Old Isle of Wight Books and Guides

This set of links will retrieve PDF copies of documents scanned by various libraries worldwide, and which are no longer under copyright. These PDFs are made available under various non-commercial agreements and the documents are to be used for personal use only. Some of the larger files will take some time to download. If you are using a mobile device or tablet, e.g. a Kindle, the documents could take up some considerable space on your device.

General Lists

The Navy List 1826	92 MB
The Navy List 1855	47 MB
The Navy List 1891 A transcription by D J Quigley of the entries	507 KB
The Army List 1895 A transcription by D J Quigley of the entries	2.13 MB
Central Hampshire Lay Subsidy Assessments 1558 - 1603, by Douglas F Vick (1987) An extract of the entries from this work, concentrating on those for the Isle of Wight (searchable PDF)	5.2 Mb
Handbook to Osborne by Arthur I Durrant, MVO, 1906 An early guide to Osborne House and its use as the Naval College and Convalescent Home	3.9 Mb
The Isle of Wight Football Association 1948 A history of the IW Football Assocation up to 1948 naming the officers and committee members, some players, and the teams who played since its inception in 1898. Contains many portraits of the officers and committee.	7.9 Mb

Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club

Copies of articles from the Proceedings of the Club (some dates not known)

Early Hampshire Printers, by F.A. Edwards Searchable PDF, contains references to publications including Isle of Wight, and publications by Newport publishers / booksellers	7.6 MB
Hampshire Writers, by C.H. Wilkinson (1953) part 1 part 2 Searchable PDFs mainly concentrating on mainland Hampshire but with some references to the Isle of Wight, e.g. Swinburne, Sewell family. The 2 parts are of 20 pages each.	7.4 Mb each part
Genealogical and other notes relating to the DE ESTUR family of the Isle of Wight, by John L Whitehead (1907) Searchable PDF containing references to the De Estur family, the De Fortibus family, the de Insula family, the Bramshott family, and others. Covers ca 1100-1500 period	8.4 Mb
Osborne, Isle of Wight, and the families who have owned it, by Dr J Groves (1893) Searchable PDF. Mainly concerned with the Blachford family, who owned the estate prior to it being purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert	5.2 Mb
Haydn's visit to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1794) described from contemporary sources, by Betty Matthews Contains references to various Island families and properties including Orde family and Fernhill, Wootton	5.6 Mb
Notes from the Newport Leet records re "Curfew", "Watch and Ward" etc. by J L Whitehead, MD No family information but interesting study of these practices in medieval times	3.4 Mb
Carisbrooke Church and Priory, by Dr J Groves (1905) Mainly concerned with the Priory, and its landholdings. Names many of the prominent Island families in medieval times, including Worsley, Leigh, etc, plus a list of Priors	6.2 Mb
The Old Church of St Lawrence, Isle of Wight, by Rev. W R Odell, M.A.	5.2 Mb
Terrier Book of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1563, by Rev. S F Hockey, OSB, M.A. (1957) Gives landlords and tenants of the principal streets in Newport at this time. The tenants would be paying the ground rents; so this does not give all the inhabitants of multiple occupied premises	4.1 Mb
Stolen Manuscripts: The case of George Hillier and the British Museum, by Frederick Hockey, OSB (1977)	4.8 Mb
Country Words and Ways, by Hubert Poole Isle of Wight dialect words missing from W Long's dictionaries	1.0 Mb
On an Ancient Deed between the Abbot of Titchfield and the Monks of Quarr, by the Rev. E S Prideaux-Brune, M.A.	2.5 Mb
The Priory and Manor of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight, by Dr. J L Whitehead (1905)	3.4 Mb
*The Ancient Borough of Newtown, alias* Franchville, Isle of Wight, by A Harbottle Estcourt (1891)**	8.2 Mb
The Chapel of St. Nicholas-in-Castro, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, by Percy Stone, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. (1906) Describes the restoration of the Chapel by Stone in 1904, and sketches its previous history	4.8 Mb

Isle of Wight Topography, Geology, Geography, Flora and Fauna etc

The titles of some of these publications have been truncated by the computer file naming system

