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From: Kelvin <>
Subject: Re: Help with church names and places
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:38:00 -0400


Jean Hanna commented...

> Can someone please tell me the name of the parish church of Newchurch?
All Saint's and it's still a very active parish, as it's been since 1120!
My grandmother was baptized there in 1878 at which time her family lived
in Wroxall.

> Is it St. John's?
See above.
>Ancestors married there in 1854 and before I look
>lovingly at a picture I found, I would like to make sure! They later
>lived in Ventnor and attended its parish church. Am I right in thinking
>this was first St. Catherine's, and then another, Holy Trinity, was built?
I am not familiar with the Ventnor churches.

> Was the Ventnor cemetery in another part of town and not attached to a
>church, as my ggrandfather, at least, was buried there.
The Ventnor cemetery in which some of my relatives are buried and which,
I believe, is the largest in the town is at the top of the cliff right
off the road to/from Wroxall, overlooking the town and the sea to the
south. I believe it's a municipal cemetery run by the town.
>
> Also, does one church of St. Mary the Virgin service both Brook and
>Brighstone, or do they have one each? Sorry, but this is all a bit
>confusing from a distance! Thanks for your help.
There is at least one website that lists most of the present churches
(and maybe past) on the Isle of Wight. I don't have the URL for it but if
you go to Google (Yahoo also uses Google as its search engine) and entire
< Wight Church > at least one of the links that turn up will be a site
listing the churches there. I also believe that GENUKI has a listing of
the churches on the Isle of Wight with a brief history of each.

Kelvin Kean
Elverson, Pennsylvania US

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