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The KOM League
Flash Report
for
March 12, 2021
This is the first report released in nearly a month. If you care to read it click right here: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/50957070916/
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It seemed as though a significant number of days had passed since last I came to the computer. It had been nearly four weeks and today an attempt was made to string together a few words in order to compose a comprehensible sentence. Hopefully, some of the material contained herein is okay.
About all that seems to happen anymore is the obituary files continue to expand. There are names appearing each day of people I have known personally or knew of due to their fame. It must be said that there is no pleasure derived in writing about the recently departed. However, some of those leaving us were “big” names in their respective fields of endeavor and without my pointing it out no one, or relatively few, would know they ever had a connection to the KOM league, even tangentially.
Just to preface this report the two recently departed men, who will be tied to the KOM league, are a big league player/coach/manager along with a famous radio voice If either of those subjects don’t appeal to you then cease reading at this point.
Most long term readers know that the author of this report had a baseball career that started and ended in 1951. There wasn’t much use for a skinny, runt of a kid in the game of baseball and he went on to a life that was basically free of the sport except for an idea in 1994 that an old league should be documented.
Over the span of a quarter century of looking for former KOM leaguers many surprises have come my way. In 1951 the New York Giants signed a young catcher out of Cape Girardeau, Mo. by the name of Bill Lee Atchley. By that point in history the Iola ballclub had been affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and was now surviving as an independent team relying on players showing up for tryouts or being optioned there by a major league organization. Atchley fit into the latter category.
This is a brief clip on Atchley’s life. “Dr. Bill L. Atchley, Ph.D., 68, of Wachesaw Plantation, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., he was the son of the late William C. and Mary Logsden Atchley. He was the former president of Southeast Missouri State University, former president of the University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., and former president of Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. He served as president of the National Science Center Foundation, dean of engineering at West Virginia University, and associate dean and professor at the University of Missouri at Rolla. He was a U. S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was a former professional baseball player with the New York Giants.
The following links are a “must read” to understand this story.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/77438609/bill-lee-atchley
digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/16699/...
clemsonwiki.com/wiki/Bill_Lee_Atchley
By referencing the aforementioned citations it is obvious that what Atchley didn’t attain in baseball he more than made up for it in the educational arena at some major institutions of higher learning in this country. In a long ago conversation he related that he still loved baseball and at one point in history was considered for the opening of the Commissioner of Baseball position that went to Bart Giamatti.
Now, this is not to cut short the story of Bill Atchley but to bring into it another name. In 1947 the Independence, Kansas Yankees had a 22-year old pitcher, Alexander Zych from Kansas City, who had stared his professional baseball career in 1944 being signed by the Kansas City Blues before winding up with Wellsville, NY that year. He pitched minor league baseball in Hagerstown, Maryland--Norfolk, Virginia--Quincy, Illinois-- Greenville, Mississippi-- Raliegh and Kinston, N C as well as Rock Hill, Sumter and Gasonia, South Carolina.
By the time Zych reached the age of 27 he was back in his native Kansas City and playing for the amateur Holden, Mo. Chiefs in both 1954 and 1955. The next year he drove to Nevada, Mo. And pitched for that amateur club and led them to a Missouri state amatuer championship. On that club were three former KOM leaguers along with a former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher from Greenfield, Mo. by the name of Floyd “Goat” Wooldridge.
Over the years communication was maintained with Zych and the first book written about the KOM league contained considerable information that he furnished. The following obituary describes the connection he maintained with the game of baseball in both Kansas City and Oakland with the Athletics and Royals. (If the reader doesn’t click on these sites this report will be meaningless.)
www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/alexander-zy...
On July 14, 2014 an announcement came over the radio of a terrible automobile accident and the patient was transferred, by medical helicopter, to Columbia, Mo. As it turned out Alex Zych died within a couple of miles of where this report is prepared.
