Havenstreet
| Havenstreet | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Island: | Isle of Wight |
| Grid reference: | SZ559902 |
| Location: | 50°42’33"N, 1°12’32"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ryde |
| Postcode: | PO33 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Isle of Wight |
Havenstreet is a village on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, in the north-east quarter of the island, two miles south-west of Ryde. It is mainly known as the principal station and workshops of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Parish church
The parish church, St Peter's, was built in 1852 to the design of the architect Thomas Hellyer. It consists of chancel, nave, south porch and bell turret, with one bell.
The churchyard contains Commonwealth war graves of two Hampshire Regiment soldiers of the First World War.[1]
History
A notable Victorian resident was Lancashire industrialist John Rylands who bought land in the village in 1882[2] and built a large house named Longford, after his primary residence Lancashire. The house is now used as the Northbrooke Nursing Home.
About the village
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway Museum is located in Havenstreet, at the railway's Havenstreet Station. From here trains run westwards to Wootton and eastwards to Smallbrook Junction, where it meets the mainline railway, the Island Line.
Within the grounds of Havenstreet Station is the Haven Falconry Bird of Prey Centre.
A First World War shrine, dedicated 30 June 1918, is a prominent landmark that stands on a hill north of Havenstreet village. It was built in 1917 by local landowner John Willis Fleming, to honour the memory of his son, as well as all the other men of the parishes of Binstead and Havenstreet who were killed in the War. An identical war shrine, the Stoneham War Shrine, was built at the same time at North Stoneham, on mainland Hampshire.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Havenstreet) |
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
- Stoneham War Shrine
- The Fleming Estate in Hampshire
- Christmas Delight on the Isle of Wight, West Coast Railway association
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway photographs, WightCAM
References
- ↑ [1] CWGC Cemetery report, details from casualty record.
- ↑ Farnie, D. A. (1993). John Rylands of Manchester. Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester. ISBN 0-86373-116-3; p. 55
- ↑ The Restoration of Stoneham War Shrine