NORTHWOOD
"NORTHWOOD, a parish in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight, county
Hants, 2 miles N.W. of Newport, its post town. The parish, which is
extensive, contains the chapelry and town of West Cowes [which see]. It is
bounded on the E. by the navigable river Medina, on the W. by the Newtown
river, on the N. by the sea, and on the S. by the Forest of Parkhurst. It
is traversed from N. to S. by the road from West Cowes to Newport. The
surface slopes gently towards the banks of the Medina. The living is a
curacy, annexed to the vicarage* of Carisbrooke, in the diocese of
Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The parochial
charities produce about £60 per annum, including a rent-charge of £15,
bequeathed in 1687 by J. Mann for the maintenance of orphans."
[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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