Adgestone
Hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England
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Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading (where the 2011 Census was included) in the east of the island.
| Adgestone | |
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  Adgestone Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| OS grid reference | SZ595865 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SANDOWN |
| Postcode district | PO36 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| UK Parliament | |
There is 10-acre (40,000 m2) vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast. This is one of the oldest vineyards in the British Islands,[1] having been started in 1968.
There is a campsite in Adgestone.[2] The nearest public transport is bus route 3 on the main road through Brading.
Name
The name is thought to mean 'the farmstead or personal estate belonging to a man called Æfic', from Old English Æfic (personal name) and tūn.
1086: Avicestone
1198: Auicheston
~1220: Avichestune
1299: Auchestone
1351: Achestone
1487: Agestone[3]
History
It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the hundred of Bowcombe and the county of Hampshire. It had a population of 5 households and 1 vavasor. It also had 1 ploughland and 1 lord's plough team. Its value was 10 shillings in 1066 and 1086. In 1086, its tenant-in-chief was William son of Azur.[4]
