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ShalfleetIsle of Wight |
Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them. Please click thumbnails for full size picture. Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible). The manufacturer of the card is shown in brackets (where available)
Shalfleet Local and Family History page
A water colour of Shalfleet village by A. Heaton Cooper, published in 1916 but painted before that (the church still had it's steeple which was removed around 1912). It is somewhat different now, the road is wider although still single track with traffic lights at each end of the of the centre of the village. For a similar view today
The name Shalfleet is Anglo-Saxon and means 'shallow creek' as there is a stream (the Caul Bourne) running through the centre of the village and then into Newtown Creek. The first record of the name (as Aet Scealdan Fleote) was in the year 838. At the time of the Domesday book in 1086 it was called Selceeflet. Shalfleet was described in an 1870 guide book (Blacks) as being 'not too lively' and probably hasn't changed in that respect!
Four cards of Shalfleet Village both undated but prior to the demolition of the Steeple in1912 (Top right Peacock)
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An undated Peacock Series Card. |
Postmarked 1912. |
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A photo of Shalfleet in 1929. |
Shalfleet village, around 1930. (Sweetman) |
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Shalfleet village about 1955. (Frith) |
Another card from a similar period, the New Inn is on right. (Bay Series) |
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A reproduction card from around 1980 showing the fireplace at the New Inn, Shalfleet. he writing to the right reads '17th century fire place uncovered at New Inn Shalfleet IoW 1936' |
Shalfleet Mill, about 1910 (Peacock) |
Other Shalfleet pages:
| Shalfleet Postcards page 2 (the Creek) | Shalfleet Postcards page 3 (the Church) |
| More about the Shalfleet | Shalfleet then and now |
| Newtown | Calbourne |
| Nearby (Postcards of other nearby villages) |
Recent archaeological information about Shalfleet - scroll down on linked page.
Freshwater | Totland | Alum Bay and the Needles | Yarmouth | Shalfleet | Newtown | Calbourne | Carisbrooke Castle | Newport and Carisbrooke | Cowes and Gurnard | Osborne House | Wootton & Fishbourne | Quarr & Binstead | Ryde | Seaview | Bembridge | Brading | Sandown | Shanklin | Godshill | Arreton Valley | Ventnor | St Lawrence and the Undercliff | St Catherine's Lighthouse's | Niton | Blackgang Chine | Blackgang and Chale | Brighstone and Shorwell | Mottistone to Compton
12 February 2009