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| Mottistone, Commercial |
Bennett George, farmer, Pitt place |
Brown Mrs. Charlotte, farmer |
Jesset Robert, farmer |
Whitewood Edwin, miller & farmer |
| Mottistone, Civic |
MOTTISTONE, a parish and village in the liberty of West Medina, 6 miles S.W. of Yarmouth. |
The church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a small structure, with nave, chancel, and square tower; in the interior are memorials to the Bassett family. |
The village is small, but commands extensive views of the surrounding country and the English Channel. |
The Manor house was the birth-place of Sir John Cheeke, in 1514, who was the tutor of Edward VI. |
The population in 1861 was 160, and the acreage 1,107. |
HOXALL is half a mile S.E., and Southmore 1 S. |
There is a village school at Hulverstone, for the united parishes of Mottistone and Brook. |
POSTAL REGULATIONS.-Letters through Newport. The nearest money-order office is at Yarmouth ; post town, Newport. |