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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackwater like this:
BLACKWATER, a hamlet in the Isle of Wight; 2 miles S by E of Newport. It has a post office under Newport.
Blackwater is now part of ISLE OF WIGHT Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how ISLE OF WIGHT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackwater itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackwater, in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24389
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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