Sandford, Isle of Wight

Sandford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. Sandford is on the outskirts of Godshill in the southeast part of the island. Sandford has a latitude of +50° 37' 48.23" and a longitude of -1° 13' 45.63". Sandford is located on the A 3020 road and public transport is provided by route 2 and route 3, run by Southern Vectis.

Sandford hosts several businesses, including some farms and a boarding cattery. [ [http://www.sandfordcattery.co.uk/ official sandford cattery website] ] The Sandford Primitive Methodist Chapel is in Sandford. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O85461 "Sandford Primitive Methodist Chapel" ] , GB/NNAF/C62829 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O85461), National Register of Archives, The National Archives.] The Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club is in Sandown. [ [http://www.shanklinsandowngc.co.uk/ Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club] official website.]

Sandford has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. [ [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/hampshire.html Hampshire and Isle of Wight] , The Domesday Book online.] There were two mills in Sandford. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=NYIuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=sandford+isle+of+wight&source=web&ots=J4e67FD0SL&sig=b_ycngDrAfmqiloj3Ptss8wzddw "Nelsons' Hand-book to the Isle of Wight: Its History, Topography, and Antiquities with notes upon its principal seats, churches, manor houses, legendary and political associations, geology and picturesque localities especially adapted to the wants of the tourists and excursionist"] , William Henry Davenport Adams, J. Nelson & Sons, 1864.] Sandford was the site of brickmaking operations in the past. [ [http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/bricks.htm "LIST OF BRICKMAKING SITES"] , Isle of Wight Brickmaking History, [http://www.iwias.org.uk/ Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeology Society] .]

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