.A National group of cemetery conservation and heritage workers interested in Britain's Victorian craftsmanship and splendour of lay out and design. The Federation has members from Scotland to Cornwall and the Isle of Wight

The charity was set up in 1959, and has a successful history of environmental conservation volunteering throughout the UK and around the world.

If you have been recently bereaved and don't know what to do, you can get practical advice and support from a number of sources from the Isle of Wight Council Department.

The “Friends of East Cowes Cemetery” group was set up to deliver the Local Heritage Initiative-funded project to make environmental improvements for this largely disused cemetery.

This site describes the majority of the War memorials, and many of the other public and civic memorials to be found on the Isle of Wight.

Everyone's experience of grief and loss is unique, Search for a counsellor on line near you.

Cemetery markers – get high quality unique designed granite cemetery markers at an affordable price from  qualitymarkers.com .  You design your marker online and that design is then used to craft an elegant memorial using one of our three beautiful granite marker colors.  This will be your timeless tribute to the memory of your loved one.

Gravestone Photographic Resource Project

The Gravestone Photographic Resource project is an attempt to provide a much needed on-line resource for family historians.

View over 200 million names in family trees and search over 515 million census and BMD records dating from 1841-1911 for England and Wales.

Northwood Village

The Village of Northwood situated on the Isle of Wight. This website provides news, events and information in and around the local area.

Cowes Heritage

Cowes Heritage was formed by a group of volunteers in 2003 with the main aim of staging regular exhibitions, each concerning a particular aspect of the history of Cowes and surrounding area.

Pictures and postcards grouped into general locations from the Isle of Wight from bygone years.

The Northwood Parish Council was formed on the 1st of May 2008. It replaces the existing Northwwood Village Management Committee which was disbanded on the 31st March 2008.

Cowes is served by 16 Town Councillors representing four wards: Cowes North ward, Cowes South ward, Cowes West and Medina ward.

Gurnard is situated on the NW coast of the Island and is the neighbouring Parish to Cowes.

Information about how the council is organised, the elected members, how decisions are made, how to get involved and how to contact the various departments.

Also view the latest council documents, minutes and agendas.

Established in 1994, the Beacon magazine has grown to become a truly all-Island magazine, yet still retains its local identity, five monthly publications: West Wight, Newport, Cowes, and East Wight receive the B5 size Beacons whereas Ryde/East Wight and Bay/South Wight receive our new format A4 magazines. They are delivered door to door to 65,000 homes and businesses. The Beacon is the only high quality monthly media that reaches all areas of the Island and is read by Islanders from all walks of life.

Specialising mainly in Isle of Wight Wildlife and landscape Photography, the galleries on this site represent some of the award winning work by the Isle of Wight Wildlife photographer Stuart Shore .

The history of the villages of Hampshire, England and surrounding counties

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