In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wroxall like this:

WROXALL, a village, with a r. station, in the SE of the Isle of Wight; 1¼ mile N of Ventnor. It has a post-office under God shill, Isle of Wight.

Wroxall through time

Wroxall 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 Wroxall itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wroxall, in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3905

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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