Entries from 1885 Kelly's Isle of Wight directories
for Civic, Ventnor
see on 1904
1885 list of towns
Total number of matches found: 90
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.
| VENTNOR is a rising bathing town, parish and polling place for the county and a terminus of the Isle of Wight railway, in the Undercliff district, between the villages of Bonchurch and St. Lawrence, 12 miles south-west from Ryde and 10 south from Newport. |
| This place has increased since 1830 from a mere hamlet, to a considerable town, provided with hotels, lodging houses, reading rooms and all the necessary appendages of a watering place : the rapid rise of Ventnor is to be ascribed to its tine situation and salubrious air. |
| The town is situated on a succession of terraces sloping from the north to the sea, at altitudes varying from 300 feet above the level of the sea to the sea shore, with the down of St. Boniface, which is of the height of about 900 feet, its back, by which it is protected from the north winds, while its southern aspect gives throughout the year a genial temperature - in the winter a sufficient warmth and in the summer an agreeable coolness, arising from the sea breezes; it is considered the most favourable place in England for consumptive invalids, as it is visited with less rain than any other place in Great Britain and enjoys a more equable temperature throughout the year. |
| Commissioners were appointed by an Act obtained in 1844, under whose jurisdiction the town was drained, with many other improvements; it is now governed under the Local Government Act, 1858 : the Board consists of 18 members. |
| In 1866 a company was incorporated by Act of Parliament to supply the town with gas and water. |
| The railway was opened to Ventnor in the autumn of 1866 |
| The pier, completed in 1872, sustained considerable damage in 1882; the Pier Company have lately sold their rights to the town, and the pier will be lengthened and repaired by the authorities. |
| Ventnor was ecclesiastically and civilly attached to Newchurch, but by the Newchurch Parish Act, 1866, it was distinct parish. |
| The church of St. Catherine is a building of stone in the, Early Pointed style it was erected in 1837, at the sole expense of the, late John Hambrough esq. of Steephill Castle : the cost was 4,655GBP : it will seat about 850 persons. |
| The district church of Holy Trinity was erected by three ladies, daughters of the late Bishop Percy, and was consecrated in August, 1862 : it is a building of stone in. the Early English style : it, will seat 560 people. |
| The church of St. Margaret is of iron, erected in the year 1882 it consists of nave and chancel, with a turret, containing 1 bell: this church is annexed to the parish church of St. Catherine ; Rev. Richard Ussher is curate. |
| There is a Congregational chapel, a beautiful Gothic structure, rebuilt in 1854. |
| The Wesleyans, Baptists, Primitive Methodists and Bible Christians have each a chapel here; the Brethren have also a place of meeting. |
| The Catholic chapel, dedicated to Our Lady and St. Wilfrid, was built by public subscription in 1871, the principal benefactor being R. Swift esq. M.P.. |
| There is also a Benedictine Priory here. |
| A cemetery of 5 acres, situated on the Newport road, was formed in 1869 at a cost of 2,500GBP : there are two chapels and one dead house ; it is under the control of a Burial Board of nine members. |
| About a mile on the road to St. Lawrence is Steephill Castle, the seat of Dudley Albert Hambrough esq. J.P. completed in 1835: it is a noble Stone building, of oblong form, with fine square tower on the north side; several of the rooms are of handsome dimensions and it has all the advantages of a regularly built mansion, with the picturesque exterior of the castellated style : the site of the castle was the favourite marine retreat of the late Earl Dysart; in front of the castle, near the cliff, is cave : a small flagstaff marks the spot. |
| The London City Mission Seaside Home was erected in 1877, at the sole cost, of the late Captain Mark Huish, and presented to the society by his widow: the object is to enable each of the missionaries and their wives, by turns, to spend a fortnight here during the year, and is supported by donations and subscriptions. |
| The new Assembly Rooms in Albert, street were built in 1877 under a limited company. and capable of seating 700 persons ; they are used for lectures and entertainments, and have a license for dramatic performances. |
| The area is 5,081 acres ; rateable value, 35,266GBP ; the population in 1881 was 5,739. |
| Sexton, St. Catherine's, Hugh Jeffery, Newport road |
| Sexton, Holy Trinity, James Boosey, West street. |
| POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Insurance Annuity Office. E. Bell, Postmaster, High street. |
| Morris, Levi, post-office, Newport road |
| Branch post office, Mrs. Amis |
| URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY. |
| Offices, Assembly Rooms, Albert street. |
| Board days 1st, & 3rd mondays in the month. Eighteen members. |
| Chairman, Thomas Andrew Raynes. |
| Clerk, Alexander Houston, The Terrace House, Steep hill |
| Treasurer, Frank Godden Cox, Capital & Counties Bank, Ventnor |
| Medical Officer of Health, Edward Russell Woodford M.D., 4 Prospect terrace, Grove road |
| Surveyor, Robert Smith Scott, 3 Kent. terrace, Ventnor |
| Inspector of Nuisances, William Brooker, 10 Albert street, Ventnor |
| Collector, Frederick Hardley, Lucknow villa, Zigzag road, Ventnor |
| INSURANCE AGENTS : |
| County Fire, F. Moor |
| London Assurance Corporation, Drudge & Wheeler ; Mitchell & Kitson, 12 High street |
| Northern, T. R. Saunders, Grove lodge |
| Phoenix Fire, J. Burt, High street ; E. J. Harvey, Primrose Bank, Grove road ; G. R. Webber, Spring hill |
| Royal Exchange, D. Bull, 5 Jubilee terrace, Southsea |
| Standard Life, F. Moor, Church street |
| Star Life, H. Ingram, Camborne house |
| Westminster Fire, E. S. Bell, Post-office |
| Yorkshire, George Brockington, Mill street ; William E. Punkhurst, 116 High street |
| PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS : |
| Assembly Rooms, Albert street |
| Cemetery, Newport road, Thomas Hamilton Urry, clerk to the Burial Board |
| Coast Guard Station, inspecting officer for the district, Capt. J. S. Eaton R.N. ; James Clark, chief officer, & 13 men |
| Hampshire Regiment, 5th Isle of Wight (Princess Beatrice's) Volunteer Battalion, F. Co. Capt. A. Houston, commandant ; G Co. Capt. Theodore R. Saunders, commandant |
| Police Station, Longdown, Sergeant Samuel Foster & 3 constables |
| Ventnor Recreation Ground, Steephill road |
| PUBLIC OFFICERS : |
| Assistant Overseer, T. A. Raynes, 57 High street |
| Clerk & Registrar to the Burial Board, T. H. Urry, Madeira cliff, Trinity road |
| Distributor of Stamps, Edward Bell, Church street |
| Inland Revenue Officer, Henry Hoey, Woolscote lodge, Spring hill |
| Medical Officer, Godshill district, Isle of Wight Union, Horace Lowther L.R.C.P. Edin., Tredegar house |
| Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, S. Wheeler, accountant, Newport |
| Registrar of Marriages, F. Sheppard, 95 High street |
| Town Crier, John Jenkins, Dudley road |
| PLACES of WORSHIP : |
| St. Catherine's Church, Rev. William Walker Willan M.A., vicar |
| St. Margaret's Iron Church, Upper Ventnor, Rev. R. Ussher, curate |
| Holy Trinity Church, Rev. Arthur L. B. Peile M.A., vicar |
| Our Lady & St. Wilfrid (Catholic), Rev. John P. Trumble, priest |
| Baptist, Rev. J. E. Shephard, minister |
| Bible Christians, Rev. W. T. Ennor, minister |
| Congregational, Rev. R. Allen Davies, minister |
| Primitive Methodists, Rev. J. Redhead, minister |
| Wesleyan, Upper Ventnor |
| Wesleyan, Rev. A. F. Fogwell, minister |
| St. Catherine's Mission Hall, Charles T. Stevens, missionary |
| SCHOOLS : |
| National, boys', girls' & infants', with residences attached for master & mistresses, were erected on a site given by the late John Hambrough esq. the expenses being defrayed by public subscription, aided by a liberal grant from the Committee of Council on Education ; they were erected in 1859, at a cost of 2,200GBP for 500 children ; average attendance, 295, boys, George House, master ; girls, Miss Elizabeth Williams, mistress ; Emily Carpenter, assistant mistress; infants, Caroline Ponton, mistress |
| Wesleyan (mixed), with residence for master, built in 1860 for 100 children; average attendance, 47 ; Thomas Curtis, master |
| Longdown (mixed), with residence for mistress, built, in 1867 for 150 children ; average attendance, 74 : Miss Duckham, mistress |
| Ventnor College ; principal, John Rose Hollard M.A. |
| St. Boniface Diocesan School for Girls; Miss Sutton, mistress |
| NEWSPAPERS |
| Isle of Wight Express, published every sat.. Henry Tomkins, proprietor |
| Isle of Wight Advertiser, published every sat, Fletcher Moor, proprietor |
| Ventnor Gazette & Isle of Wight Mercury, published every thurs. Briddon Brothers, proprietors |
| Railway Station, William Wetherick, station master ; Chaplin & Co. carriers to the company, from the station |
| CONVEYANCE |
| Coach from Commercial hotel to Niton & Blackgang, daily, at 10.30 a.m. & 3 p.m. ; from Jackman's Posting Establishment, to Freshwater, Alum Buy & the Needles, 10 a.m. daily; Blackgang & Carisbrooke, 11 a.m. daily Cowes 11 a.m. |
| CARRIERS TO :- |
| LONDON & all parts, via Ryde, in connection with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company. Pickford & Co. (Henry Ireson, agent), High street |
| LONDON, via London & South Western Railway Company, Chaplin & Co. High street, daily (sundays excepted) |
| NEWPORT - John Thomas, daily (sundays excepted), from his own house, Church street, at 9.30 a.m. returning from Newport at 4 p.m. |