St George's Church, Arreton, is a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

located in

Arreton Arreton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the central eastern part of the Isle of Wight, England. It is about 3 miles south east of Newport, Isle of Wight, Newport. Name The settlement has had different names and diffe ...

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 ...

History

The church is medieval and the earliest traces are from the

Norman period The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqu ...

. Part of the church dates from the 12th century. The church has a

Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...

wall and a

Burma Star The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War. One clasp, Pacific, was i ...

window. The short tower with its unique buttresses contains a ring of 6 bells, the oldest of which was cast in 1589. In this parish lived a devout young woman,

Elizabeth Wallbridge ''The Dairyman's Daughter'' is an early 19th-century Christian religious booklet of 52 pages, which had a remarkably wide distribution and influence. It was a narrative of the religious experience of Elizabeth Wallbridge, who was the person aft ...

, made famous as "The Dairyman's Daughter" in an early nineteenth-century poem by

Legh Richmond Legh Richmond (1772–1827) was a Church of England clergyman and writer. He is noted for tracts, narratives of conversion that innovated in the relation of stories of the poor and female subjects, and which were subsequently much imitated. He wa ...

. The war memorial was designed by local architect,

Percy Stone Percy Goddard Stone (15 March 1856 – 21 March 1934) was an English architect, author and archaeologist who worked extensively on the Isle of Wight, where he lived for most of his life. He designed and Victorian restoration, restored sev ...

(1856–1934).

Organ

The church has an historic organ dating from 1888 by the organ-builder William Hill. A specification of the organ can be found on th
National Pipe Organ Register

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arreton, St George Church of England church buildings on the Isle of Wight Grade I listed churches on the Isle of Wight