Now go back to 1951
In 1951 Alex Zych was pitching at Kinston, North Carolina, Bill Atchley was catching for the Iola Indians, and a young boy was born on January 12 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The newborn had a cousin, once removed, named Patricia. In 1954 when the young boy was three years old his cousin, Patricia Limbaugh, married Bill Atchley. www.floydmortuary.com/obituaries/Patsy-Atchley/#!/ObituarySo
So, the connection to Rush Hudson Limbaugh III and the KOM league is made. Once back from Oakland Alex Zych was the “wise old head” in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse and when an upstart 27-year ticket salesman needed advice he went to the person who he considered the wisest which was Alex Zych, the equipment manager for the team. From a couple of sources I have heard that Rush Limbaugh affectionately referred to Zych as “Dad.”
Following the death of Zych he was paid high praise on Limbaugh’s national radio broadcast and the famed broadcaster thus attended the funeral of a former KOM leaguer. Whether Limbaugh was close enough to Atchley to attend his funeral I don’t know. Often I wondered if Limbaugh ever heard of Atchley’s baseball playing days. When Limbaugh had his “open line Friday” segments there was a temptation to call and ask that question but some things are just meant to never be known.
On a personal note, the first time I ever heard Limbaugh was in the 1970’s when he was on the staff of KMBZ in Kansas City. At that time I was living in Topeka and early of the morning he was given five minutes for making comments. They were a bit different from what I had heard on the radio. But, in those days about all you ever heard was “Swap Shop,” “Kitchen Klatter,” “Trading Post” and religious shows such as Theodore Epp and his “Back to the Bible” broadcast that emanated from Lincoln, Nebraska. AM Radio was nearly toast by the 1980’s.
After hearing Limbaugh in the 1970’s, on KMBZ, I never heard of him again until 1992. At that time I had met up with a former grade and high school acquaintance by the name of Mickey Roberts. He was going by the name of Mike and doing play-by-play broadcasting of the Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast league games on KOB radio in that town. At one game he told me I had to listen to a new show they had on their station. He told me the voice was from a former Missouri. I told Roberts I had heard that voice a decade and a half earlier while living in Topeka, Kansas.
Of all the forms of media radio was always my preference and I was attracted to people who knew how to communicate whether or not I agreed with them or not. At one time I reveled in hearing divergent voices of Limbaugh and Garrison Keillor who couldn’t have been more opposite if they had practiced. People have to be smart enough to listen, digest and form their own opinions which is sadly lacking in the era.
Many a debate—or argument—arose over the years with my son about what Limbaugh did or didn’t say. One thing I recall predicting, over two decades ago, was that Limbaugh would die most likely from lung cancer, long before his time. I made that point to my son, many times, due to his addiction to whatever cigarettes have that addict. Since Rush’s passing my son has never mentioned it even happening. I think he might recall what his old man has told him over and over about tobacco.
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The latest death with a KOM league connection.
This past week saw the passing of a former big league player coach and manager by the name of Norman Sherry ps://www.mlb.com/news/norm-sherry-ex-catcher-manager-dies-at-89
In reading that obituary one of his buddies from “day one—actually” came to mind. Sherry and Stan Santo who played first base for the 1951 Ponca City Dodgers were lifelong friends until Santo’s passing. It is always my goal to share information with people when it has some meaning and in this case I figured the son of one of those guys fit into that framework.
To Mark Santo
I have seen a lot of articles today from the baseball experts about the death of Norm Sherry. They claim to know all about him. Your dad could have filled them in on a lot about his younger days of which they are unaware.
Santo’s reply:
Hi John. You got that right. Talk about similar paths…My dad and Norm were born one day apart. They went to high school together, played baseball together in high school, went together for induction into military service, and remained friends until my dad passed away 2 years ago. They both lived in San Diego county in their later years.
Growing up in the same neighborhood my dad also knew Larry Sherry. As I was told, they never thought that Larry would ever be a great player due to a birth defect with his feet; needless to say they couldn’t have been more wrong about that. When Larry passed away a few years ago my Dad was invited to and attended his funeral.
When I was 13 years old my dad took me to a winter training camp in the Los Angeles area where Norm was coaching to see if my pitching talents were as good as my Dad thought they were. Of course they weren’t and I distinctly remember being blown away by the grown-ups. Not exactly a moral booster for a 13 year old, but a great experience nonetheless. I feel like Norm’s passing represents the end of a chapter in my life.
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A special item.
