Entries from 1885 Kelly's Isle of Wight directories
for Civic, Binstead
see on 1904
1885 list of towns
Total number of matches found: 8
To account for missing numbers in Streets, it may be understood that either the house was empty at the time the revision was made, or let in weekly tenements, or that the information was refused.
| BINSTEAD is a parish, the church of the Holy Cross is a building of stone in the Early English style, with chancel, nave, north aisle, added in 1376. |
| The Wesleyans have a chapel here. |
| A cemetery containing about an acre, with mortuary chapel, was formed in1856 ; the land was presented by John Fleming esq. : it is under the control of a burial board of 9 members. |
| In this parish are the ruins of Quarr Abbey, founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, afterwards Earl of Devonshire. |
| The area is 1,206 acres of land and 236 of water and foreshore; rateable value 4,356GBPO; the population in 1881 was 813. |
| FISHBORNE is a small hamlet. |
| Coast Guard Station, John Hogg, chief boatman in charge & 7 men |
| National School (mixed), built in 1853 ; average attendance, 110 ; John Williamson, master ; Mrs. Elizabeth Venus, mistress |