White'sHistory, Gazetteer and Directory toHampshire and the Isle of Wight1859
SHALFLEET is a pleasant
village on the banks of a rivulet, which falls into Newtown creek. It is
on the high road between Newport and Yarmouth, six miles W. of the former,
and four miles E. of
the latter. Its parish contains 1245 souls, and
6623 acres of land, extending two miles northward to the Solent Sea, and
four miles southward to
the southern shore of the Isle of Wight, where it
terminates in a narrow strip
near Sodmere Point. It comprises the scattered hamlets and farms called NINGWOOD, HULVEBSTONE, Hamstead, NEWBRIDGE, WELLOW, Chessell, Boldner, PORCHFIELD,
Dodpits, &c. Sir John Simeon, Bart., is lord of the manor of Shalfleet. John
Pennethorne, Esq., is owner and occupier of Hamstead
Farm, which comprises about 1000 acres of land that was brought
into high cultivation from a state approaching to
sterility, about 60 years ago, when the large farm house was erected by the late J. Nash, Esq. Hamstead House, the seat of J. Pennethorne,
Esq., is a large neat mansion, commanding extensive views across
the Solent Sea, into the New Forest,
&c, He is also lord of the manor of Ningwood, or Lingwood,
which is a mile S.W. of Shalfleet. West
of it is the manor of Wellow, which belongs to the
Wyatt family,
Chessell belongs
to the Hon. Wm, H. A..A'Court-Holmes,
and upon its Down are several barrows, or tumuli, where many Saxon relics have been
found.. Wm. Way, Esq., W. G. Ward, Esq., and several other freeholders,
have estates in the parish.
Shalfleet Church is an ancient structure, mostly in
the Early English style, with a
low but massive Norman tower, which has been crowned by a short wooden spire. The porch is of Norman architecture,
embellished with a rude sculpture of a
Bishop. The vicarage, valued in; KB,at £12. 2s. 3d,. and now at £210,
is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Ths.
Cottle, M.A. The Parish School, at Ningwood, was built in 1850, at
the cost of £750. There is a Baptist Chapel at Wellow; an Independent Chapel at Porchfield;
a Primitive Methodist Chapel at Ningwood ; and a
Bible Christian Chapel at
Newbridge. SHALFLEET PARISH
DIRECTORY:--Those marked 2, are at
NEWBRIDGE;
3, NINGWOOD; 4,
WELLOW; 5, PORCHFIELD;
6, HULVERSTONE; and
the rest in Shalfleet
Village, or where stated,
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