Adgestone
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  Adgestone Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| OS grid reference | SZ595865 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SANDOWN |
| Postcode district | PO36 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
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Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading (where the 2011 Census was included) in the east of the island.
There is 10-acre (40,000 m2) vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast. This is one of the oldest vineyards in the British Islands, having been started in 1968.
There is a campsite in Adgestone.[1] The nearest public transport is bus route 3 on the main road through Brading.
Name
[edit]The name is thought to mean 'the farmstead or personal estate belonging to a man called Æfic', from Old English Æfic (personal name) and tūn.
1086: Avicestone
1198: Auicheston
~1220: Avichestune
1299: Auchestone
1351: Achestone
1487: Agestone[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Adgestone Camping and Caravanning Site". www.caravansitefinder.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
External links
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Media related to Adgestone at Wikimedia Commons- Adgestone in the Domesday Book
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