GODSHILL
"GODSHILL, (or Appuldercombe) a parish in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of
Wight, county
Hants, 5 miles S.E. of Newport, its post town. The place is ancient, being
noticed prior to the Domesday Survey. The land was part of the demesne of
Lyra Abbey, in Normandy, and was the site of a small priory erected here in
the reign of Henry III. The parish includes the hamlets of Appuldercombe,
Round, Rookley, Sandford, Stenbury, and Wroxall. The first-named was long
the seat of the Worsley family, who built the noble mansion now the seat of
the Earl of Yarborough. It has four fronts of the Corinthian order, and in
the hall are some beautiful Ionic columns of porphyry. It contains a good
collection of ancient sculptures and paintings, and is surrounded by an
extensive park. The village of Godshill is one of the neatest in the
island, and is surrounded with interesting and beautiful scenery."
[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]
