CALBOURNE
"CALBOURNE, a parish in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight, in the
county of Southampton, 5 miles to the S.W. of Newport. It includes the
chapelry and borough of Newtown, situated on the N. coast. The living is a
rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value with the curacy of Newtown,
£464, in the patronage of the bishop of the diocese The church, which is in
the early English style, is dedicated to All Saints, and contains an old
monument, with a brass of a knight who died in 1480. Near the village is
Westover House, formerly the seat of the Holmes family. The bishops of
Winchester, who formerly held the manor of Calbourne, had a seat at
Swainston, 2 miles to the N.E., from which there is a good view over the
western part of the island, the Solent, and the coast of Hampshire."
[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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