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Cushioncraft - manufacturer of hovercraft

The Cushioncraft was built by Britten Norman in their aircraft hanger at Bembridge Airport in 1960. Later this craft was identified as CC1 and the prefix 'CC' was used to identify subsequent ....

Electricity supply for St Helens

Unlike most of the rest of the Island, electricity supplies to St Helens were supplied by a local company. In 1899, 'Edmund Ironside Bax and others' applied for permission to supply electricity ....

Hoverwork - Hovercraft services and manufacture

Hoverwork, a sister company to Hovertravel, was involved with pilot and servicing training as well as hovercraft charter work for many years and a number of modified hovercraft had been produced by ....

St Helen's Gas Works

The Brading Harbour District Gas company was established in 1877 (The Brading Harbour Gas Bill, 1878) to supply gas to Brading, St. Helen’s, Bembridge, and Sea View from a works they would build ....

St Helens - Oyster Fishery

1859 White's Directory - Brading Parish - 'About 1784, immense beds of fine oysters were discovered in the haven, and for some time they supplied a rich harvest to great numbers of fishermen, who ....

St Helens Common

St Helens Common is an area of common and woodland on the south side of Duver Road at St Helens. A footpath descends the slope from Duver Road through the woodland to the Duver, but apart from that, ....

St Helens Old Church seamark

The original ancient church of St Helens was built by the sea and by the early 1700's was in so bad a state that it was abandoned and a new church built some mile inland.

The old church was ....

St Helens Sea Fort

St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent at the entrance to Bembridge Harbour. It was built as part of the Palmerston defences of Portsmouth.

Built between 1867 and 1880 it is smaller ....

St Helens Tidal Mill

The tidal mill at St Helens was built about 1780, obtaining its power from the head of water created by tidal movements to grind corn. The incoming tide was collected and held within ponds ....


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