It is realized that not all the recipients of these reports care all that much about them. Here is a special link to something I found interesting. I’d place this under the category “sometimes you never know what you have.” youtu.be/VmdFNQnbS0k ________________________________________________________________________________
Robert Anson Grove passes.
www.galvnews.com/obituaries/article_f9639322-0119-56a4-b6... (Photo included in citation)
Only once was it my privilege to speak with Robert Grove but he was a fascinating man. He was a great conversationalist with interesting stories to share. He spent less than a month as a catcher for the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers. As the obituary indicates his time in the KOM league is not mentioned.
Thanks to Jack Morris who included me on his list for passing along this obituary.
TEXAS CITY, TX — Robert Anson Grove (Bob), 90, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.He was born on September 12, 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia to Donald M. Grove and Deloris Bridget Grove. After graduating from Ball High School in Galveston, TX Bob tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the catcher for their farm team in Sheboygan, WI. until he was drafted into the Army in 1953.
Bob married his high school sweetheart Mary Ellen Pierce on September 26, 1952. During their 66 years together, they were blessed with 3 daughters. In addition to being a loving husband and father he worked for the same family, Eugene B. Smith, at Moody Compress in Galveston, TX. He was an active member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Texas City, TX where he served many years as the Finance Committee Chairman. Bob was also a ham radio operator (WB5FGD) and used this talent to serve others through the Shriners Burns Institute in Galveston and emergency preparedness during hurricane season. He was an outstanding golfer, tennis player and a master Easter Egg Hider.
He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ellen Grove, his parents, brothers Don Grove Jr., Joe Grove, George Grove, Jack Grove, sister Zoe Anne Dundee (Mick) and son in law Kenneth Beasley.
He is survived by his sister Zoe Belle Calaway, his daughters Janet Grove Gonzales, Jo Ann Grove Konecny and her husband Larry, Jill Grove and her partner, Dianna Jarvis; grandchildren Brian Gonzales and wife Layla, Brandon Gonzales and wife Jackie, Bobby Gonzales and wife Crystal, Larry Konecny Jr. and wife Daniela, Candice Maintz and husband Bill, Laura Williams and husband Kyle, Andrew Konecny and wife Victoria and Gryffen James-Grove along with 14 great-grandchildren and other extended family members who he held dear.
Ed comment:
With the passing of Bob Grove there are six surviving members of the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers. They are Daniel Chepkauskas, Loren Doll, Dick McCoy, Theodore James Dean, John Nixon and Dean Antonson. Chepkauskas worked in the space industry, Doll and his partner Isrig operated huge cattle and grain operation in Western Kansas, Dean was in the production side of the movie industry. McCoy spent many years with the Omaha, Neb. Fire department and the readers can flunk me on Nixon and Antonson since I don’t recall their post-baseball careers. However, I know where both live and can put anyone in touch with those guys if they are curious about their means of support subsequent to their baseball career.
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Bye—This concludes yet another effort to recall and report something from the past. These reports are akin to bond fires. First there is a need for fuel then a spark to create a flame to get things going. Sometimes there isn’t the fuel or the spark to create a Flash Report and when that happens long periods exist between their production.
Barry Callebaut invited two brave female managers from Côte d'Ivoire to visit its factory in Wieze/Belgium and talked about their challenges on the ground: “Barry Callebaut fully supports women empowerment activities, and wants to give role models like Marie Zae Zea and N’Goran née Brou Oussu a forum to share their knowledge and expertise. People like them inspire us and are key to making the cocoa supply chain more sustainable,” says Erika De Vos, HR Director of Barry Callebaut Belgium.
Mitsubishi Outlander Police demonstrator Blue and Amber light show National Association of Police fleet managers NAPFM conference Telford June 2014
Brendan Rodgers manager of Leicester City at the end of the Premier League match between Leicester City and Bournemouth
T-rex started life as an adorable hatchling that had feathers.
T-rex lived to be about 28 years old.
-- Kid News NYC . Com
Manager of Leicester City Ruud van Nistelrooy with Erling Håland of Manchester City after the Premier League match between Leicester City and Manchester City at King Power Stadium
Eurostar started commercial train service to Amsterdam on 04/04/2018 and I am one of the Thalys Train Managers working on this train every now and then between Amsterdam and Brussels...
