GATCOMB, a parish in the liberty of WEST-MEDINA,
Isle of Wight division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
3 miles (S. S. W.) from Newport, containing 247 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at
£25. 18. 9., and in the patronage of the University of
Oxford, in trust for the Principal of St. Edmund's Hall,
The church is dedicated to St. Olave. There is a small
endowed school.