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Kelly's Directory 1886 - Calbourne

"Calbourne is a parish in the West Medina liberty and rural deanery, archdeaconry of the Isle of Wight and diocese of Winchester, situated about 5 miles west-by-south from Newport and 5 south-east from Yarmouth. This parish includes the ancient chapelry and borough of NEWTOWN. The church of All Saints is a building in stone in the Pointed style, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north transept and square tower. The church was thoroughly restored in 1842 at the cost of £2,550. The register dates from the year 1599. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £665, with residence and 72 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester and held since 1877 by the Rev. John Vicars M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. The principal seats are Swainston, the property of Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon bart. D.L., J.P. and occupied by Alfred Douglas-Hume esq. J.P, D.L. a handsome square stone building, in the Italian style, most delightfully situated; and Westover, the property of Lord Heytesbury and occupied by Octavius Moulton-Barrett esq. a modern villa, situated on a gentle declivity at the foot of the Calbourne Downs. The lord of the manor is Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon bart. D.L., J.P. who is also principal landowner. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans. The parish (including Newtown) comprises about 5,529 acres of clay anc chalky soil, which is highly cultivated, and 559 acres of water and foreshore; rateable value, £4,775; the population in 1881 was, including part of Newtown, 693." (From Kelly's Directory of the Isle of Wight, 1886)