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Newchurch - Kellys 1935 - Civic, Commercial and Private entries- Page 2
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| Newchurch, Civic |
There is a small Congregational chapel at LANGBRIDGE, erected in 1850, with 160 sittings ; |
and a Methodist chapel at APSE HEATH, erected in 1875 and enlarged in 1902. |
Ashey Down, a chalk ridge, partly in this parish and partly in Ryde, is one of the highest hills in the island, and on it stands an obelisk. |
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are owners of the manorial rights. The ownership of the land is divided. |
The area of the parish is 3,814 acres; the population in 1931 was 936. |
BRANSTONE is 1 1/2 miles south-west; Princelett, 1 1/2 miles south; Winford, a mile south ; Wackland, half a mile south-west ; Apse Heath, 2 miles south ; Winston, 3 miles south ; Knighton, a mile north-east; Mersley, a mile north; Queenbower, two-thirds of a mile east. At the latter place Queen Anne (1702-1714) had a Bower, 'where she came at certain seasons for the excellent hawking.' |
Post & Tel. Call Office. Letters through Sandown. Arreton nearest M. O. & T. office |
The School Charity, for providing prizes & rewards for boys attending public elementary schools & residing in the parish, is distributed by a board of trustees |
Clerk to Parish Council, F. C. Corbett, Downleigh, The Mall, Brading |
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