Sandown, Isle of Wight
Sandown is the seaside resort on the sweep of its bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, and its prints follow th...
Read moreSandown is the seaside resort on the sweep of its bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, and its prints follow the bathing beach, the cliffs and the bay from the 1850s to the Edwardian years. A print of 1866 records a Swedish brig wrecked on the shore. Ward Lock's guidebook plans trace the streets of the town through editions from 1908 to about 1961, and the firm's island map of 1908 links it with Brading, Ryde, Newport and Ventnor.
Sandown is the seaside resort on the sweep of its bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, and its prints follow the bathing beach, the cliffs and the bay from the 1850s to the Edwardian years. A print of 1866 records a Swedish brig wrecked on the shore. Ward Lock's guidebook plans trace the streets of the town through editions from 1908 to about 1961, and the firm's island map of 1908 links it with Brading, Ryde, Newport and Ventnor.