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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mottistone AP/CP Hampshire AncC |
| Place names: | MESSETONE | MOTTISTON |
| Place: | Mottistone |
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