BRIXTON, a parish in the liberty of WEST-MEDINA,
Isle of Wight division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
6 miles (S.W. byW.) from Newport, containing
686 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the incumbent, rated in the king's
books at £32. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
In 1814,; the Rev.'Noel Digby conveyed an estate in
trust, for the establishment of a school for the education
of twenty children, to be chosen from this
parish and the parish of 'Mottiston: the income is
£20 a year.