WHIPPINGHAM
"WHIPPINGHAM, a parish in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight, county
Hants, 3 miles N.E. of Newport. It lies on the E. side of the navigable
river Medina, and is bounded on the N.E. by the Motherbank. It contains the
village and ecclesiastical district of East Cowes, the ecclesiastical
district of Barton St. Paul's, near Newport, and Coombley, Fairlee, and
Osborne, the marine palace of her Majesty, Queen Victoria. Although the
population of the parish in 1861 was 3,915, that of the village of
Whippingham was only 500, the greater portion of the inhabitants residing
at East Cowes. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value
£780, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The parish church, dedicated
to St. Mildred, was repaired and partly rebuilt in 1855, when two aisles
were added, at the expense of her Majesty, for the accommodation of herself
and household. There are also churches at Barton and East Cowes."
[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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