Ray Todd's Pictures of Bonchurch

Old St Boniface Church

This old Church was erected by the monks of Lyra Abbey in Normandy in 1070 on the site of a much older Saxon Church. Algernon Charles Swinburne, the famous victorian poet lived close by with his parents Admiral Sir Charles and Lady Jane Swinburne. He was christened here in 1837.

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Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Buildings and Structures, Churches, The Isle of Wight

East Dene

East Dene is the former home of the victorian poet A C Swinburne. Among the well known guests who have been entertained here are Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Czar and Czarina of Russia,who were popular in society until the Crimean War, and Charles Dickens.

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Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Buildings and Structures, Homes of the Famous, The Isle of Wight