Place:


Marwell  Hampshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marwell like this:

MARWELL, or MARVEL, a hamlet in Carisbrooke parish, Isle of Wight; on the Medina river, 1¼ mile S of Newport. A college of secular priests was founded here by Henry de Blois, bishop of Winchester.

Additional information about this locality is available for Carisbrooke

Marwell through time

Marwell is now part of the Isle of Wight district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Wight has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marwell, in The the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24031

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024


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