THE CHURCH O F BR ADI NG ISLE O F WIGHT I TS C H U R C H E S A N D R E L I G I O U S H O USE S t R E x LL . D HA L c . F S o . A J E S. i , , . “ Au h o o f Ch urch e s of De b sh i e 4 ols E n lish Ch urch t r r y r ( V ) , g ” ” Fu ni ure Ro al F o ests o f En land R e co rds o f h r t , y r g , t e " Bo rou h of No h am ton Ho w to W i e th e g rt p , r t His to r o f a Parish 5th E di io n Paris h y ( t ) , " Re iste s of En land e tc . e tc . g r g , 9 0 . q a a , WITH ILLUSTRATIONS B A NTYNE A N SO N éf Co Prin ted by LLA , H B a an n e Press Ed nbur h At the ll ty , i g P R E F A C E “ o f TH E object of the series County Churches , ro to which this little volume belongs , is to p duce in a brief and condensed form an accurate outline account o f the o ld parish churches o f 0 England , in the h pe that they may serve - as a help to church loving visitors , and also prove o f some trifling service to resident churchmen . As the area to be covered is in this instance much smaller than when whole counties are surveyed , I thought it would be well to include some account o f the various religious houses o f the Island which were suppressed at the time o f the general dissolution of the mon t as e rie s . What I have written under this head to vo l is a considerable extent condensed from . 11 . o f Victoria Co um H isto o H am shire the fy ry f p , PREFACE . I 2 2 1 pp to 3 , published in 90 3 ; and from thence too are borrowed some o f the facts with regard to the ecclesiastical history o f the Island as given in the introductory chapter . I have long known and loved the manifold o f attractions the Island . My earliest visits o f to any its churches go back to 1 862 . After a variety of intervening sojourns , my 1 1 0 memory was refreshed in August , 9 , when all save three o f the o ld parish churches were again inspected . My indebtedness is grea t to Mr . Percy o n Stone, to whose noble volum es the A rchitectural Antiquities of the I s le of PVight I subscribed when issued in 1 891 ; he has recently given m e both viva voce and written information after a generous fashion . I also desire to thank that able ecclesiologist , Rev . o f G . E . Jeans , vicar Shorwell, for kindly help , and also the Rev . T . E . Coverdale , o f . rector St . Laurence , the Rev . E W Silver, n rector of Brighstone , and the Rev . Dr . Colema , f rector o Wootton . PRE FACE fo r I desire also to thank Mr . Jeans giving o f . the photograph Shorwell church , and Mr o f fo r Knight, Ventnor, giving the photograph o f o f . the church St . Laurence LONGT N E NUE YDE NHAM O AV , S , 1 1 o . Decem ber, 9 C O NTE NTS INTRODUCTI ON THE P RIORY OF APPULDURCOMBE THE CHURCH OF ARRETON THE O RATORY OF B ARTON THE CHURCH OF BINSTEAD THE CHURCH OF BONCHURCH THE CHURCH OF B RADING THE CHURCH OF BRIGHSTONE THE CHURCH OF BROO K THE CHURCH OF CALBOURNE TH E CHURCH AND P RIORY o r CARISBROOKE THE CHAPEL OF CARISBROOK E CASTLE THE CHURCH OF CHALE THE ORATORY OF CHALE THE CHURCH OF F RESHWATER THE CHURCH OF GATCOMBE THE CHURCH OF GODSHILL THE CHURCH OF KI NGSTON THE O RATORY o r LI M E R STON THE CHURCH OF M OTTI STON THE CHURCH OF NEWCHURCH THE N W CHURCH OF E PORT . ix C ON TENTS THE CHAPEL OF N E WTOWN THE CHAPEL OF N ITON THE CHURCH OF NORTHWOOD THE ABBEY OF Q UAR R T THE P RIORY OF S . CROSS TH E P O T H S RIORY AND CHURCH F S . ELEN THE O S . L N CHURCH F T AURE CE . TH E CHURCH OF S HALFLEET THE CHURCH OF SHAN K LIN THE CHURCH OF S HORWELL TH E CHURCH OF THORLEY O W THE CHURCH F HIPPINGHAM . THE CHURCH OF WHITWELL TH E CHURCH OF WOOTTON TH E CHURCH OF YARMOUTH TH E CHURCH OF YAVERLAND INDE" LIST