Adgestone

Adgestone
Adgestone Location within the Isle of Wight
OS grid reference	SZ595865
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SANDOWN
Postcode district	PO36
Dialling code	01983
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	Isle of Wight
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight East
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°40′30″N 1°09′29″W / 50.67511°N 1.15802°W / 50.67511; -1.15802

Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading (where the 2011 Census was included) in the east of the island.

There is 10-acre (40,000 m²) vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast. This is one of the oldest vineyards in the British Islands,^[1] having been started in 1968.

There is a campsite in Adgestone.^[2] The nearest public transport is bus route 3 on the main road through Brading.

Name

The name is thought to mean 'the farmstead or personal estate belonging to a man called Æfic', from Old English Æfic (personal name) and tūn.

1086: Avicestone

1198: Auicheston

~1220: Avichestune

1299: Auchestone

1351: Achestone

1487: Agestone^[3]

History

It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the hundred of Bowcombe and the county of Hampshire. It had a population of 5 households and 1 vavasor. It also had 1 ploughland and 1 lord's plough team. Its value was 10 shillings in 1066 and 1086. In 1086, its tenant-in-chief was William son of Azur.^[4]

See also

• Adgestone Manor

References

1. "Adgestone Vineyard - SANDOWN". Visit Isle Of Wight. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
2. "Adgestone Camping and Caravanning Site". www.caravansitefinder.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
3. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Place-names-Isle-Wight-Origins-Meanings/dp/1900289008
4. https://opendomesday.org/place/SZ5986/adgestone/

External links

• Media related to Adgestone at Wikimedia Commons
• Adgestone in the Domesday Book