Ventnor Heritage Centre

"To Collect, Record and preserve the rich heritage and history of Ventnor and surrounding villages, and share it with local and wider communities"

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Business Sponsorship

The following Ventnor businesses are proud sponsors of Ventnor & District Local History Society:

Burfields Antiques, Art & Design
38, High Street Quality antiques bought & sold. Contemporary fine art gallery. Studio pottery & art cards. jackieatburfields@gmail.com

Carnaby Diner & Bowie’s Bar
66, High Street   A retro diner offering home cooked food and a bar   Tel: 01983 629551

Chiverton’s Fishing Tackle
70, High Street   Fishing Tackle   Tel: 07553 347644

Crave Ice Cream
5, Spring Hill   Unique Ice Cream   yummy@icecream.co.uk

Five a Day
34, High Street   Locally sourced produce. Free local home delivery.   Tel: 07891 716820

Lesley’s Nutshell
25 Pier Street   Whole foods and an array of ethically sourced toys and gifts.  lesleysnutshell@outlook.com

Luchelle Boutique
28, High Street   A family run boutique bursting with clothes, jewellery, accessories, homeware and more! We are proud to be a part of Ventnor.
Tel: 01983 717902    www.luchelleboutique.co.uk

Masala Bay
9 – 11 Pier Street   India Restaurant and Takeaway.  Finest quality food.   mkm.vsm@live.co.uk

The Old Clock Shop
94, High Street   Horolagist.  Buys, sells and restores antique clocks.  paulharman1@btinternet.com

Premier Store
37, High Street   Newspaper shop. Home deliveries  Tel: 01983 716820

The Spyglass
The Esplanade       adam@thespyglass.com

Ventnor Butchers
23, High Street   Traditional butchers. Excellent service. Quality meat.  Tel: 01983 854330

Please support our Business Sponsors.

 

Exhibitions, stories, images . . .

Underley Shipwreck

The Underley was a full-rigged ship of 1202 tons built in 1866 in Lancaster.  She was owned by a  Captain Chambers who traded as the Liverpool and Lancaster Line between Britain and Australia. Under the command of Captain Tidmarsh, the vessel was outward bound from London To Melbourne when she came ashore between Bonchurch and Dunnose Point in a south-easterly gale on the night of 26th/27th September 1871. There were thirty passengers on board and a cargo of cotton, machinery and gunpowder. Passengers and crew were all saved except for a steward, Richard Tatton-Groves, who  reputedly re-boarded the vessel to save a pet bird and was swept overboard as the vessel started to break up.  Tugs stood by but they were unable to move her and she became a total loss. The Captain and the Pilot were both blamed for negligence at the Court of Inquiry. For many years a finely-carved name plate from the ship adorned a wall on the Landslip path.

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