Shorwell
{{Short description|Village on the Isle of Wight, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Shorwell
| civil_parish = Shorwell
| coordinates = {{coord|50.64453|-1.35499|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name = Shorwell, IW, UK.jpg
| static_image_caption = Shorwell village
| population = 670
| population_ref = (2011 census including Kingston and Yafford){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128469&c=PO30+3JG&d=16&e=62&g=6402065&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1445191301579&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=18 October 2015}}
| unitary_england = Isle of Wight
| map_type = Isle of Wight
| lieutenancy_england = 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 = SZ457829
}}
File:Shorwell, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
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Shorwell (pronounced Shorrel by some locals and Islanders) is a village and civil parish[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/geographic_area_listings/downloads/EnglishParishes&WelshCommunities_N&C_2004.xls English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004] on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is {{convert|4 + 1/2|miles}} from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.
History
The parish of Shorwell contains three manors: North Shorwell (or Northcourt), South Shorwell (or Westcourt), and Wolverton.{{cite book|last=Adams|first=William Henry Davenport|title=The history, topography, and antiquities of the isle of Wight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuxDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA154|access-date=8 July 2011|edition=Now in the public domain.|year=1856|publisher=Smith, Elder, and Co.|pages=154–}} The Shorwell helmet, a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet, was found in the parish. Northcourt was built in 1615 by the Deputy Governor of the Island, Sir John Leigh, and is the islands's largest manor house. In the 13th century North Shorwell was gifted to the abbess of Lacock Abbey.{{cite book |last1=Tait |first1=Rachel|last2=Tiley |first2=Kate |date=2023 |title=100 Treasures and Curiosities from the Collection of Carisbrooke Castle Museum |publisher=Medina Publishing |page=42 |isbn=9781911487975}}
Features
File:Crown Inn, Shorwell, IW, UK.jpg
Northcourt Manor's grounds contain a spring, the Shor Well, which feeds a stream, one of the tributaries of the Buddle Brook.
There is a pub called the Crown Inn, featuring a pond stocked with brown trout.
Shorwell's terrain is hilly, and backs onto the chalk downs leading to Chale Bay and Compton Bay; several public footpaths crisscross this region, linking the village up to walking routes nearer the sea. The twelfth-century St. Peter's Church is in the village.
The island's oldest netball club is based in Shorwell as well as Shorwell United, the Island's oldest Sunday League football club.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
It is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis bus route 12, serving Freshwater, Totland and Newport as well as intermediate villages.{{cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.islandbuses.info/r7.shtml | title = Southern Vectis - bus route 7 | publisher = www.islandbuses.info | access-date = 2008-05-04 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612084241/http://www.islandbuses.info/r7.shtml | archive-date = 2008-06-12 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/isle+of+wight/shorwell/shorwell.htm Photographs of Shorwell], Francis Frith Collection.
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Category:Villages on the Isle of Wight
Category:Civil parishes in the Isle of Wight
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