Location: Train depot Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam East.
Coordinates: 52°35'39" N 4°94'78" E
Reason: Preparing trainset 4003/4004 for train service ES9171 from Amsterdam to Brussels (departure time 7h48 in Amsterdam, arrival in Brussels on 9h38 local time).
Eurostar: Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Amsterdam, Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris and Rotterdam. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. The London terminus is St Pancras International, the other British calling points being Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International in Kent. Intermediate calling points in France are Calais-Fréthun and Lille-Europe, with trains to Paris terminating at Gare du Nord. Trains to Belgium terminate at Midi/Zuid station in Brussels. The only intermediate calling point in the Netherlands is Rotterdam Centraal, with trains terminating at Amsterdam Centraal.
More information: Wikipedia - Eurostar
Background: Good old Thalys!
To Listen: Alvaro Soler - La Cintura (Youtube)
Weather: 19° C mostly sunny (maximum this day 26° C)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod placed on the headrest of a Premier class seat onboard Eurostar e320 train set 4003/4004.
jsc2016e183859 (Nov. 20, 2016) --- At the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, now a manager in the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), watch as the Expedition 50 crewmembers receive congratulatory calls from friends and family members Nov. 20 who gathered to watch the arrival of Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency at the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. NASA/Stephanie Stoll
Today my Venator enters the sky above the ship yards of Rothana Heavy Engineering. As the project manager I proudly present you the capital ship “ATELLES”- a Venator class star destroyer.
Back in 2005 when I saw the Star Wars Epi. 3 starting sequence in the theaters – I was like “I really have to build one of these giants!”
Then a few years later and already earning my own money I started the wip. The plan was building a venator bigger than the Lego ISD (10030). While processing the project there were 2 points of massive improvements. Each time I change the size and the new version was bigger than the old one. The building time on the last version of the Venator I´m showing you in this thread was only about 2 years. Now be at university the time has come to finish this ship.
Over the whole 7 years I ordered about 100 times at Bricklink.com. Additional to these orders I used a lot of my own bricks in storage. I don’t know how many bricks I used for the Venator. It have to be something above 45000 pieces with a weight of 65 kg.
The construction of the inner structure and the frame is basically like the #10030 IDS.
A structure made out of technic bricks carrying the whole ship. This technique is easy to scaling up to big dimensions.
The Venator´s of Erik Varsegi and Iomedes were always leaders in supersized star destroyers and a good orientation for my project. At one point my Venator should be one of those as well and I destroyed the old version and made a bigger one. This Venator how hitting the length of 220 cm x 117 cm x 68 cm. A bit smaller than the others.
However, the thing was building this ship as accurate as possible. Some details of the origin Venator from the Movie has been changed or replaced with own ideas like the frame structure at the surface. The overall impression has to match and looks smooth.
More here:
www.imperiumdersteine.de/index.php?/topic/27551-lego-vena...
www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/135771-m...
LISBON, PORTUGAL - MARCH 09: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta applauds the Arsenal fans after the UEFA Europa League round of 16 leg one match between Sporting CP and Arsenal FC at Estadio Jose Alvalade on March 09, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
The sun sends shadows through sawdust as a worker takes out a dead tree.
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Northern Cheyenne team managers Arianna Morin and Tova Little Wolf before their homecoming game with Meeteetse.
Wedensday.
And still on the Island.
Through the night, yet more rain fell, and into the morning so I woke to the sound of yet another cloudburst. But it should be clearing soon.
So, I leap out of bed, do 50 press-ups, have a cold shower and am ready for the rigours of the day ahead, and in this I would be helped by a pot of black coffee and the finest sausage and bacon sandwich known to man.
And a man in the kitchen makes it for me, so all I have to do is eat it.
Non nom nom.
I drink the last dregs off the coffee, and I'm away to work.
It was supposed to be a slow and easy start, but I was summoned to an emergency department meeting, and needed to be at the factory to get internet access.
Our soon-to-be-ex-boss is now officially our ex-boss, and we have a new interim manager.
That's it.
So on with the audit.
Outside, the clouds did clear and the sun did shine, and did shine into the meeting room where even in November was so warm the air conditioning could not cope and we got very warm indeed.
