| Bonchurch Manor | |
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 Bonchurch Manor c. 2016 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Manor house |
| Town or city | Bonchurch |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Bonchurch Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in Bonchurch.
| Bonchurch Manor | |
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| Bonchurch Manor c. 2016 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Manor house |
| Town or city | Bonchurch |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Bonchurch Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in Bonchurch.
Bonchurch was held before the Conquest as an alod by Estan of Earl Godwin. In 1086 it belonged to William son of Azor, and was of considerable worth, doubtless owing to the grazing value of its chalk downs. [1] Sir John Oglander gives the following fanciful account of its early history: 'The church was erected in the reign of William the Conqueror by John de Argenton, a Frenchman, to whom William Fitz Osbern gave Bonchurch. Argenton "got it to be made a parish by means of his brother's son Walkelin, then Bishop of Winton." ' The Argenteins, however, do not seem to have held any land in the Isle of Wight until the end of the 12th century. [1] It was one of the manors held by John de Lisle at the end of the 13th century of the honour of Carisbrooke Castle, and it followed the same descent as West Court in Shorwell (q.v.) to the Popham and Hill families. The part held by the Hills passed to Rosa daughter of Lieut.-Col. Charles Fitz Maurice Hill, who married the Rev. James White. The Bonchurch estate, belonging to Mrs. Rosa White, was put up for sale in 1836 and passed to different owners. [1] In 1863 the manorial rights were purchased by Dr. Leeson, but none are now exercised. [1] Bonchurch Manor is currently owned by Christopher Rose, an attorney, and his wife Khadine.
The house was initially named Hawthorn Dean, also known as Hawthorndean. c.1860, Rev Edmund Venables occupied Hawthorndean, which was used as a boarding school. Between 1870 and 1891, members of the Cubitt family, whose descendants include Queen Camilla, occupied the house. In the Lands of Register, November 8th, 1875, Charles Cubitt notes a Covenant dated July 25, 1842, between Rev James White, Rosa White, and Jonathan Joliffe not to permit a Hotel or Inn to be erected on the hereditaments. [2] Hawthorndean later became a Sanatorium for the treatment of Tuberculosis. [3] The name changed from Hawthorndean to Bonchurch Manor when it became a hotel, and it then returned to being a private residence.
Colonel Hill, Rosa Hill's father, was seated at Bonchurch House, also known as Bonchurch Cottage. The house, located behind St Boniface Road and Maples Drive (now allotments), was demolished in 1890 to avoid paying tax. Numerous engravings of the period illustrate the manor house.
Ventnor is a seaside resort town and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, eleven miles (18 km) from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. The higher part is referred to as Upper Ventnor ; the lower part, where most amenities are located, is known as Ventnor. Ventnor is sometimes taken to include the nearby and older settlements of St Lawrence and Bonchurch, which are covered by its town council. The population is 5,567 according to the 2021 Census
Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England, about nine miles (14 km) south-west of Southampton. Known as the "Capital of the New Forest", Lyndhurst houses the New Forest District Council and Court of Verderers. It is also a popular tourist attraction, with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, museums, pubs and hotels. As of 2001 Lyndhurst had a population of 2,973, increasing to 3,029 at the 2011 Census.
Thorley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Yarmouth in the northwest of the island and is 9 miles (14 km) west from Newport. In 1931 the parish had a population of 125.
Bonchurch is a small village in the civil parish of Ventnor, to the east of the town of Ventnor, now largely connected to the latter by suburban development, on the southern part of the Isle of Wight, England. One of the oldest settlements on the Isle of Wight, it is situated on The Undercliff adjacent to the Bonchurch Landslips Site of Special Scientific Interest. The main village is backed by a cliff to the north, with the Upper Bonchurch section on the clifftop halfway up St Boniface Down on the main A3055 road.
All Saints' Church, Newchurch is a parish church in the Church of England located in Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England. The church is medieval dating from the 13th century. In 1883, restoration of the church was carried out by A.R. Barker, at the instigation of the vicar Rev. Alfred Dicker.
Holloway Manor was a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated within the Newchurch parish. It lies just to the north of Ventnor. It was held of the honour of Carisbrooke Castle and formed part of the estate of John de Lisle in the Island at the end of the 13th century. It followed the descent of South Shorwell until 1641, when it is mentioned for the last time. It is probably the same as the modern Ventnor Manor, which is mentioned for the first time in 1755 and then belonged to the Pophams of South Shorwell. Nearly all the land in Ventnor was sold in 1820 by the Hill family to John Hamborough and building speculators, and the manor no longer exists. Holloway can now only be identified by the Holy Well spring on the down, from which possibly the holding derived its name. In a dispute as to boundaries in 1617, witnesses deposed that Ventnor, Littletown and Holloway were tithings of themselves and that Sir Edward Dennis' ancestors kept court and law day at Holloway, where his tenants did suit royal.
Steephill Manor is a British manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated within the Newchurch parish.
Merston Manor is a manor house in Merstone on the Isle of Wight, England. The manor was first mentioned in the Domesday Book. Prior to the Norman Conquest, Merston Manor was owned by the Brictuin family. The present home, built in 1605 in the Jacobean style by Edward Cheeke, was rebuilt in the Victorian era. This structure may be the oldest brick house on the Island. The manor now belongs to the Crofts family.
Princelet Manor, is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the Newchurch parish. It a small holding to the south-west of Apse Heath, and was held by the Lisles of Wootton. Of them it was held by the Kingstons of Kingston until the middle of the 14th century. It was held in 1428 by Richard Hearn and John Mayhew. Princelet was purchased at the end of the 16th century by Richard Gard, who in 1617 left an annuity issuing out of it to the poor of Newchurch. In 1780 John White paid a fee-farm rent for it, but in 1837 it was owned by William Thatcher; the owner as of 1912 was Mr. Charles Allen.
Briddlesford Manor, is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the parish of Arreton.
Westcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Northcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. According to the Domesday Book, it was part of the possessions of Gozehne Fitz Azor, and had been held in the time of the Edward the Confessor by Ulnod in abeyance. At the time of the countess Isabella's record, we find that Sir John Lisle had this manor, with many others, which he held of her in capite, or by knight's service. It was possessed by Colonel Hill. An Elizabethan manor, it is connected to a farm of 200 acres.
Combley Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the parish of Arreton. It lies in the low ground to the north of Arreton Down, and mostly consists of woodland and pasture. Its first appearance is in a deed between its then owner Simon Fitz Hubert and the convent of Quarr exchanging it for the somewhat insignificant holding of Blackland. It remained in the possession of Quarr Abbey until its dissolution, but does not appear as a manor till quite late in the 15th century; indeed, in the valuation of Quarr Abbey lands in 1536 it is entered as 'a farm called Combley in Atherton parish.' In February 1537 Combley, called a manor, was granted in fee to Thomas Wriothesley, and it subsequently followed the same descent as Haseley.
Landguard Manor is a manor house in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, over the centuries it was home to numerous notable gentlemen. It is a Grade II listed building. One of the finest known portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy, is located in its drawing room.
Blackpan Manor is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.
Hill Manor is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.
Lee Manor is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.
Park Manor is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.
Perreton Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the parish of Arreton.
Luccombe Manor was a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the parish of Bonchurch.
Shamblehurst, also known as Sandhust, was a manor and tithing within the ancient parish of South Stoneham, now in the modern-day Borough of Eastleigh. It had Allington tithing to the north and Botley and Durley parishes to the east.
This article includes text incorporated from William Page's "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912)", a publication now in the public domain