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"NEWCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of East Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 6 miles S.E. of Newport, its post town, and the same distance S.W. of Ryde. The parish, which is the most extensive in the isle, reaches from Ryde in the N. to Ventnor in the S. It is 9 miles by 1½ mile in extent, comprising the townships of Ryde, Ventnor, Wroxall, Winston, and Princelett. The two first are important towns, much frequented in the season for sea-bathing. The village of Christchurch is situated on the small river Brading, and is chiefly agricultural. "
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- A transcription of the section for Newchurch from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A transcription from Kelly's Directory of the Isle of Wight, 1886.
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