the of front the arch,

church including on the Chancel the on including church

places throughout the throughout places

found in a number of number a in found

suitable for a royal person. royal a for suitable coat of arms can be can arms of coat

Elizabeth and wanted her to have a place of rest of place a have to her wanted and Elizabeth Queen Victoria’s Queen

safe. The Queen had heard the story of Princess of story the heard had Queen The safe.

sioned by the Queen. the by sioned

port Minster after the old church was declared un- declared was church old the after Minster port

windows, also commis- also windows,

first people to subscribe to the rebuilding of New- of rebuilding the to subscribe to people first

wall between the two the between wall

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among the among were Albert Prince and Victoria Queen

You can find it on the on it find can You

ing family regularly. family ing marble portrait of him. of portrait marble

1846 she visited with Prince Albert and their grow- their and Albert Prince with visited she 1846 toria commissioned a commissioned toria

tended holidays before she became queen and from and queen became she before holidays tended died in 1861 Queen Vic- Queen 1861 in died

Queen Victoria visited the for ex- for Wight of Isle the visited Victoria Queen After Prince Albert Prince After

Mon 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Isle of Wight Tue 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Sir Edward de Horsey Wed 10.30 am - 12.30 pm became governor of the Isle Thur 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Royal Heritage of Wight during the reign of Fri 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Queen Elizabeth 1 after a long Sat 10.00 am - 12.30 pm Sun closed except for services Trail and varied career as a solider and spy for England. The Minster may be closed during the week for special He fled to France in 1555 after a failed plot to services. Please see the website for more details. kill Queen Mary 1 and stayed there as an exile for the next 10 years. The Minster Coffee Shop (in the Horsey Chapel) is open When Queen Elizabeth 1 whenever the church is open to the public. came to the throne he became Visit it for fresh tea, Fair Trade coffee and home made a spy for England and a brave cakes. military commander. In 1565 He was formally Sunday 11.00 am Minster Eucharist pardoned by the Queen and 6.30 pm Evening Service named Captain of the Wight. Wednesday 10.00 am Holy Communion He became a privateer and is Saturday 4.00 pm Children’s Service (1st Saturday said to have introduced hares of the month) to the Island. He lived on the Island until his death from the plague in 1583. Sts Thomas Square Sir Edward’s tomb includes his helmet, a Newport www.newportminster.org horse’s head at his feet and he is lying on a PO30 1SL campaign blanket. 01983 821961 Charity No: 1170906 You can also see where his sword was displayed in the scabbard by his side. To East & Red Funnel Car Ferry

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B Station. Newport Minster is an easy walk from e ❶ Start at Carisbrooke Castle where you can find out more a t r the Bus Station. i c about Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Charles I, and her e A v From Newport Bus Station take the No. 5 bus e sad death. to Whippingham and Osborne. ❷ Leaving the Castle turn right and follow the road downhill To visit St Mildred’s Church, Whippingham, until you reach a junction on the left (Castle Lane). Take this get off the bus at the top of the hill at turn and continue to the bottom of the road where it meets Whippingham by Beatrice Avenue. Walk Millers Lane. Turn right, walk past the ford and follow Castle v down Beatrice Avenue to the church. Return Street uphill to Carisbrooke High Street. to this stop to visit Osborne or follow the ❸ Turn right onto Carisbrooke High Street and cross over at Walking Route from ⓫ to Osborne. the pelican crossing in front of the Coop. To visit Osborne take a No 5 bus to the stop by ❹Turn left, walk up the other side of Carisbrooke High Street the entrance to Osborne. and up the steps into St Mary’s church yard. Turn right and fol- e Folly Lan low the path through the church yard and into a lane with a W h stone wall on the left. Just before reaching St Mary’s pond turn ip Folly Inn p in g h right and into a lane signed to Newport. Follow this, turning a m R right at the second junction round to loop round Carisbrooke o a Primary School and meet Wellington Road. d ❺Cross Wellington Road and follow the footpath on the other side past school playing fields. ❻ At the end of the lane turn right onto Recreation Ground Road and follow it to turn left at the top to join Carisbrooke Road. 2 2 1 ❼ Follow Carisbrooke Road into Newport, going straight on N A 30 at all junctions until you reach Sts Thomas Square on your 21

right. To & Wightlink ❽ Newport Minster is in the centre of the square (behind the ❾ Fisbourne Car Ferry High Street shops). Visit the church to find out more about the Royal Heritage of Newport. 054 Leave Newport Minster and cross Newport High Street. Take A3 the left hand road (Quay Street) at the Y junction and follow it to Newport Quay. Cross over Sea Street and follow Newport Quay round to the beginning of footpath N120. ❾ Follow footpath N120 beside the until you get to a junction of paths. Follow the N122 across lock gates and continue beside the Medina until you reach the Folly Inn. Starting at Carisbrooke Castle follow the road down hill 0 2 ❿ At the Folly Inn follow the road uphill (Folly Lane) until you 1 to a mini roundabout and take the first left (Cedar Hill). N reach a right hand bend. Near this corner take the footpath to At the next mini roundabout bottom of the hill turn the left through woods and fields to St Mildred’s church, right and follow the B3323 into Newport to visit Whippingham. Visit the church to discover where Queen Newport Minster. d a o There are various car parks available in Newport as well Victoria worshipped when she was on the Island. R e e l r as on-street parking. Bicycles can be locked to stands ⓫ When you leave the church turn left on to Beatrice i a Avenue, then take the first right (Saunders Way). At the F near the church. roundabout turn left and follow Whippingham Road to the To visit St Mildred’s Church, Whippingham, and entrance to the Osborne on the right. In the house and estate follow Newport High Street down to you can find out more about Queen Victoria and her family. Bridge roundabout and take the second exit to

a n Ryde (A3054). i d e For a slightly shorter route omit numbers ❹ to ❻ and turn M At the next roundabout take the first exit to r e v i ( A3021 Whippingham Road). right after crossing Carisbrooke High Street to follow the road R straight into Newport. Rejoin the trail at number ❼. To visit St Mildred’s Church take the second left at the

0 2 top of the hill once you enter Whippingham (Beatrice 1 N Avenue), signed to Queen Victoria’s Church. To visit Osborne House from the church either follow To Cowes & Red Funnel the waking route from ⓫ or go back to the A3021, Passenger Ferry, 4 5 Whippingham Road, the same way as you came. also Yarmouth 0 3 & Wightlink Car Newport A Follow the A3021, Whippingham Road, to a sharp left Ferry Quay hand bend with the entrance to Osborne on the right.

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