Entries from 1885 Kelly's Isle of Wight directories
for Civic, Carisbrooke
see on 1904
1885 list of towns
Total number of matches found: 33
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.
| CARISBROOKE is a parish and village pleasantly situated on the banks of a rivulet and at the foot, of the Castle Hill, closely adjoining Newport, and 8 miles south-west from Ryde. |
| The church of St. Mary is large and handsome, but was once much larger, the chancel and north aisle having been pulled down to save the cost of repairing them. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Northwood annexed, gross yearly value 1,280GBP, with residence and 53 acres of glebe. |
| Great interest attaches to Carisbrooke, from its castle, which is supposed to have been a fortress previous to the Roman conquest but the first time it is mentioned is in the year 530, when it was taken by Cedric the Saxon : its present appearance, however, evinces a Norman renewal : the outworks, or the latest fortifications, were added by Queen Elizabeth : what attaches peculiar interest to this castle is the circumstance of its having been the place of confinement of King Charles I. , who during fourteen months was captive in the hands of the Parliament. On the north side of the ruins is shown what is said to have been the bed-chamber of the king, and the window from which he attempted his escape : after his death, his children succeeded him as occupants of the same prison : and here the young Princess Elizabeth died, and was interred near the communion table in Newport church. near the centre of the area is a well 300 feet in depth, cut through the solid rock, supposed to have been the work of the Romans ; it. contains 90 feet of water, which is very pure, and raised by the labours of an ass upon a treadwheel. |
| Here are the remains of a Roman villa, discovered in 1859 by Mr. William Spickernell of this parish, on the south slope of the Hill, to the left of the village street : the remains are of a highly interesting character, and in good preservation ; theyconsist of mosaic pavements with a semi-circular bath, covering a space of about 120 feet, by so. |
| St. Nicholas chapel, within the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, with its lands, once belonged to Quarr Abbey. St. Nicholas-in-the-Castle is a parish, partly within the borough of Newport. The area is 966 acres ; rateable value 2,011GBP. |
| Here are two chapels for the Primitive Methodists, with a chapel at Gunville for the Bible Christians. |
| A cemetery of 5 acres was formed in 1858 at a cost of about 3,000GBP : it is under the control of a burial board of 9 members. |
| The Convent of Our Lady of Reparation, belonging to the order of St. Dominic, is a large and handsome building, erected in 1866, at the cost of the Countess of Clare. |
| The Workhouse for the whole of the island is situated in this parish. |
| The Waverley Hotel is building of red brick and stone facings in the centre of the village, complete with the latest improvements. |
| The area is 8,602 acres of land and 43 of water and foreshore ; rateable value, 30,827GBP ; the population of the parish is 8,304, of which 3,661 are within the bounds of Newport, 801 in Parkhurst prison, 601 in Albany barracks and 405 officers and inmates in the isle of Workhouse. |
| PARKHURST FOREST, formerly extra parochial, is now included in Carisbrooke parish : it is 1 mile north of Newport. |
| The Albany barracks, originally known as Parkhurst barracks, built in 1799, occupy a space of ground 1,210 by 700 feet, and contains officers' houses, twenty large and small barracks, capable of accommodating 2,000 men, with commandant's and chief accountant's residence. |
| Parkhurst Prison was formed out of the hospital of the barracks which was assigned by Government in 1838 as a general penitentiary : on the 31st of January, 1855, a fire broke out in the prison and consumed property to the value of upwards 1,000GBP: building operations are now going on: there is at present room for between 700 and 800 prisoners. |
| BOWCOMBE is a hamlet 2 miles south-west from Newport ; CHILLERTON, a hamlet, partly in Carisbrooke and partly in Wootton, 3 miles south from the Castle; Apes Down, 2 1/2 miles west; Clatterford, 1/2 mile south-west ; Whitcombe, a mile south, |
| HUNNY HILL is hamlet on the Newport and West Cowes road. |
| Sexton, Henry Bartram. |
| POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank - Henry D. Barton, sub-postmaster. |
| POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Hunny Hill - George Trotman, receiver. |
| INSURANCE AGENT, Parkhurst, Northern Assurance, H. Taylor, West Cottages |
| PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS |
| Union Workhouse, Parkhurst, Rev, James Wentworth Elgar B.A. chaplain ; Edward Allan Waterworth M.D. surgeon ; Nichol Armstrong, master ; Mrs. Eleanor Armstrong, matron ; John Henry Martin, schoolmaster ; Miss Mary Hardiman, schoolmistress |
| Cemetery, F. Blake, Newport, clerk to the burial board : William Matthews, keeper |
| Convent of Our Lady of Reparation, belonging to the Order of St. Dominic, Rev. Frederick William Trenow O.P. and Rev. R. Buckler O.P., resident priests; Miss Margaret, lady superioress |
| Albany Barracks, Col. Arthur Collett Nightingale, commandant 2nd Batt. Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ; Lieut. F. M. Aitken, adjutant |
| Carisbrooke Castle, Major John McGrotty, keeper |
| Garrison Artillery, 3rd Brigade, Southern Division (Isle of Wight, Artillery Militia), Carisbrooke Castle, F. G. D. Watson, commandant; Lieut. G. Warburton, instructor of Artillery ; Major H. Torkington R.A, adjutant ; Surgeon-Major Edward Allan Waterworth M.D., medical officer |
| H. M. Prison, Parkhurst, Major Francis H. Noott, governor; William H. Russell, deputy governor ; Rev. H. A. Taylor M.A. chaplain; Henry de Fonmartin M.R.C.P.Edin., medical officer ; Arthur Price, assistant surgeon ; James Burnage, chief clerk; William Allison, chief warder; William Topping, foreman of works; James Urry, steward |
| Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Edward Allan Waterworth M.D., medical officer |
| SCHOOLS |
| A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1874 for the extra municipal part of Carisbrooke, Chillerton, Gatcombe and St.. Nicholas-in-the-Castle extra municipal part; Frederic Stratton, Newport, clerk to the board ; E, Phillips, Newport, attendance officer |
| Board School (mixed), with master's residence; built in 1877, at a cost of 3,200GBP, for 190 boys & 175 girls average attendance, boys & girls, 120 ; Walter Gyton, master |
| Infants' Voluntary Parochial, built in 1839, for 80 children ; average attendance, 70 ; Miss Kate Jarrett, mistress |