Shorwell
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 Thatched cottages in Shorwell |
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| Population | 670 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SZ457829 |
| Civil parish | Shorwell |
| Unitary authority | Isle of Wight |
| Ceremonial county | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | PO30 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Isle of Wight |
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Coordinates: 50°38′40″N 1°21′18″W / 50.64453°N 1.35499°W
Shorwell (pronounced Shorel by some locals and Islanders) is a village and civil parish[2] on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is located six kilometres from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.
History
The parish of Shorwell contains three manors: North Shorwell (or Northcourt), South Shorwell (or Westcourt), and Woolverton.[3] Northcourt was built in 1615 by the Deputy Governor of the Island, Sir John Leigh, and is the largest manor house on the island. It is now a bed and breakfast establishment.[4]
Features
The grounds of Northcourt Manor contain a spring, the Shor Well which feeds a stream, one of the tributaries of the Buddle Brook. There is a pub called the Crown Inn, featuring a pond stocked with Brown trout and a small stream, currently owned by Nigel Wynn.[5]
The land around Shorwell is very hilly, and backs onto the chalk downs leading to Chale Bay and Compton Bay.
Shorwell is graced by a twelfth-century church, St. Peter's Church, Shorwell.
The Island's oldest netball club is also based in Shorwell as well as Shorwell United, the Island's oldest Sunday League football club.
Today
It is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis bus route 12, serving Freshwater, Totland and Newport as well as intermediate villages.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004
- ↑ Adams, William Henry Davenport (1856). The history, topography, and antiquities of the isle of Wight (Now in the public domain. ed.). Smith, Elder, and Co. pp. 154–. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ Northcourt Manor official website
- ↑ http://www.back-of-the-wight.shalfleet.net/brighstone_shorwell
- ↑ "Southern Vectis - bus route 7". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
External links
- Photographs of Shorwell, Francis Frith Collection.
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