| Alum Bay 1889 |
| Alum Bay from the cliff top viewing out to The Needles |
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| Arch Rock Freshwater 1844 |
| The part of the island which contains Freshwater, the Needles, and Alum Bay, is almost separated from the rest by the river Yar, which rises behind the rock
called Freshwater Gate, and runs into the sea at Yarmouth. |
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| Arch Rock Freshwater 1889 |
| The arched rock looking to the sunset |
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| Arretton Church 1859 |
| The church is a structure of great antiquity, receiving a character of heaviness from the ponderous embattled tower at its west end. There is a dial over the door, which leads from the south side to the body of the church. |
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| Black Gang Chine |
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| Black Gang Chine 1844 |
| When dinner was over, Mrs. Merton having seen her husband comfortably placed on the sofa, inquired the way to the Chine, and set out, accompanied by her daughter. They first entered a kind of field, by a gate; and, crossing a small wooden bridge, they arrived at a fanciful-looking cottage, filled with toys; where they engaged a guide. |
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| Blackgang 1878 |
| Beyond Niton, we come to the Black Gang Chine, a grim abyss, over whose frowning edge a stream spills its wavering torrent into the surging vortex below, where the restless ocean forever foams and thunders. |
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| Blackgang Chine 1889 |
| Blackgang Chine from the sea |
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| Bonchurch Church 1878 |
| To the eastward, and immediately adjoining Ventnor, which has grown up to it, is the lovely hamlet of Bonchurch. In Monk's Bay, by which it lies, St. Boniface landed, in A.D. 755, and Bonchurch is said to be a corruption of Bonecerce—the Church of St. Boniface. There is a well called after and dedicated to the saint by a certain bishop, who, on a dark night in the nights long ago, lost his way on the steep side of Boniface Down. |
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| Bonchurch Church 1889 |
| Bonchurch Church and graveyard |
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| Bonchurch Pond 1859 |
| The Pond is a beautifully transparent sheet of water here, with a setting of umbrageous elms which overhang its sides, and are reflected from its surface. |
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| Bonchurch Pond 1889 |
| Bonchurch pond from the western end. |
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| Brading Church 1859 |
| The Church is called the oldest in the island— at least, is said to occupy the site of the very first edifice for Christian worship erected here. It is not, however, the oldest— the neighbouring one of Yaverland being older. |
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| Brading Church 1889 |
| Brading church with the Town Hall and Stocks |
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| Carisbrooke Castle 1844 |
| As soon as Mrs. Merton and Agnes re-entered the carriage, they proceeded to the pretty little village of Carisbrook,
catching several views of the Castle on their route. |
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| Carisbrooke Castle 1859 |
| The venerable Castle of Carisbrooke has been long no more than a ruin, but it is a ruin of most interesting and picturesque character; and in all points of view wiU prove an object of engrossing interest to the visitor. |
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| Carisbrooke Castle 1875 |
| Carisbrooke Castle is but a short mile from Newport, on the edge of the village of Carisbrooke. The fortifications crown the crest of a steep hill, which seems as if it had been formed expressly for such a picturesque pile. By a winding, leafy foot-path, one approaches the imposing entrance, a lofty archway bearing the initials of Queen Elizabeth, and the date 1598. |
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| Carisbrooke Castle 1889 |
| Carisbrooke Castle from outside the gate |
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| Carisbrooke Gate 1844 |
| The man whose office it was to show the castle CARISBROOK GATE-now opened the gate, the age of Edward IV., and look, ladies, at this ancient wooden door, it is of equal antiquity." |
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| Clarendon (Chale Bay) |
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| Cowes Castle 1889 |
| Cowes castle from the sea |
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| Culver Cliff 1889 |
| The peak of Culver Cliff from the sea |
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| Faringford 1878 |
| Faringford, Tennyson's famous residence, is here; but it is no cause for wonder that the poet has at last fled from a spot which has lost the sea-side seclusion which gave it such attractiveness. Ere long there will be a railroad between this place and Newport. |
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| Freshwater Bay |
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| Freshwater Bay 1859 |
| Freshwater Bay is a very interesting section of the sea-board, offering ground in all respects admirably adapted for sea bathing purposes. |
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| Freshwater Bay 1889 |
| View across Freshwater Bay with te arched rock in forground |
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| King Charles's Window 1844 |
| There is the window at which the unfortunate Charles I. attempted to escape, but his most Sacred Majesty being, as the historians describe him, of portly
presence, the window was too small to admit of his passing through it." They now ascended the dilapidated steps of the keep, but Agnes was too cross
and too much annoyed by the wind, to admire the beautiful prospect that presented itself. |
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| Landslip Ventnor 1889 |
| View on the Landslip, precise location unknown |
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| Leigh (Legh) Richmond 1878 |
| Legh Richmond, who was pastor here in the early part of this century, not only achieved a wide fame by his pathetic rural narratives, entitled "The Annals of the Poor," but also wrought an influence for good hardly equaled by any other religious writer since the time of John Bunyan. |
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| Little Jane's Cottage 1889 |
| Little Janes Cottage was the home of the Young Cottager, a book by Leigh Richmond, Curate of Brading and Yaverland Church, about Jane Squibb who died on January 30th 1799 aged 14 years. The story was published in The Annuls of the Poor.