A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters of Buxton, Matlock, .... and the Isle of Wight - C.~1	12.6 MB
A companion to the Isle of Wight, comprising the history of the island, and the description of its local scenery, as well~1	5.8 MB
A descriptive account of the Roman villa near Brading, Isle of Wight - C. Nicholson (1881)	2.0 MB
A dictionary of the Isle of Wight dialect, and of provincialisms used in the Island - W. H. Long (1886)	9.6 MB
A Driving Tour in the Isle of Wight, With Various Legends and Anecdotes - H. Garle (1905)	8.2 MB
A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight - F. Morey (1909)	32.5 MB
A handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight - R. J. King (1876)	31.0 MB
A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 1 - H. A. Doubleday (1900)	38.2 MB
A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 2 - H. A. Doubleday (1900)	56.3 MB
A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 3 - H. A. Doubleday (1900)	76.2 MB
A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 4 - H. A. Doubleday (1900)	63.2 MB
A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol. 5 - H. A. Doubleday (1900)	56.4 MB
A history of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight - T. W. Shore (1892)	18.4 MB
A New Picture of the Isle of Wight - W. B. Cooke (1813)	11.3 MB
A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wight in six sections - Ward, Lock & Co. (1900)	17.7 MB
A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wight in six sections - Ward, Lock & Co. Eighteenth ed. Revised & Enlarg~1	19.2 MB
A Topographical and Historical Guide to the Isle of Wight - W. Sheridan (1833)	7.8 MB
A topographical and historical guide to the Isle of Wight, comprising authentic accounts of its antiquities, natural prod~1	8.6 MB
A Tour to the Isle of Wight Vol. 1 - C. Tomkins (1796)	7.7 MB
A Tour to the Isle of Wight Vol. 2 - C. Tomkins (1796)	13.2 MB
A visit to the Isle of Wight by two wights - J. Bridge (1884)	2.9 MB
Barber's picturesque guide to the Isle of Wight - T. Barber (1850)	11.3 MB
Barber's picturesque illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, comprising views of every object of interest on the island - T.~1	10.1 MB
Black's guide to the Isle of Wight, including sailing directions for the Solent - A. Moncrief (1895)	14.0 MB
Black's guide to the south-eastern counties of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - A & C. Black (1861)	11.8 MB
Black's Picturesque Guide to The Isle of Wight - A & C. Black (1876)	8.8 MB
Bonchurch, Shanklin & the Undercliff, and their vicinities - W. B. Cooke (1849)	9.6 MB
Brannon's picture of the Isle of Wight, or, The expeditious traveller's index to its prominent beauties & objects of inte~1	11.4 MB
Church of the Holy Cross, Binstead, Isle of Wight - R. J. Withers (1895)	712.0 KB"
Days in the Isle of Wight - P. Bourget (1901)	1.3 MB
Flora vectensis - being a systematic description of the phænogamous or flowering plants and ferns indigenous to the Isle ~1	27.8 MB
Flora Vectiana - being an arrangement of the more rare and interesting plants indigenous to the Isle of Wight - W. D. Sno~1	2.0 MB
General View of the Agriculture of Hampshire, Including the Isle of Wight - C. Vancouver (1810)	34.8 MB
Geological excursions round the Isle of Wight - G. A. Mantell (1847)	16.2 MB
Glimpses of nature, and objects of interest described during a visit to the Isle of Wight - J. Loudon (1848)	17.5 MB
Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight - C. Knight (1841)	30.2 MB
Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight - G. Dewar (1901)	12.7 MB
Isle of Wight - A. Moncrieff (1908)	27.2 MB
Isle of Wight - its churches and religious houses - J. C. Cox (1911)	15.1 MB
Jenkinson's practical guide to the Isle of Wight - H. I. Jenkinson (1876)	10.0 MB
Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to the Isle of Wight - H. I. Jenkinson (1879)	8.0 MB
Kelly's directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight (1889)	258.4 MB
Letters, archaeological and historical relating to the Isle of Wight Vol. 1 - E. B. James (1896)	31.1 MB
Letters, archaeological and historical relating to the Isle of Wight Vol. 2 - E. B. James (1896)	32.3 MB
London and its environs, including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc. - K. Baedeker (1881)	20.4 MB
Methodism in the Isle of Wight - its origin and progress down to the present times - J. B. Dyson (1865)	15.7 MB
Murray's handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight (1888)	54.7 MB
