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1886 Philips IOW Map

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1890 Hughes IOW Map

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1893 Cassell IOW Map

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1897 1900 Baedek IOW Map

IOW Maps

1922 OS IOW Map

IOW Map

1923 Schneider Trophy

In 1923 the Schneider Trophy Contest was once more held in England,..

1929 Schneider Trophy

The 1929 Course for the Schneider Trophy Contest was held once..

1931 Schneider Trophy

In 1931 the Schneider Trophy Contest was once more held in..

1962 Channel Airways..

6th May 1962 Channel Airways Dakota G-AGZB crashed into the cloud..

A Nazi Spy in Sandown!

This is the very strange and sad story of a Mrs. Dorothy..

Acheron

Found by Martin Woodward while on a dive in 1979.

Adgestone Manor

Adgestone Manor - Please advise of any local information and the..

Afton Down Barrow Cemetery

Afton Manor

The Domesday Book records the owner of Afton Manor as being the..

Afton Park

Shown on the 1898 map

Afton Pillbox

Pillbox in car park of Honnor and Jeffery Garden Centre, Jan 2010..

Afton Well 1

Shown on the 1866 map

Afton Well 2

Shown on the 1866 map

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Cowes And Somerton Airfield

In 1916 Whites purchased the land and set up an airfield which opened at the end of March 1916. First Officer Anne Walker. She and Mary were sent..

RMS Mendi

The greatest disaster to occur in Isle of Wight waters was the loss in 1917 of RMS Mendi , a steamer carrying more than 800 South African labourers..

Freshwater Station (Steam)

The main station building has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a Co-op supermarket. Sections of the platform still remain in the..

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