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Feb 4, 20211 min read

Percy Goddard Stone, Lays and Legends Of The Wight, 1912

I have been carrying out a bit of Bonchurch Village research and came across Percy Goddard Stone who was an architect, historian and...

Jan 5, 20215 min read

Early Photography of Bonchurch Village Village Road and the Old Smugglers Cottage.

Over the few years that I have visited and now live in Bonchurch, I have been fascinated by the old photographs of the village. For this...

Jan 23, 20192 min read

Bonchurch, Shanklin and the Undercliff and their vicinities. W.B.Cooke 1849

To read the full version online copy and paste the following link- https://archive.org/details/bonchurchshankli00cook/page/n5 There are...

Aug 21, 201810 min read

Early Maps and History of Bonchurch 1729 - 1890

An early history of Bonchurch with the tithe maps 1729 and annotated map 1843 plus the earliest Ordnance Survey map 1862

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Feb 28, 20181 min read

The Picturesque Views on The Southern Coast (Bonchurch & The Under-Way) 1826

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Oct 3, 20171 min read

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

The old school building, the St Boniface Diocesan School established by Elizabeth Missing Sewell is on Mitchell Avenue opposite the...

Sep 30, 20172 min read

Japanese Knotweed

January 2018 Update The Japanese Knotweed at Monks Bay was sprayed when the fence went up. Many thanks for reporting the damage to the...

Apr 12, 20171 min read

The History of the Bonchurch in Old Picture Postcards

Bonchurch Village Road circa 1950 #Bonchurch #BonchurchVillage #OldBonchurch