O F ILLUSTRATI O NS PLATES TH E CHURCH OF BRADING F ron tispiece F rom a ho to b . ODE I CK . ( p y F. N BR R ) THE CHURCH OF CARISBROOKE To face p age 60 F rom a o o b I P E . ( ph t y T. P R ) S . N S S THE CHAPEL OF T ICHOLA , CARI BROO K E CA STLE F rom a ho to b IP E . ( p y T . P R ) TH E CHURCH OF CHALE F r m a ho to b . ODE I CK . ( o p y F N . BR R ) THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE OF GODS HILL F a h o to b F . D K ( rom p y N BRO ERI C . ) P A S M LAN OF THE BBEY OF T . ARY AT Q UARR B M r. E CY S TO NE ( y P R . ) THE CHURCH OF ST . LAURENCE . F ( rom M r. KN I GHT. ) THE CHURCH OF SHORWELL F om R v d. EA N S ( r e G. E. J . ) S R R H S THE STATUE OF I OBERT OLME , Y o o 0 ARMOUTH 0 0 K I K (F rom a pho to by A. H . R . ) ‘ 1 xi xii LIST O F ILLUSTRATIONS TE" T ILLU STRATIONS H E W BY J. C ARL S ALL THE SS B CHURCHYARD CRO , RADING TH E B ST CHANCEL, IN EAD CHURCH THE LIGHTHOUSE OF CHALE THE M OTTI STON e . 1 800 CHURCH OF , THE P ULPIT OF NEWPORT ST. HELENS TOWER S W 1 81 2 HALFLEET TO ER , SILKSTED S S KL THE CHE T , HAN IN “ SI R JOHN LEIGH AND THE LITTLE PAGE ” W N 1 HIPPI GHAM CHURCH, 794 A - L W W L THE LTAR TAB E, HIT EL SO DO W W O UTH OR AY, O TTON THE CHURC H E S O F THE ISLE O F WIGHT INTRO DUCTION THERE is no part Of England where the traces Of Roman civilisation have been more clearly O f manifested than in the Isle Wight . The climate would b e much more agreeable to those conquering colonists than that O f the greater part Of the mainland, and the shores easier Of approach 0 from the continent . N less than eight villa resi de n ce s o f , each doubtless the centre agricultural development, have been found within this limited W o f area, hilst discoveries Roman coins , orna ments , implements, and pottery have come to o n I t light at least a dozen other sites . would be unreasonable to doubt that Christianity found its way to the Island during the four centuries the Roman occupation , and would doubtless Openly professed by not a few subsequent to O f edict Constantine . The foundations Of an o ubted Christian church Of Romano - British A 2 C HU RC HES O F ISLE OF WIGHT date were exposed at Silchester, on the northern o f as 1 8 bounds Hampshire, recently as 93 . I t is , however, quite clear that , throughout this sou thern part of England , the British Church , o f after the withdrawal the Romans , was speedily o u t blotted by the hordes of Teutonic pagans . SO far as Wessex , or the kingdom Of the n o t West Saxons, was concerned , the Faith did Birin u s again shine forth for some centuries . , o f with a little band evangelists , landed on the Hampshire coast in 63 4 . H e preached with such zeal at Winchester that King Cyn e gil and many Of his chiefs were baptized in the following Hre dde year . On the death Of Bishop , who transferred the episcopal seat Of Wessex from 0 Dorchester to Winchester, in 7 5, the great diocese was divided , the more recently con verted parts further west being put under a bishop established at Sherborne, whilst H amp shire and the Isle Of Wight, Surrey and Sussex formed the diocese Of Winchester . re With regard to the Island , i t may be it marked that, as lay Opposite the boundary between the two kingdoms O f Wessex and Sussex , there was much dispute as to its control . Bishop Daniel Of Winchester (7 0 5—7 4 4 ) was the first person to claim definite episcopal authority in the I sland . Bede states that the Isle of Wight was the last o f all the provinces of O f C Britain to embrace the faith hrist, and he INTRODUCTI ON 3 makes clear the source from which it received Christianity .