Brook - Kelly 1935 - Commercial and Private entries- Page 1

Rowbotham Samuel Hanson, Brook hill

Winser Rev. Arthur Andrew Partridge M.A. (rector), Rectory

Brown Henry, farmer, Brook farm

Brown Walter & Albert, farmers, Dunsbury farm

Cook Herbert, fishing pot maker

Heal Walter (Mrs.), dairy, Hulverstone

Hookey David, dairy farmer

Millmore James, smallholder

Morris Herbert Frank, shopkeeper

Phillips John Albert, farmer, Compton farm

White Frederick, Sun inn, Hulverstone

Woodford Alfred, coxswain of lifeboat

BROOK is a parish and small village, about 10 miles south-west-by-west from Newport and 5 south-east from Yarmouth, on the southern coast of the island.

The church of St. Mary, destroyed by fire in 1863, was rebuilt in 1864, at a cost of GBP1,575, and is an edifice of stone, there are 120 sittings.

Brooke House is the property of Sir Hugh Michael Seely bart. J.P. who is lord of the manor and principal landowner ; the house stands in grounds of 43 acres.

The population in 1931 was 242.

By the Isle of Wight Review Order, 1933, this parish was transferred to the parish of Brighstone for civil purposes.

HULVERSTONE and part of Brook Green were transferred to this parish from Shalfleet, March 24, 1889, by Local Government Board Order 22,428.

On Brook Green is a station of the Royal National Life Boat Institution.

Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society ; Hon. Representative, H. J. Dowland, H.M. Coastguard.

Carriers to Newport. - G. A. Shotter & Sons, daily

Conveyance. - Motor omnibuses run between Brook, Newport, Totland & Freshwater daily