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Yaverland is a village and former
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of Sandown, on the
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, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay. It has about 200 houses. About of a mile away from the village is the Yaverland Manor and Church.
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fossils have been discovered here of '' Yaverlandia'' and a pterosaur, '' Caulkicephalus''. The White Air extreme sports festival was held annually at Yaverland pay and display car park between 1997 and 2008, but moved to
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for 2009.


History

The older part of the village is spread along the road to Bembridge by the Norman Church. The newer part is along the seafront, consisting entirely of a bungalow estate. The name appears to come from a local rendition of "over land" - being the land over the once-tidal causeway. An alternative derivation is from "Yar Island". In the fields below Yaverland the archaeological television programme ''
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'' discovered a Roman smithy. In 1545 a battle took place in Yaverland between French forces and local levies. The French were crossing Culver Down from their landing at Whitecliff Bay in order to attack Sandown Castle and link up with a force from Bonchurch. The French fought their way into Sandown but were defeated at Sandown Castle, then under construction in the sea.


Amenities

The Isle of Wight Zoo is in Yaverland. The zoo is noted for its collection of rescued tigers. The zoo inhabits much of the converted buildings of the Granite Fort built by
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as a defense against the French in 1860. The grounds were used by the military during
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as part of the Pluto pipeline to send oil under the
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to
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to fuel the Allied war efforts. By the sea is the Yaverland Sailing and Boat Club and along the seashore are fossil-bearing beds, which may be explored by guided walks from Dinosaur Isle. A holiday camp is located further north in the village, and was once the site of Yaverland Battery. In November 2008, the
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opened a new public toilet block which runs completely from renewable energy generated on-site. It is thought to be one of the "greenest" facilities in the UK.


Transport

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bus route 8 links the village with the towns of Newport,
Ryde Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 24,096 according to the 2021 Census. Its growth as a seaside resort came after the villages of Upper Ryde and ...
,
Bembridge Bembridge is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, leading to the implausible claim by so ...
and Sandown, including intermediate towns. Bus route 24 also links Yaverland around Culver Way to Sandown. The latter was formerly operated by
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.


Civil parish

In 1931 the parish had a population of 138. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished to form Sandown Shanklin, parts also went to Bembridge and Brading.


See also

* St. John the Baptist Church, Yaverland


References


External links


''Yaverland, Isle of Wight, UK''
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, 14 March 2000
Isle of Wight Zoo websiteIOW Council beach information
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