Huffingford Manor
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Huffingford Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight
, situated in the parish of Arreton
.
Beyond the mill there is practically no land now to correspond with the early holding, which doubtless included what is now known as Blackwater. The ford still exists by the side of the bridge, built in 1776, where the ancient road to Newport
turns to the westward. If the Domesday entry Huncheford is taken as representing Huffingford, there was a mill there in early days, and a family seems in the 13th and 14th centuries to have taken its name from the holding. William of Huffingford held a quarter fee there towards the end of the 13th century under John de Lisle. A Walter de Huffingford was witness to a grant of land at Whitcombe
in 1323. William le Martre held another quarter fee there under the manor of Gatcombe
in 1293–4, to be succeeded by John le Martre in 1346 and in 1428 by Isabel Martre, who had apparently married — Hughes, as she is returned for aid three years later as Isabel Hughes. In 1500 John Clarke
, a Lymington
butcher, owned land in Huffingford, which is the last mention of the holding under that name. The mill has had various owners, being at one time used for lacemaking. As of 1912 it was owned by Mrs. George Mearman.
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, situated in the parish of Arreton
Arreton
Arreton is a village and civil parish in the central eastern part of the Isle of Wight, England. It is about 3 miles south east of Newport.-Name:The settlement has had different names and different spellings over the years...
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Beyond the mill there is practically no land now to correspond with the early holding, which doubtless included what is now known as Blackwater. The ford still exists by the side of the bridge, built in 1776, where the ancient road to Newport
Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport is a civil parish and a county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census...
turns to the westward. If the Domesday entry Huncheford is taken as representing Huffingford, there was a mill there in early days, and a family seems in the 13th and 14th centuries to have taken its name from the holding. William of Huffingford held a quarter fee there towards the end of the 13th century under John de Lisle. A Walter de Huffingford was witness to a grant of land at Whitcombe
Whitcombe
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in 1323. William le Martre held another quarter fee there under the manor of Gatcombe
Gatcombe
Gatcombe is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located four kilometres from Newport in the centre of the island. St. Olave's Church, Gatcombe was dedicated in 1292, serving as chapel to Gatcombe House...
in 1293–4, to be succeeded by John le Martre in 1346 and in 1428 by Isabel Martre, who had apparently married — Hughes, as she is returned for aid three years later as Isabel Hughes. In 1500 John Clarke
John Clarke
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, a Lymington
Lymington
Lymington is a port on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is to the east of the South East Dorset conurbation, and faces Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight which is connected to it by a car ferry, operated by Wightlink. The town...
butcher, owned land in Huffingford, which is the last mention of the holding under that name. The mill has had various owners, being at one time used for lacemaking. As of 1912 it was owned by Mrs. George Mearman.