Arreton
Coordinates: 50°40′35″N 1°14′39″W / 50.6764°N 1.2441°W
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 Arreton Barns |
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 Arreton
Arreton shown within the Isle of Wight |
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| OS grid reference | SZ545865 |
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| Civil parish | Arreton |
| Unitary authority | Isle of Wight |
| Ceremonial county | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | PO30 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Isle of Wight |
| List of places: UK • England • Isle of Wight | |
Arreton is a village and civil parish[1] in the central eastern part of the Isle of Wight, England. It is about 3 miles south east of Newport.[2]
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[edit] Name
The settlement has had different names and different spellings over the years. For example, the village was called Adrintone in the 11th century, Arreton in the 12th century, Artone in the 13th century, Atherton and Adherton in the 14th century, Adderton in the 16th century, and Aireton in the 17th century.
[edit] Description
The village has two inns with a long history. The White Lion Inn has been in business for two centuries, and was a staging inn on the A3056 road between Newport and Sandown.[3] At one time, there was a Red Lion Inn nearby.[4] The Arreton Barns Craft Village commercial complex[5] contains a pub called "The Dairyman's Daughter",[6] named after a best selling book about a girl (Elizabeth Wallbridge) from Arreton by Rev. Legh Richmond.
Arreton is home to the "Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum",[7] which moved to the Arreton Barns Complex[5] from Bembridge after 26 years.[8] It is housed in a "Grade II stone barn" at Jacob's Yard in the Arreton Barns Centre.[9]
St. George's Church, Arreton is renowned.[10] The war memorial was designed by local architect, Percy Stone (1856–1934).[11] On the road to the church is the 17th century Stile Cottage which was previously used to store ales for the church.
Opposite the church is the Island Brass Rubbing Centre, Lavender Cottage (which sells lavender products) and a wood carving of St. George and the dragon by local sculptor Paul Sivell.
There is a manor house in Arreton rebuilt during the reign of James I of England. Sir Thomas Bennet added the new porch and oak panneling in the major rooms. The original manor house was far older, however.
There are or were several ancient mills in Arreton. The mill at Horringford was apparently a papermill.
To the north of the village lies Arreton Down, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
There is also a zoo south of Arreton, at Hale Common, known as Amazon World Zoo.
Southern Vectis bus route 8 passes through the village on its way between Newport and Ryde via Sandown and Bembridge.[12] The Downs Tour also serves the village during the summer.[13]
[edit] Other history
The Arreton church of St. George was first begun in the Norman era. The monks of Quarr helped to extend the Church of St. George around 1160. A tower was added in 1299. In the fourteenth century, a brass effigy of Harry Hawles, Steward of the Island on behalf of Montecute, Earl of Salisbury, was added to the church's interior. The brass effigy is missing its head and also the coat of arms.
There is a note marking Hawle's resting place that reads:
- Here is ybried under this grave
- Harry Hawles, his soul god save
- Long tyme steward of the yle of wyght
- have m'cy on hym, god ful of myght.
A renowned bowling green in Arreton Parish flourished during the 16th and 17th centuries. "I have seen," wrote Sir John Oglander (1595–1648), "with my Lord Southampton at St. George's Down at bowls some thirty or forty knights and gentlemen, where our meeting was then twice every week, Tuesday and Thursday, and we had an ordinary there and card-tables."
The parish of Arreton was at one time one of the largest on the Isle of Wight. In 1894, Arreton was divided into the parishes of North Arreton and South Arreton. In 1898, part of South Arreton was transferred to Godshill, and part of Godshill was transferred to South Arreton in return. North Arreton was absorbed into Whippingham in 1907.
Arreton Athletic, the village's local football team, play in Division 3 of the Isle of Wight Saturday Football League. Watson Bull and Porter sponsor the team. The club secretary is a Mr Robert Butler. The team is managed by Mr Steven Vanner and captained by both Mr Neil Badham and Mr Darren Plumbley. Current team affairs can be followed on the club's official website www.clubwebsite.co.uk/arretonathletic .
[edit] References
- ^ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004
- ^ Arreton can be found at grid reference SZ535865.
- ^ The White Lion pub official website
- ^ White Lion, Wightwash online, The official website of the Isle of Wight branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- ^ a b Arreton Barns official website
- ^ The Diaryman's Daughter pub description and pictures, Arreton Barns official website
- ^ Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum, Isle of Wight pictures website
- ^ Bembridge Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Centre, Bembridge Parish articles, bembridge.com website, September 26, 2004, retrieved October 27, 2007.
- ^ Jacob's Yard Museum, Newport, Visit Britain Norwegian website
- ^ Picture of St. George's Church, Isle of Wight picture website
- ^ "Arreton War Memorial". Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight. 24 July 2009. http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/towns/arreton.htm. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ "Southern Vectis - bus route 8". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. http://www.islandbuses.info/r8.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ "Southern Vectis - The Downs Tour". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. http://www.islandbuses.info/otdowns.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
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- Parishes: Arreton, A History of the County of Hampshire, Volume 5 (1912), pp. 139-51. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42063. Date accessed: 15 November 2006.
- Amazon Zoo World website
- Arreton Manor
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