Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILLERTON

CHILLERTON, a hamlet in Carisbrooke and Wootton parishes, Isle of Wight; 3¾ miles S by W of Newport. It has a post office under Newport. Pop., 244. Chillerton vale is a fine narrow gorge intersecting the chalk downs.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Carisbrooke AP/CP       Wootton CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Chillerton

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