Shorwell
Shorwell | |
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Shorwell village | |
Shorwell Location within the Isle of Wight | |
Population | 670 (2011 census including Kingston and Yafford)[1] |
OS grid reference | SZ457829 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWPORT |
Postcode district | PO30 |
Dialling code | 01983 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
UK Parliament | |
Shorwell (pronounced Shorrel by some locals and Islanders) is a village and civil parish[2] on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.
History[]
The parish of Shorwell contains three manors: North Shorwell (or Northcourt), South Shorwell (or Westcourt), and Wolverton.[3] The Shorwell helmet, a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet, was found in the parish. Northcourt was built in 1615 by the Deputy Governor of the Island, Sir John Leigh, and is the islands's largest manor house.
Features[]
Northcourt Manor's grounds contain a spring, the Shor Well, which feeds a stream, one of the tributaries of the Buddle Brook. There is a pub called the Crown Inn, featuring a pond stocked with brown trout.
Shorwell's terrain is hilly, and backs onto the chalk downs leading to Chale Bay and Compton Bay; several public footpaths crisscross this region, linking the village up to walking routes nearer the sea. The twelfth-century St. Peter's Church is in the village.
The island's oldest netball club is based in Shorwell as well as Shorwell United, the Island's oldest Sunday League football club.[citation needed]
It is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis bus , serving Freshwater, Totland and Newport as well as intermediate villages.[4]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shorwell. |
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004
- ^ Adams, William Henry Davenport (1856). The history, topography, and antiquities of the isle of Wight (Now in the public domain. ed.). Smith, Elder, and Co. pp. 154–. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Southern Vectis - bus route 7". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
External links[]
- Photographs of Shorwell, Francis Frith Collection.
- Villages on the Isle of Wight
- Civil parishes in the Isle of Wight
- Isle of Wight geography stubs