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St Helens St Helens is a
small village located on the eastern side of the island with a village
green where cricket is played during the summer and football in the
winter |
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In a little patch of woodland overlooking the
harbour, where at low tide the horses and lorries go out to cart away the mud
shingle, stands the tower of its old church. It is shored up by buttresses, and
has little round-headed windows and a doorway through which no bell ringer
passes in now. Yet, though no services are held within, it renders service to
others still, for it is a landmark which sailors have known about 700 years, and
its seaward side is kept white for their sakes.
Some way from the village is the church rebuilt in the 18th century on the site
of one consecrated in 1719. In the chancel is a tablet flanked by the emblem of
Roman law to the memory of a judge who died in 1814, and another decked with
flags and arms of
his son, who, after coming safely through many battles, was killed at Waterloo.
Text courtesy of:
Southern Life (UK)
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Birthplace of Sophie Dawes (1792)
Madame de Feucheres, daughter of Richard Dawes, fisherman &
Smuggler, known as The Queen of Chantilly |
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Looking across the Old Mill Pond to
Bembridge Harbour |
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Thatched cottage in Shorwell |
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North Quay & St Helens Mill |
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| Panoramic view across
Bembridge Harbour |
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Panoramic view across
Bembridge Harbour |
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Zooming in across the old sea wall to
boatyards & Hovertravel works |
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The Old Mill Pond with St Helens Mill
at the end of The Causeway |
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Looking back along The Causeway |
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| Panoramic view across The
Causeway & the Old Mill Pond to the caravan park |
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| Baywatch Café
shut up for the winter |
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