Shalfleet

Infobox UK place |
country = England
official_name= Shalfleet
civil_parish= Shalfleet
latitude = 50.70112
longitude = -1.41517
population=
unitary_england= Isle of Wight
map_type = Isle of Wight
lieutenancy_england= Isle of Wight
region = South East England
constituency_westminster= Isle of Wight
post_town= NEWPORT
postcode_district= PO30
postcode_area= PO
dial_code= 01983
os_grid_reference= SZ413892

Shalfleet is a village and civil parish [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/geographic_area_listings/downloads/EnglishParishes&WelshCommunities_N&C_2004.xls English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004] ] on the Isle of Wight. it is located between Yarmouth and Newport in the northwest of the island.

It has a pub called the New Inn which dates from 1743.

The name "Shalfleet" means "shallow stream". The stream in this case is the stream passing through the village, the Caul Bourne. It was recorded as "Aet Scealdan Fleote" in the 838. In 1086, in the Domesday Book, Shalfleet was called "Selceeflet".

In Adam and Charles Black's guide book to the area published in 1870, there is a note that Shalfleet is "not too lively". It still has only one street with a traffic light at each end.

There is a church in Shafleet that was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel in 1964. [A previous dedication had been lost.] It has a tower that was built in 1070. It originally had no ground level door, and the entrance was through a door on the roof. Parishioners had to acces the room by climbing a ladder. The walls of the church are five feet thick and it was a refuge for residents during attacks by the French who had sailed up Newtown Creek. A "3 pound" parish gun which was inscribed 'Schawflet' was kept in the tower until 1779. The church had a steeple that was added around 1800, but the steeple was determined to be unstable and it was removed in 1912. The money for the steeple was raised by selling the parish gun and the church bells. This resulted in a local rhyme:::"Shalfleet poor and simple people"
::"Sold their bells to build a steeple."

There is also a Baptist church in the Shafleet area, in the village of Wellow, which was founded in 1801. There were several Methodist churches as well, which have all closed.

Shafleet had a train station that was closed in 1953.

The Domesday Book noted the existence of the Shalfleet Mill. This mill was driven by a waterwheel. The associated bakery produced bread until the 1920s.

There are three manor houses in the Shafleet area that were mentioned in the Domesday book; the Shalfleet Manor House, Ningwood Manor, and
Hamstead Manor.

It is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis circular bus route 7, serving Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport including intermediate towns.cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.islandbuses.info/r7.shtml | title = Southern Vectis - bus route 7 | publisher = www.islandbuses.info | accessdate = 2008-05-04]

Village facilities

* Post Office:: Warlands Lane, open 09.00 - 13.00 Monday to Friday.
* Village Shop::Warlands Lane, open 09.00 - 13.00, Mondays to Fridays, 09:00 - 12:00 Saturday
* Garage::Shalfleet Garage, Winchester Corner, hours are 7am to around 7pm daily
* Church::Services every Sunday at 10:30 am
* School::Shalfleet C of E Primary School, Ningwood
* Pub ::The New Inn, open 12 noon to 3 pm and 6 pm to 11 pm Monday to Saturday, and to 10:30 pm Sundays

References

External links

* [http://www.shalfleet.net/shalfleet/ Shalfleet.net]
* [http://www.shalfleetcepri.iow.sch.uk/ Shalfleet Church of England Primary School website]
* [http://www.shalfleet.net/shalfleet/shalfleet_church_guide.htm Shalfleet Church guide]