Niton to St Lawrence

The village store and Post Office, Whitwell in the 60's. (Nigh)

An undated card of Whitwell church, said to be 1906.

The Cripples path, from the base of the Undercliff to the top. 

The term 'cripple' apparently did not apply to any medical 

condition, but probably from a word meaning 'burrow' or 'drain'. (Stengel)

St Lawrence old church prior to 1907. This church was built 

in the 12th century and is one of the smallest churches in 

the country. A larger church was built in the village in 1876. (Wrench)

St Lawrence from the Upper Cliff, 1905. (Vincent)

St Lawrence in the 1930's (from the I.O.W. village series). (Photochrom)

St Rhadagunds, St. Lawrence. Build around 1870, the tower was added in the 1900's. It is now a christian holiday centre. (Frith)

This hedge cut to look like the Queen Mary was in the garden 

of a house at St Lawrence, coaches used to stop and you 

looked down to it. It was there in the early 60's but no longer.

Woody Bay, near St Lawrence, undated. This was the site of 

the (then) largest cocaine seizure in the country. The Isle of 

Wight now has no operational customs officers. (Photochrom)

Woody Bay Coastguard Station, probably around 1910. (Photochrom)