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Sandford is a hamlet on the
Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...
. Sandford is on the outskirts of
Godshill Godshill is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, with a population of 1,459 at the 2011 Census. It lies between Newport and Ventnor in the southeast of the island. History Godshill is one of the ancient parishes that exi ...
(where the 2011 population was listed) in the southeast part of the island. Sandford has a latitude of . Sandford is located on the A 3020 road and public transport is provided by bus route 2 and 3, run by
Southern Vectis Southern Vectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, founded in 1921 as Dodson and Campbell. It became the Vectis Bus Company in 1923. The company was purchased by Southern Railway before being nationalised in 1969. In 1987, the company wa ...
. Sandford hosts several businesses, including some farms and a boarding
cattery A cattery is any building, collection of buildings or property in which cats are housed, maintained, cared for, and bred. A cattery can be anything from a simple building associated with a residence to a state-of-the-art facility with CCTV, televi ...
. The Sandford Primitive Methodist Chapel is in Sandford. Sandford has an entry in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
of 1086. There were two mills in Sandford. Sandford was the site of brickmaking operations in the past.''LIST OF BRICKMAKING SITES''
, Isle of Wight Brickmaking History
Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeology Society
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