WOOTTON BRIDGE HISTORICAL
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- Cochrane T
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Welcome to Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight
Introduction
In 2004 the two signatories of this introduction agreed there was a need to record and preserve as much of the historical information about the village and the surrounding area as possible before it was irrevocably lost with the passing of time.
So where is Wootton Bridge? It lies on the north east coast of the Isle of Wight, and is situated almost midway between the island’s historical capital of Newport and the Victorian gateway of Ryde. The village itself lies at the head of the tidal Wootton Creek and over the last 100 years it has grown from a tiny hamlet of some 70 people to approaching 4000 people.
At the end of the nineteenth century the village of Wootton was part of the Parish of Arreton. As result of moves by Newport Borough Council to improve public services in the village, a public meeting was held in 1906, and it was agreed that Wootton should come under the Parish of Whippingham. This remained the case until the mid 1920’s when Wootton became a stand-alone parish comprising of Wootton Common, Wootton and Wootton Bridge; a decision in late 1980’s by the parish council resulted in the three areas coming under one banner namely, Wootton Bridge.
The area is surrounded with several areas of special scientific interest in which a wide variety of wild life can be seen. The old Millpond as you approach the village from Ryde supports many type of sea birds and is a nice spot to sit and relax. The village has produced five walks leaflet for the visitor and these can be downloaded free from this web site.
In 1969 the village was home to the first major Isle of Wight pop concert when around 150,000 people came to see Bob Dylan, all one can say is, those who are still in the village and witnessed the event, will never forget.
Aerial view of Wootton Bridge Isle of Wight, looking north.
As a result of feedback by people who have visited the site we intend to extend the scope of items coverered in the near future. If you have any old photographs or articles that we could include on the site we would be pleased to hear from you.
We would like to thank all those people and organisations that have permitted us the copy and display articles and pictures used on this site.
We must also express our personal thanks to our web designer Tony Hudson, without whose help and input we would have never achieved our goal.
Roy Murphy and Roy Richardson
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This site is regulary updated, a selection of new information is shown below.
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Bibliography Further reading.
Solent Ferry Gallery Page Pictures of past and present IOW Ferries.