history
Island Life - June/July 2010
Arreton Manor
f death - Bembridge Windmill
Dimbola Lodge
this lovely house was given to her
St. Catherines Lighthouse
light on top.
doctor as a thankyou for looking after
WHAT: Local soldiers headache
her family. Now a quaint bed and
WHAT: The dogs revenge
WHERE: Ryde
breakfast, the old housekeeper and
WHERE: Priory Bay Hotel, Seaview
ABOUT: At Easter in the year of 1900
doctor are sometimes seen and sensed
ABOUT: Two centurys ago a young
Amelia Raynham a celebrated soprano
girl and her pet dog played happily at
came across to Ryde on the ferry to
The Priory Hotel, Seaview. A portrait of
meet her friend Majorie Banks from
the young girl once hung in the dining
Newport. The weather was typical
room. At only 14 years of age she sadly
cold, wet and blowing. They decided
died shortly after the painting was
to shelter inside All Saints Church in
WHAT: The face in the well
completed. When her dog died he was
Queens Road, Ryde. As they sat in one
WHERE: Carisbrooke Castle
stuffed and put in a glass case above
of the pews talking about the brother
ABOUT: The image of a young woman
the stairs. If ever removed from the
of Amelia, George, who was a Cavalry
has been sited down the well in the
house it is said the little girl appears
officer they saw a figure walking up
Well House. This woman has been
sobbing and calling for her lost pet.
the isle towards them with arms out
around the manor. A photograph of
the outside taken recently shows a lady
in the window staring out of an empty
bedroom.
stretched. In horror they both saw it
identified as Elizabeth Ruffin the 17
year old daughter of the mayor of
WHAT: A sweet scent
was the ghost of G