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Cement Works, Brading

The Brading Cement works began operations in the mid 19th century, it was located at the end of Wall Lane (today's Quay Lane) by the then town quay - the Bembridge embankment had not yet been built ....

Little Jane and her cottage

Little Jane, (more fully, Jane Squibb), lived with her parents in a cottage on, what is now (2019), Public Bridleway off The Mall, Brading. She is remembered for being commemorated in 'The ....

Miss Blacks bus-stop Brading

The bus stop on New Road, Brading, between Yarbridge crossroads and the Bull Ring is known as 'Miss Blacks', but why? The bus stop is not near any obvious feature on the road, other than, ....

Roman Villa, Brading

The Roman Villa at Brading was uncovered in the 1880's following the discovery of fragments of Samian pottery in the soil turned by ploughing. The villa actually extended from that ploughed field to ....

Village Pound, Brading

Brading village Pound, behind the church on Quay Lane. In medieval times, the Hayward, or 'hedge warden', was the officer of Brading parish who had the management of the pound and received a small ....

Wall Lane, Brading

Wall Lane, Brading - the old name for modern day Quay Lane.

Yarbridge Brewery

1866, IW Observer advertises Wrexham Brewery, Yarbridge. 1881, the Wrexham Steam Brewery was sold for £900. Steam Brewery, Yarbridge, purchased 1882 by Daniel Allen - who was declare ....