Calbourne

Calbourne
Winkle Street, Calbourne
Calbourne is located in Isle of Wight
Calbourne
Calbourne
Location within the Isle of Wight
Area31.4800 km2 (12.1545 sq mi) [1]
Population886 (2011 Census including Great Thorness and Newtown)[2]
• Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSZ4286
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT
Postcode districtPO30
Dialling code01983
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceIsle of Wight
UK Parliament
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Isle of Wight
50°40′40″N 1°24′01″W / 50.677739°N 1.400175°W / 50.677739; -1.400175

Calbourne is a village in the civil parish[3] of Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield,[4][5] on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) from Newport in the west of the island.

The village takes its name from the stream that passes through town, the Caul Bourne. The stream used to power five mills just north of the town. In the deed for the land produced in 826 CE, it is recorded as Cawelbourne.

The village has a post office, a garage, a church and a public house, The Sun Inn. The garage is on the previous site of a blacksmith and wagonmaker. Calbourne is also the home of Westover cricket team, who play on the village green.

  1. ^ Office of National Statistics: QS102EW - Population density retrieved 30 May 2017
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ^ "English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004". Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield". Mapit. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Calbourne Parish Council name change agreed". Island Echo. Retrieved 19 December 2019.