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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 347 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COWES , a seaport and watering-See also:

place in the Isle of See also:Wight, See also:England, 12 M. S.S.E. of See also:Southampton. See also:West Cowes is separated from See also:East Cowes by the picturesque See also:estuary of the See also:river See also:Medina, the. two towns (each of which is an See also:urban See also:district) lying on opposite sides of its mouth at the See also:apex of the See also:northern See also:coast of the See also:island. Pop. (19o1) West Cowes, 8652; East Cowes, 3196. The See also:port between them is the See also:chief on the island, and is the headquarters of the Royal Yacht See also:Squadron (founded in 1812) ; it is in See also:regular steamship communication with Southampton and See also:Portsmouth. West Cowes is served by the Isle of Wight Central railway. A See also:steam See also:ferry and a floating See also:bridge across the Medina, here boo yds. broad, unite the towns. Behind the See also:harbour the houses rise picturesquely on See also:gentle wooded slopes, and numerous villas adorn the vicinity. The towns owe their origin to two forts or castles, built on each See also:side of the mouth of the Medina by See also:Henry VIII. in 1540, for the See also:defence of the coast; the eastern one has disappeared, but the west See also:castle remains and is used as the See also:club-See also:house of the Yacht Squadron. The marine See also:parade of West Cowes, and the public See also:promenade called the See also:Green, are See also:close to the castle. The See also:industrial See also:population is chiefly employed in the See also:shipbuilding yards, in the manufacture of See also:ships' fittings. and in See also:engineering See also:works.

The harbour is under an elective See also:

body of commissioners. On the opposite side of the Medina a broad carriageway leads to East Cowes Castle, a handsome edifice built by See also:John See also:Nash, the favourite architect of See also:George IV., in 1798, and immediately beyond it are the grounds surrounding See also:Osborne House (see OSBORNE), built in 1845 after the See also:property had been See also:purchased by See also:Queen See also:Victoria, the See also:church of St Mildred, Whippingham, lying a mile to the See also:south.

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