Bowcombe

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Bowcombe IW 2.jpg

| static_image_caption = The hamlet of Bowcombe

| coordinates = {{coord|50.679|-1.338|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| london_distance = {{convert|78|miles}} NE

| official_name = Bowcombe

| population =

| shire_district = Isle of Wight

| shire_county = Isle of Wight

| region = South East England

| constituency_westminster = Isle of Wight West

| post_town = Newport

| postcode_district = PO30

| postcode_area = PO

| dial_code = 01983

| os_grid_reference = SZ4686

}}

Bowcombe is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It has an elevation of {{convert|144|feet}} and is located {{convert|2 + 1/2|miles|0}} southwest of Newport in the centre of the Island.{{cite web|url= https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/bowcombe-isle-of-wight|title= Bowcombe, Isle of Wight|website=ordnance survey}} Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12.

Geography

The hamlet gives its name to the nearby Bowcombe Down and 2000-acre Bowcombe View Shooting Ground. The down is home to a listed historical site that contains a Bronze Age barrow and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015624|title=A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdow|publisher= Historic England}}

History

Bowcombe was mentioned in Domesday Book at the time it had 60 households, which was very large for a settlement at the time, with a total value of £20 in 1066.{{cite web|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ4686/bowcombe/|title = Bowcombe|website= Open Domesday}} In 1870–72 John Marius said of the village in the Imperial Gazetteer "Bowcombe vale, around it, formerly displayed much beauty, but has suffered by destruction of its wood." In the account, it describes that to the west there are traces of a Roman road and that it "commands a rich and extensive view." At the time it had a population of 93.{{cite web|publisher = GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth|title= History of Bowcombe, in The the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | URL= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23973|access-date= 27 July 2018}}

Notable residents

Sir William Stephens (c. 1641 – 1697) Member of Parliament.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/stephens-sir-william-1640-97|title=Stephens, Sir William (c. 1640–97), of Bowcombe, I.o.W.|publisher=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983|website=The History of Parliament}}

References

External links

Category:Hamlets on the Isle of Wight