Mottistone (Isle of Wight) Hampshire Family History Guide
Mottistone (Isle of Wight) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
Other places in the parish include: Chilton and Fernfield.
Alternative names: Mottiston
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1680
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MOTTISTON, a village and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The village stands on the S skirt of Mottiston Down, 1 mile from the coast, 1½ WNW of Brixton, and 5 SE of Yarmouth; was known, at Domesday, as Messetone; and now consists of a picturesque and scattered group of cottages.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Fernfield and part of Chilton. Post town, Brixton, under Newport, lsle of Wight. Acres, 1,107. Real property, £1,571. Pop., 160. Houses, 27. The property, with small exception, is all in one estate; belonged formerly to the Lisles, the Chekes, and the Leighs; and belongs now toSeely, Esq.
The manor-house is a grey old building; was erected in 1557, by the Chekes; and is associated with the memory of Sir John Cheke, the tutor of Edward VI. Mottiston Down rises to an altitude of 698 feet; and has, on its S side, two Druidical stones, the one 13 feet high, 6½ feet broad, 20 feet in girth, and little less than 30 tons in weight, the other recumbent, 9¼ feet long and 4 feet broad.
The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Shorwell, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £392. Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is a quaint and beautiful little building, of nave, aisles, and doublegabled chancel; was restored in 1864; and contains a large late altar-tomb, with an illegible inscription.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Isle of Wight
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1850 – Isle of Wight, Post-1849 – West Medine
- Poor Law Union: Isle of Wight
- Hundred: West Medina Liberty
- Province: Canterbury