Sandford, Isle of Wight
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| Sandford | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Sandford | |
| Location | |
| Island: | Isle of Wight |
| Grid reference: | SZ546818 |
| Location: | 50°38’1"N, 1°13’45"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Isle of Wight |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Isle of Wight |
Sandford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, in Hampshire. It stands to the east of Godshill and north of Wroxall, in the south-eastern part of the island, on the A3020 road between Godshill and the coast at Shanklin.
Sandford has a few businesses, including farms and a boarding cattery.[1] The Sandford Primitive Methodist Chapel stands in Sandford.[2]
History
Sandford has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3]
There were two mills in Sandford.[4]
Sandford was the site of brickmaking operations in the past.
References
- ↑ Sandford Cattery
- ↑ Sandford Primitive Methodist Chapel: The National Archives.
- ↑ Hampshire and Isle of Wight, The Domesday Book online.
- ↑ Nelsons' Hand-book to the Isle of Wight: Its History, Topography, and Antiquities with notes upon its principal seats, churches, manor houses, legendary and political associations, geology and picturesque localities especially adapted to the wants of the tourists and excursionist, William Henry Davenport Adams, J. Nelson & Sons, 1864.
