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"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]
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