Whippingham, Hampshire

Description
Whippingham, a small village and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The village stands near the Medina river, with a station on the Isle of Wight Central railway, 86 miles from London, and 2 SSE of Cowes. It has a post office under Cowes; money order and telegraph office, East Cowes. The parish includes East Cowes, Burton, Coombly, and Fairlee, and comprises 4631 acres of land and 558 of water and foreshore; population of the civil parish, 5236; of the ecclesiastical, 507. The manor belonged once to Lyra Abbey. Osborne House, a residence of the Queen, is a chief feature, and has been separately noticed. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £675 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt, partly in 1855, mainly in 1860, is in the Transition Norman style with admixture of some continental features, contains a screened section for the Queen and her household, and has a fine tower and spire. The vicarages of East Cowes and Burton are separate benefices. There are eight almshouses, erected and endowed by the Queen.