Whippingham

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Whippingham

Whippingham is best known for its connections with Queen Victoria, especially its church, redesigned by Prince Albert. The village became the centre of the royal estate supporting Osborne House and Barton Manor

Introduction

It is the tiny village on the banks of the Medina, with a medley of a church built close by the seaside palace of Queen Victoria, Osborn House. The church stands on a hill overlooking the river and is reached through a lych-gate of Indian teak and an avenue of cypresses. Built into the porch is a much-worn sculpture of two men on horseback with a tree between them, a fragment from a church built here by Fitzosbern, kinsman and councillor of the Conqueror. His church has been twice replaced, the present building being erected on the site by the Prince Consort.

Text courtesy of: Southern Life (UK)

Photographs

Osborne House from Whippingham

The main road through Whippingham

Looking across fields at Whippingham to Parkhurst Forest & Brighstone Down

Zooming in across the River Medina to Newport with Chillerton Down behind

Truckles - thatched cottage on the way to Whippingham Church

Whippingham Church

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Full size view of Whippingham Church

Whippingham Church

Victoria & Albert Alms Houses

Whippingham Church

Glebe Cottage with Whipping Church behind

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