Entries from 1885 Kelly's Isle of Wight directories
for Civic, Wroxall
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.
| WROXALL is a hamlet in the parish of Newchurch, 2 miles north from Ventnor, 8 south-east from Newport, and 10 1/2 from Ryde, having a station on the Ryde and Ventnor railway; it is increasing in size and importance, and has now the appearance of a small town. |
| The church of St. John is a chapel of ease to the parish church of Newchurch, and was built in 1875 by public subscription, from designs supplied by T. R. Saunders esq. of Ventnor : it is a small cruciform stone building in the Early English style. |
| The Primitive Methodists have a small Chapel here (also designed by T. R. Saunders esq.), and the Bible Christians have also a chapel. |
| J. Diggle esq. is principal landowner. |
| POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.-R. Saunders, receiver. |
| The telegraph office is at the railway station |
| Board School, under Newchurch School Board, built, with residence for master, in 1873 at a cost of 1,400GBP, for 250 children; average attendance, 160; John R. Bulley, master ; Miss Emma Norman. infants' mistress |
| Railway Station, Phillip Jenkins, station master |