Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHIPPINGHAM

WHIPPINGHAM, a small village and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The village stands near the Medina river, 2 miles SSE of Cowes r. station; and has a post-office under Cowes. The parish includes East Cowes. Burton, Coombly, and Fairlee; and comprises 4,628 acres of land, and 580 of water. Real property, £13,473; of which £100 are in fisheries, and £320 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 3,100; in 1861, 3,915. Houses, 710. The manor belonged once to Lyra abbey. Osborn House, a residence of the Queen, is a chief feature, but has been separately noticed. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £757.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt, partly in 1855, mainly in 1860; is in the transition Norman style, with admixture of some continental features; contains a screened section for the Queen and her household; and has a fine tower and spire. The vicarages of East Cowes and Burton are separate benefices. Charities, £20.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a small village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Whippingham AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Whippingham

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