Godshill - Isle of Wight Church & Cottages 1968 Dixon

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Church and Cottages, Godshill, Isle of Wight
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon No. IW6699
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Pre-decimal Machin 3d. purple with one centre band (probably SG729)
• Postmark(s):  Sandown 28 May 1968 'Sandown Isle of Wight for Record Sunshine' slogan cancel
• Sent to:  Malmesbury Road, Shirley, Southampton
• Notes & Key words:  bumped corner

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Godshill is a village and civil parish^[1] on the Isle of Wight with a population of 1,465 according to the 2001 census.^[2] It is located between Newport and Ventnor in the southeast of the island.^[3] There are pubs called the "Griffin"- featuring a large griffin-shaped maze and children's playground,^[4] and "The Taverners".

Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 2 and route 3, which run between Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor.

The name 'Godshill' is said to originate from the foundations of the local church, which dates back to the 14th century, being moved from the bottom of the hill to its present location on the top of the hill on three occasions whilst it was being built. This was taken to be a sign from God that the church should be built on the hill, hence the name Godshill.^[7] The history of the village is tied up with Appuldurcombe House and The Worsley family featuring as the main house of the area in the nearby village of Wroxall.^[8]

Ford Farm near Godshill was the site of the first ever Isle of Wight Festival in 1968. It attracted 10,000 people to see acts such as Jefferson Airplane and the mystical Arthur Brown.

Since 1952 Godshill has been the home of a model village of itself and Shanklin's old village at a scale of 1:10. It is so detailed and on such a large scale that it contains a scale model of the model village. Within that second model there is a third, even smaller model of the village.