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."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
Church Records
- All Saints, Church Hill, Church of England
- St John, Main Road, Church of England, Rookley
- Godshill Methodist, High Street, Methodist
- Rookley Methodist, Niton Road, Methodist, Rookley
- Sandford Methodist, Methodist, Sandford
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Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Godshill from
the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A transcription from Mason's Guide to the
Isle of Wight, 1876.
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