ARRETON
"ARRETON, a parish in the liberty of East Medina, in the Isle of Wight and
county of Southampton, 3 miles to the S.E. of Newport, its post town, and 8
S.W. of Ryde. The village, which consists of a long straggling street and
some widely scattered farms is situated on the south side of a lofty down,
on which are some large barrows, where Roman armour has been lately
discovered. The hamlet of Biddlesford is included in this parish The living
is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £220, in the patronage
of J. Fleming, Esq. The church, which was one of those given to the Abbey
of Lyra, in Normandy, by William Fitz-Osborne, contains a brass of the year
1430, and is dedicated to St. George. In the churchyard is the grave of the
"Dairyman's Daughter," of Legh Richmond's well-known story. There is an
endowment, founded in 1688, by John Mann, for the bringing up and
apprenticing of poor orphans. It amounts to £37 per annum. There are other
charities amounting to £27 per annum. In 1852 a district church was built
at Haven Street, which is a hamlet, 4 miles N. of Arreton."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson (c)2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003, 04:02 BST - Brian Pears]
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