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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1012 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VENTNOR , a watering-See also:

place in the Isle of See also:Wight, See also:England, 122 m. S. by W. of See also:Ryde by See also:rail. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5866. It is finely situated in the Undercliff district, at the See also:foot of St See also:Boniface Down, which reaches a height of 787 ft. The See also:town is built on a See also:succession of terraces sloping towards the See also:sea, and from its sheltered situation, equable temperature, and comparatively dry See also:atmosphere is regarded as one of the best resorts in England for consumptive invalids. In the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century it was only a small fishing See also:hamlet, now it extends along the See also:shore for a distance of about 2 m., including Bonchurch to the See also:east. It possesses See also:assembly rooms, a See also:literary and scientific institution, an esplanade, a See also:pier and extensive recreation grounds. The churches of Ventnor are all See also:modern, but that of St Boniface at Bonchurch is a small See also:Norman See also:building, perhaps the See also:oldest in the See also:island. Among the benevolent and charitable institutions are the royal See also:national See also:hospital for consumptives (founded in 1869), the seaside See also:home of the See also:London See also:city See also:mission, the St See also:Catherine's home for consumptives and the convalescent home of the Royal Hants Hospital.

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