MOTTISTON
"MOTTISTON, a parish in the Isle of Wight, liberty of West Medina, county
Hants, 6 miles S.E. of Yarmouth, its post town, and 8 S.W. of Newport. The
village, which is small in extent, is situated near Brixton Bay, in the
south-western part of the island, and is wholly agricultural. The parish
includes the hamlet of Chilton, and commands extensive views of the country
and the English Channel. It is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Messetone,
and formerly belonged to the Lisles, Chekes, Leighs, &c. The tithes have
been commuted for a rent-charge of £200. The living is a rectory* with the
vicarage of Shorwell annexed, in the diocese of Winchester, value £403. The
church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a small, ancient, but partly
modernised structure, with a square tower. The interior of the church
contains inscriptions to the Bassett family. Pitt Place is the principal.
residence, near which is a Druid stone. Foundations of great extent, and
other remains, have been discovered here. Sir John Cheke, tutor of Edward
VI., was born at the Manor House in 1614. The chalk cliffs at Mottiston
Down are 698 feet in height, affording a prospect of the surrounding
country."
[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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