We broke for lunch, and talked about the struggles we face, and how jolly nice the Island is.
Well, it is.
We were done by half three, so I drove back to the hotel, but saw the sign I had passed dozens of times, pointing to the 11th century church of St John the Baptist. Today would be the day to visit.
Light was fading fast, but with a warm light, and only with my compact camera, my shots won't win many prizes, but the best camera is the one you have.
From the outside, it seems to be a very Victorian church, but there is a Norman arch in the porch, and many more details inside, among the Victorian fixtures and fittings.
Inside there is a very tall and narrow Jacobian pulpit, some fine monuments from before the 19th century work, and some what I think is medieval glass, or at least fragements reset.
Back at the hotel I wrote a little then decided I really should go an exercise my fat little legs, so should walk into Cowes for a pint at the Ale House, where there was a fine firkin of porter on.
But, before then, as I walked along the promenade, over the other side of the Solent, the just past full moon rose over the Pompy skyline. It was pretty breath-taking, I leaned on railings to watch it rise and get brighter and its yellow colour fade to pure white.
Dozens of other people were doing the same thing too.
And it was a free show.
My favourite price.
I walk into town and up the Ale House, a group of sailing types were talking over pints of fizzy Eurolager, so I order porter just because I can.
There was a wide range of places to eat, most with lots of free tables.
I wasn't in a seafood mood, curry perhaps, but then at a restaurant I saw they had a dish called "sambal chicken". Sambal is a spicy chili sauce from Indonesia, that I sued to eat lots of when I was on the survey boats.
I asked, do you make your own sambal?
They did.
And cocktails were two for £15.
I order the sambal chicken and a marshmallow martini.
Very fuckin sophisticated.
The sambal was hot, just about bearable, but not not leave any doubt, it came with sliced fresh chilli, as did the Thai spiced cheesy chips.
I eat most of it all, then finish up with a "rhubarb and custard cocktail, which did mix quite poorly with the sambal on the walk back to the hotel.
Back to the hotel, I settle the bill and so all ready to leave in the morning, as I have to catch the six o'clock ferry.
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The Church of St. John the Baptist is a parish church located in Northwood, Isle of Wight. The church dates from the 12th century. The mid-19th century saw extensive restoration work carried out on the church. In 1864 the wooden tower and dormer window were both swept away. The restoration was completed in 1874. Despite this restoration work, the church still retains many of its original features including a Norman arch over the south doorway and a Jacobean pulpit.
www.spottinghistory.com/view/12080/church-of-st-john-the-...
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NORTHWOOD
Northewode (xiii cent.).
Northwood is a parish and village midway between Newport and Cowes, and now includes Pallance Gate. In 1894 the parish was extended to include a part of the parish of St. Nicholas. (fn. 1) The soil is for the most part loam, while the subsoil is of clay and gravel. The parish contains 4,333 acres, of which 878 acres are arable, 2,612 acres are permanent grass and 419 acres woodlands. There are also 292 acres of foreshore, 2 of land covered by water and 78 by tidal water. Cowes contains 576 acres, of which 2 acres are arable and 166 permanent grass. There are also 35 acres of foreshore and 5 acres of land covered by water. (fn. 2) There is a station on the Isle of Wight Central railway at the cement works, available for Northwood, and the pumping station of the Cowes Waterworks is situated at Broadfields within the parish. The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers have large works on the Medina at the West Medina Mills, and there are brickworks at Hillis belonging to Messrs. Pritchett. There existed a confraternity of Brothers and Sisters of St. John Baptist (fn. 3) in a building, later called the Church House, which was standing in 1690. It was founded c. 1500 and dissolved in 1536. An old glebe barn, with a date stone 'Restored 1742,' was pulled down in 1901. There is a Council school (mixed), built in 1855 and enlarged in 1906. The rectory-house lies to the east of the church and dates from the 18th century. (fn. 4)
The parish has a long seaboard as the north-west boundary, which includes the bays of Thorness and Gurnard, the latter the landing-place of Charles II in 1671. Gurnard (fn. 5) is a small village, mostly consisting of villas with a number of artisans' dwellings. There are a coastguard station here and a Council school, erected in 1863.
