Carisbrooke

Carisbrooke is a village on the south-western outskirts of Newport, in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England. It is best known as the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval parish church, St Mary's Church (overlooking the High Street, with views to the castle), which began as part of a Benedictine priory established by French monks c. 1150. The priory was dissolved by King Henry V of England in 1415, during the Hundred Years' War. In 1907, the church was restored. It has a 14th-century tower rising in five stages with a turret at one corner and a battlemented and pinnacled crown.

Carisbrooke
Carisbrooke High Street
Carisbrooke
Location within the Isle of Wight
Population3,547 (2011, ward)
OS grid referenceSZ483882
Civil parish
  • Newport and Carisbrooke
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
  • South East
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

A Roman Villa was discovered in the Victorian era on the site of the old vicarage.

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