Brook, Isle of Wight

Historical Description

Brook, a parish in the Isle of Wight, on the SW coast, 2½ miles WNW of Brighstone. There is a post office under Newport; money order and telegraph office, Brighstone. Acreage, 995; population of the civil parish, 250; of the ecclesiastical, 183. The manor belonged formerly to tha Bowermans, and belongs now to the Seely family. The manor-house was built toward the close of last century, and occupies the site of a previous one in which Henry VII. was entertained. The coast includes Brook Chine and Brook Point, at the latter of which are remains of a very curious mass of petrified trees. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £250. The church is a very late structure, picturesquely situated, and was gutted by fire in 1863, but was rebuilt in 1864 in the Gothic style. The long ledge of rocks makes this a dangerous coast, and lifeboats are stationed at Brooks, Brighstone, and Atherfield.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brook from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brook (St. Mary))

Maps

Online maps of Brook are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.