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"SHANKLIN, a parish and post town in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 8½ miles S.E. of Newport, and 4 N. of Ventnor. It is a station on the Isle of Wight railway. The village is situated on Sandown Bay, sheltered by lofty downs, which nearly enclose it on two sides. It is mentioned in Domesday Survey as held by Gosselin Fitz-Azor. It is a coastguard station and bathing-place greatly resorted to during the summer season. In the vicinity is Shanklin Chine, a gigantic chasm in the lofty cliffs, extending down to the shore 90 feet in depth, partially overgrown with trees, shrubs, and brushwood, and refreshed by a mineral spring which falls through it. The neighbourhood abounds with attractive scenery, especially on the way to Boniface Down. "
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- A transcription from Mason's Guide to the Isle of Wight, 1876.
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