RYDE
"RYDE, a chapelry, post and market town, in the parish of Newchurch, liberty
of East Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 5 miles S.W. of Portsmouth, 7
N.E. of Newport, and 79 S.W. of London. It is situated on the declivity of
a hill extending to the shores of the Solent Water, and opposite to Stokes
Bay and Portsmouth Harbour. It is a sub-port to Cowes, and is a coastguard
station. It was anciently called La Rye, or Ride, and was burnt by the
French in 1377. Less than a century back Ryde was but a small fishing
village, but within the last 50 years it has rapidly risen into a thriving
and prosperous town, and now ranks as one of the most pleasant bathing
places on the S. coast."
[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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