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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 |
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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)
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Osborne House from Whippingham |
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The main road through Whippingham |
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Looking across fields at Whippingham to Parkhurst
Forest & Brighstone Down |
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Zooming in across the River Medina to Newport with
Chillerton Down behind |
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Truckles - thatched cottage on the way to
Whippingham Church |
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Full size view of Whippingham Church |
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Victoria & Albert Alms Houses |
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Victoria & Albert Alms Houses |
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Glebe Cottage with Whipping Church behind |
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