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Freshwater in Southampton County England History and GeographyFRESHWATER, a parish in the liberty of WEST MEDINA, Isle of Wight division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 1¾ mile (S.S.W.) from Yarmouth, containing 876 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £9. 8. 4., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has lately received an addition of seventy-four sittings, of which forty-three are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £25 towards defraying the expense. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. In 1714, David Urry gave a messuage and lands, now producing £27 per annum, for the education of sixteen boys. This parish has the English channel on the south and west; on the north is the Isle of Wight channel, whence the river Yar is navigable to the village. To the west of Freshwater Gate, a small creek in the centre of Freshwater-bay is the extensive natural opening to the sea, called Freshwatercave, the depth of which is about one hundred and twenty feet, the principal entrance being about twenty feet high and thirty-five wide. The prospect from the light-house, on the highest point of the Freshwater cliffs, is exceedingly fine, and includes a full view of the Needles. That eminent mathematician and natural philosopher, Dr. Robert Hooke, Gresham professor of geometry, and author of several esteemed publications, was born in this village in the year 1635. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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