Narrative of the attempted escapes of Charles the First from Carisbrook Castle, and of his detention in the Isle of Wight~1	18.8 MB
Nelsons' Hand-book to the Isle of Wight Its History, Topography, and Antiquities - W. Adams (1864)	11.6 MB
Observations on the western parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty to which are added, a few remarks o~1	17.4 MB
Original glossaries - Isle of Wight words - W. W. Skeat (1881)	19.5 MB
Owen Gladdon's wanderings in the Isle of Wight - O. Humphrey (1846)	13.4 MB
Poets of the Wight. An anthology of Vectensian poets, namely of poets native to or otherwise identified with the Isle of ~1	18.6 MB
Poll book at the election of a Knight of the Shire for the county of the Isle of Wight - taken on the 10th day of June, 1~1	3.9 MB
Quarr Abbey, or, The mistaken calling. A tale of the Isle of Wight in the XIIIth century - F. A. Trevelyan (1862)	3.5 MB
Rambles in the Isle of Wight - J. Gwilliam (1844)	7.2 MB
Random verses of a Vectensian - C. J. Arnell (1914)	2.0 MB
Seaside Watering Places - L Upcott Gill (1881) An extract of the entries for the Isle of Wight	39. Mb
Sewells of the Isle of Wight, with an account of some of the families connected with them by marriage - M. C. Owen (1906)	11.4 MB
Shanklin Spa - A Guide to the Town and the Isle of Wight - Monopole (1903)	8.3 MB
St. Lawrence's well - H. B. Sheridan (1845)	3.2 MB
Steephill Castle, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the residence of John Morgan Richards, Esq., a handbook and a history - J. B. M~1	6.4 MB
Stories descriptive of the Isle of Wight - E. Macallan (1859)	7.7 MB
Tales and legends of the Isle of Wight - A. Elder (1889)	6.0 MB
Tennyson & the Isle of Wight - A. P. Martin (1898)	1.8 MB
The Atlantic islands as resorts of health and pleasure - S. Benjamin (1878)	29.8 MB
The birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - J. Kelsall (1905)	23.2 MB
The climate of Undercliff, Isle of Wight - J. L. Whitehead (1881)	3.1 MB
The geological story of the Isle of Wight - J. C. Hughes (1922)	13.4 MB
The geology of the Isle of Wight - H. W. Bristow (1889)	26.2 MB
The history of the Isle of Wight, military, ecclesiastical, civil, & natural - R. Warner (1795)	17.0 MB
The Isle of Wight - C. J. Cornish (1895)	7.3 MB
The Isle of Wight - C. S. Ward (1909)	12.1 MB
The Isle of Wight - G. Clinch (1921)	20.6 MB
The Isle of Wight - G. E. Mitton (1911)	3.1 MB
The Isle of Wight - its history, topography and antiquities - W. Adams (1884)	27.5 MB
The Isle of Wight - J. R. Ware (1871)	8.2 MB
The Isle of Wight garland - unknown author (1839)	724.3 KB"
The Isle of Wight Tourist, and Companion at Cowes - P. Vectis (1830)	2.9 MB
The Isle of Wight, a guide - E. Venables (1860)	57.8 MB
The Isle of Wight, with a Description of the Geology of the Island - Thomas Nelson & Sons (1859)	4.8 MB
The New Forest and the Isle of Wight - C. J. Cornish (1903)	9.3 MB
The Oglander memoirs - J. Oglander (1888)	11.3 MB
The pleasure visitor's companion in making the tour of the Isle of Wight - G. Brannan (unknown date)	7.6 MB
The queen's isle, chapters on the Isle of Wight - R. Raine (1861)	6.7 MB
The rural economy of the southern counties, comprizing Kent, Surrey, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, the Chalk hills of Wiltsh~1	17.6 MB
The rural economy of the southern counties, comprizing Kent, Surrey, Sussex, the Isle of Wight, the Chalk hills of Wiltsh~2	18.8 MB
The tourist's guide through the Isle of Wight - unknown author (1846)	6.3 MB
The 'Undercliff' of the Isle of Wight - its climate, history, and natural productions - G. A. Martin (1849)	11.7 MB
The vecta garland, and Isle of Wight souvenir - A. Midlane (1860)	5.7 MB
The Vectis directory, or Isle of Wight general guide (1839)	3.9 MB
The water supply of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight, with records of sinkings and borings - W. Whitaker (1910)	20.3 MB
Topographical and Historical Guide to the Isle of Wight - Thomas Brettell (1840) An extract from this Guide for Cowes and East Cowes only	4.3 Mb
Tour of the Isle of Wight - J. Hassle (1790)	7.6 MB
Tourist's guide to Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight - G. P. Bevan (1881)	5.9 MB
Vectis scenery - being a series of original and select views, exhibiting picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight - G. B~1	21.9 MB
Wild flowers of the Undercliff, Isle of Wight - C. O'Brien (1881)	4.6 MB
White's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. (1859) - link to University of Leicester Special Collections	PDF download available