- Alverstone
Infobox UK place |
country = England
official_name= Alverstone
civil_parish=
latitude = 50.66667
longitude = -1.183333
population=
unitary_england=Isle of Wight
map_type = Isle of Wight
lieutenancy_england=Isle of Wight
region = South East England
constituency_westminster= Isle of Wight
post_town= SANDOWN
postcode_district= PO36
postcode_area= PO
dial_code= 01983
os_grid_reference= SZ577856Alverstone is a village 3 kilometres from the east coast of the
Isle of Wight , near Sandown. When Richard Webster became Chief Justice of England in 1900, he chose the titleLord Alverstone because it was the title he was permitted to choose which was "closest" to Sandown, one of his favorite locales. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A492022 "Sandown Pier, Isle of Wight, UK"] ,h2g2 , BBC.co.uk, 17th January 2001.]Prince Albert was instrumental in creating a 'model' brickworks in Alverstone in the middle of the 1800s. [ [http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/newsjul.htm "LIME KILN UNEARTHED AT WHIPPINGHAM"] , Archive of Monthly News Items, As previously featured in the History Centre, [http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/home.htm Isle of Wight History Center] , Online Island History, September 2000] There is evidence from an archaeological dig in Alverstone of a Roman military presence in the area. [ [http://freespace.virgin.net/iw.history/archive/newsoct5.htm " THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A ROMAN MILITARY PRESENCE"] , Archive of Monthly News Items, As previously featured in the History Centre, [http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/home.htm Isle of Wight History Center] , Online Island History, November 2005.]
The
Newport Junction Railway opened a station at Alverstone in the 1870s, and the station first appeared in a public schedule in June 1876. THe Alverstone station finally closed June 2, 1956. The original wooden station was replaced with one built with earth and clinkers, with wood siding.There are many wetlands around Alverstone. Nature lovers enjoy visiting the
Alverstone Marshes .The
Alverstone Mead is a 55 acre woodland and nature reserve about 1 mile from Sandown. Alverstone Mead is southeast of Alverstone, and south of the cycleway between Sandown and Newport. Since 1993 the lease is held by the Wight Nature Council. It was once part of the Lower Borthwood Farm. [ [http://www.iwight.com/living_here/planning/Countryside/Nature_Reserves/Alverstone_Mead/ Isle of Wight official website article on Alverstone Mead] ]Transport is provided by
Wightbus route 23, running between Newport andShanklin .cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/se/XSLT_TTB_REQUEST?language=en&command=direct&net=set&line=08023&sup=A&project=y08&contentFilter=TIMINGPOINTS&outputFormat=0&itdLPxx_displayHeader=false | title = Traveline - Wightbus route 23 | publisher = www.traveline.org.uk | accessdate = 2008-05-04]References
External links
* [http://www.newchurchiow.co.uk/alverstone_mead.htm" Alverstone Mead - Wetland focal Nature Reserve"] , Newchurch Parish website
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