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."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
Church Records
- All Saints, Lynch Lane, Church of England
- Holy Spirit, -, Church of England, Newtown
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Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Calbourne from
the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A transcription from Kelly's Directory of the
Isle of Wight, 1886.
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