SHORWELL, a parish in the liberty of WEST-MEDINA,
Isle of Wight division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
5 miles (S.W. by S.) from Newport, containing
576 inhabitants. The living comprises a sinecure rectory,
rated in the king's books at £20. 0. 2., and a
discharged vicarage, to which is united the rectory of
Mottiston, rated at £17. 16. 0., endowed with £200
private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, and both in
the patronage of Lady St. John Mildmay. The church
is dedicated to St. Peter.