Church Hill, Ventnor, 1862

Church Hill, Ventnor, 1862 by Michael Freeman

This 1862 engraving reveals a town in transition, depicting an amalgam of low thatched cottages and farm tracks on the one hand, and tall modern buildings and paved walkways on the other. The Vectis stage-coach still rules, its proprietor, Sydney Robinson, living at Vectis House opposite the church.

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