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.
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]
See also
References
- ^ “Adgestone Vineyard – SANDOWN”. Visit Isle Of Wight. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ “Adgestone Camping and Caravanning Site”. www.caravansitefinder.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Place-names-Isle-Wight-Origins-Meanings/dp/1900289008
- ^ https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ5986/adgestone/
External links
Media related to Adgestone at Wikimedia Commons- Adgestone in the Domesday Book
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