Extract from Island Scenery: The Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and the British Islands (1892) Ancient Newport, the capital of the Isle of Wight, is situated on the river...
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The Millman family walked through the town of Shanklin on their way to experience the scenic beauties of Shanklin Chine in 1892 (see The Millman Letters).
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George and Mary Millman returned to the Isle of Wight with their children Hepsie and Kitty to visit Mary’s family in Ryde. They saw Old St Boniface Church in Bonchurch, just before their ascent of St Boniface Down (see The Millman Letters)
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My great-great-grandparents, George and Mary Millman, visited the Isle of Wight in August 1892 with their daughters Hepsie and Kitty. That Christmas, Kitty received a beautiful new book as a school prize for Music and Drawing: Island Scenery: The Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and the British Islands, published that year by James B Knapp of London.
Here is an extract about the town of Ryde:
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