NORTHWOOD, a parish in the liberty of WEST-MEDINA, Isle of Wight division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 1 mile (S.) from WesfCowes, containing, with the town of West Cowes, 3579 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with the vicarage of Carisbrooke, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The parish is bounded on the east by the navigable river Medina. There is a small endowment for a school the gift of Thomas Cole, in 1725. A rent-charge of about £15 was bequeathed by John Mann, in 1687 for the maintenance of poor orphans.