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SEAVIEW, a village at the N E extremity of the Isle of Wight; round Nettlestone Point, 2½ miles E S E of Ryde. It is a sea-bathing resort; and has a post-office under Ryde, a hotel, a number of lodging houses, and a smallchurch in the early English style, erected in 1859.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Hampshire AncC |
Place: | Seaview |
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