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Mottistone
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Mottistone
Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town VENTNOR
Postcode district PO38
Dialling code 01983
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Isle of Wight
50°39′06″N1°25′40″W / 50.65180°N 1.42765°W / 50.65180; -1.42765

Mottistone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brighstone, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located in the popular tourist area the Back of the Wight. [1] It is located 8 miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, and is home to the National Trust's Mottistone Manor. In 1931 the parish had a population of 114. [2] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Brighstone. [3]

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Name

The name means 'the stone of a speaker or a speakers at a meeting', from Old English mōtere and stān, referring to The Longstone, formerly Menhir, an important Anglo-Saxon meeting place. Its name was given by the Jutes.

1086 (Domesday Book): Modrestan

1176: Motestan

1291: Moterestone

1374: Mottistone [4]

1623: Motson [5]

History

The Island's only megalithic monument, the Longstone is situated nearby. [5]

During the Norman Conquest, William son of Azor held the village, then the de Insula family. It was then passes through marriage to William de Clamorgan, possibly associated with Clamerkin Lake, [4] and then to Edmund de Langford, and for some time after that the Cheke or Chyke family owned it. In 1623, George Oglander wrote: [5]

Thomas Cheeke, a lewde son of a discrete father, sowlde Moston to Mr Dillington

— George Oglander

in 1638, two men kept watch on Mottistone Down. In 1796 its populatiom was 30. [5]

Claud Raymond, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, was from Mottistone. [6]

Geography

Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 677455.jpg
Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight

Mottistone Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Mottistone, and covering 31.4 hectares (78 acres); it adjoins the Brighstone Down, the central part of the ridge. Most of the area is owned by the National Trust, including the manor, down and cottages, and is biologically important due to its chalk and neutral grasslands.

Today

Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12.

The church of St Peter and St Paul's, founded ~12th century, [5] hosts part of an annual Christmas Tree festival (the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival) that has become very popular.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.backofthewight.net%5B%5D
  2. ↑ "Population statistics Mottistone CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Isle of Wight Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Isle of Wight Village Book - Mottistone". woottonbridgeiow.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Claud Raymond". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

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