The cottage still exists but is now a private residence. |
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| Luccombe bay 1889 |
| Luccombe Bay from The Landslip end |
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| Needles From Scratchell's Bay 1859 |
| We have only to pass now round a salient angle of the cliff, called Sun's Corner when we find ourselves in SCRATCHELL'S BAY, one of the most remarkable parts of the island, and containing individual objects of the most striking grandeur and magnificence. |
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| Newport 1889 |
| Newport and river Medina |
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| Old Church St Lawrence 1889 |
| The old church at St Lawrence |
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| Osbourne 1878 |
| Here, too, is Osborne, one of the favorite residences of the Queen, an elegant and imposing edifice after the Palladian style. Connected with the extensive grounds is the model farm which was one of the hobbies of the late Prince Consort. But the public is never admitted to the palace or gardens, and one can only speak of Osborne from hearsay. |
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| Osbourne House 1859 |
| This favourite resort of the Queen and the Royal Family originally belonged to Lady Isabella Blachford, and during the troubles of Charles I's time the old mansion was in the occupation of Eustace Mann, Esq. |
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| Osbourne House 1889 |
| Osbourne House after remodelling by Queen Victoria |
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| Ryde 1878 |
| An evening in an enchanted region, gliding over an enchanted sea toward an enchanted isle, was the fair night when first I approached the far-famed isle of beauty which lies on the South of England's shore. |
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| Ryde From Pier 1889 |
| Ryde from the pier with train, tram and promenade piers |
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| Ryde Pier 1844 |
| RYDE, the Guide-books tell us, was only a few years ago a small fishing village ; but if this really was the case, it seems almost to have rivalled Aladdin's palace in rapidity of growth, for it is now a large and flourishing town. The streets are wide, and the shops are splendid. The pier is also long and large ; and the view of Portsmouth, with its harbour full of shipping, and Spithead with its numerous men-of-war, is very striking. |
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| Scratchell's Bay 1878 |
| Beyond Freshwater Bay is Scratchell's Bay, a cove at the extreme western end of the Isle of Wight. The chalk cliffs here soar to over six hundred feet above the sea, bidding defiance to the ocean with aspect austere and sublime. A cave or arch, three hundred feet high, at the base of this stupendous wall, adds to the grandeur of this magnificent scene, which is fitly terminated by the immense savage rocks called the Needles. |
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| Scratchell's Bay 1889 |
| Scratchell's Bay looking to the cavern |
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| Shaklin Chine 1889 |
| Shanklin Chine looking up |
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| Shaklin Village 1889 |
| Shanklin Old Village, the pub in the background is still serving travellers and visitors |
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| Shanklin Chine |
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| Shanklin Chine 1859 |
| Shanklin Chine. It may be advantageous, or even necessary, here to premise that the word chine is a local epithet, applied to a chasm of any considerable magnitude in the cliffs of the island. The etymology of the word has been matter of some speculation. |
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| Shanklin Chine 1878 |
| But to most people the great attraction of Shanklin is the Chine. The word chine is a local name applied to deep grooves or clefts worn into the sides of the sea-cliffs, in the course of long ages, by streams seeking to merge their brief current of life with the eternity of ocean. |
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| St Lawrence Church 1859 |
| The Church of St Lawrence has always been an object of interest and attention to strangers, chiefly from its remarkable smallness. These dimensions are set forth in some lines by the sexton and clerk, as follows : — |
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| St Lawrence Well 1859 |
| The Well is an interesting object, and well worthy of a passing glance. It is by the road-side, nearly opposite the entrance of the villa. It is sheltered and over canopied by a tasteful Gothic shrine, as it were; |
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| St. Lawrence Well 1878 |
| To describe all the delightfully rural walks and coignes of vantage which offer pleasing views in the neighborhood of Bonchurch and Ventnor would be a tedious task— they are so numerous. But by keeping on to the westward along the undercliff, one comes to the miniature chapel of St. Lawrence, said to be the smallest in Great Britain, and a well dedicated to the same lazy saint. |
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| Steephill Cove 1889 |
| Steephill Cove near St Lawrence |
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| The Natural Enemy 1878 |
| So far, Nature has done her part in beautifying this part of the Isle of Wight; while man, with the best intentions in the world, is doing his best to subtract from these attractions. A few cottages and country-seats, such as the English know how to create to perfection, did no harm to the undercliff; they, perhaps, added to its beauty by the introduction of here and there a lovely garden, a Tudor casement peeping out of viny trellises, a few rosy-cheeked children playing by the road-side, or some peerless English girl reclining on a green bank, or blending her evening song with the warbling of the nightingale |
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| The Needles 1889 |
| The Needles from the cliff above |
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| The Undercliff 1889 |
| View of the Undercliffe precise location uncertain |
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| Ventnor 1859 |
| VENTNOR, which has been designated the metropolis of the Undercliff, is a remarkable instance of rapid progress. |
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| Ventnor 1889 |
| Ventnor viewed from the cliff top south of Ventnor Bay |
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| Ventnor from Pulpit Rock 1878 |
| Ventnor is situated on the undercliff, a narrow, broken strip of land, half a mile wide and seven miles long, from Luccombe Chine, in the east, to Blackgang Chine, in the west. On the north it is bounded by the steep, lofty wall of Boniface Down and St. Catherine's Hill, springing to a height of over eight hundred feet. On the south it terminates in precipitous cliffs, washed by the ocean surges. |
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| Villakin |
| Plaque marking the site of the home of the Lord Mayor of London in 1740 That notoriously eccentric demagogue of the last century, John Wilkes, owned a " villakin," as he sportively called it, at Sandown, where he spent the last years of his life. |
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