Northwood Park, the property of Mr. E. Granville Ward, was occupied from 1902 to 1906 by a community of Benedictine nuns, who have since moved to Appley, near Ryde (q.v.). The house, which is properly in Cowes, was built in 1837, on the site of a former residence called Belle View, by Mr. George H. Ward, uncle to the present owner, and is a somewhat stately stone building of classic detail, to which a wing has been since added.
At Hurstake on the Medina there was in the 18th century a flourishing shipyard, but by the end of the century it had fallen to decay. (fn. 6)
Cowes was taken out of Northwood and constituted a separate parish under the Local Government Act of 1894. (fn. 7) It is a thriving seaport town, daily increasing inland to the south, and is a terminus of the Isle of Wight Central railway and the main entrance to the Isle of Wight from Southampton. A steam ferry and launch service connect it with East Cowes. The town affairs are regulated under the Local Government Act of 1894 by an urban district council, who have acquired control of the water supply and gasworks. There is a steamboat pier and landingstage, and the Victoria Promenade Pier was built by the urban district council in 1901. There are wharves and storehouses along the Medina. The principal industries are the shipbuilding business of John Samuel White & Co., Ltd., the brass and iron foundry of Messrs. William White, the ropery of Messrs. Henry Bannister & Co. and the well-known sail-making establishment of Messrs. Ratsey & Lapthorn. A recreation ground of 9 acres was presented to the town by Mr. W. G. Ward in 1859.
The main or High Street of Cowes is a narrow, winding, old-fashioned road, widening as it approaches the shore at the north end, and finally terminating in the Parade, the principal sea-front of the town. At the end of the Parade is the Royal Yacht Squadron (fn. 8) Club House, converted to its present use in 1858, and beyond is the 'Green,' made over to the town authorities in 1864 by Mr. George R. Stephenson. The well-known annual regatta is held here the first week in August. (fn. 9) The oldest inn is the 'Fountain,' by the landing-pier, dating from the 18th century. The Gloucester Hotel, by the Parade, was the former home of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and probably owes its name to the visit of the Duke of Gloucester and his sister the Princess Sophia in 1811. The Royal Marine Hotel, also on the Parade, was certainly in existence at the beginning of the 19th century. (fn. 10) A public cemetery, about half a mile south of the town, was opened in 1855, and is under a joint burial board composed of members from Cowes and Northwood.
Besides Northwood Park, the principal residences are Egypt House, (fn. 11) the property of Mr. E. Granville Ward, and Nubia House, the home of Sir Godfrey Baring, late M.P. for the Island.
The name Cowes dates from the beginning of the 16th century, before which time the port—if port it could be called—was higher up the river at Shamblers. (fn. 12) In 1512 the fleet under Sir Edward Haward victualled at Cowes (the Cowe) on its way to Guienne, (fn. 13) so it is evident the place did not take its name from the defensive work, which was certainly not built before 1539. (fn. 14) Leland speaks of forts both at East and West Cowes, (fn. 15) but the former had become a ruin by the 17th century. (fn. 16) The latter, however, was kept up and added to, and had, in addition to the gun platform and magazine, apartments for the captain and gunners, and at the end of the 18th century mounted eleven nine-pounders. (fn. 17)
The inhabitants of this part of Northwood parish seem to have been seafarers and traders, or at any rate smugglers, as early as the 14th century. In July 1395 Thomas Shepherd received a 'pardon of the forfeitures and imprisonment incurred by him because he and two of the ferrymen sold two sacks of wool to men of a skiff from Harflete, carried the said wool as far as le Soland and there delivered the same, taking money.' (fn. 18) At another time he 'sold wool without custom . . . with the clerks of the chapel of the Earl of Salisbury, and at another time with a skiff from Harflete belonging to Janin Boset of Harflue.' (fn. 19)
The merchants' houses and stores were principally at East Cowes, where most of the business was transacted; but West Cowes in the 18th century became a shipbuilding centre, contributing many first-class battleships to the English navy. (fn. 20) By the year 1780 it was 'the place of greatest consideration in the parish of Northwood,' (fn. 21) and though the town was indifferently built, with very narrow streets, the inhabitants managed to be 'in general, genteel and polite although not troublesomely ceremonious.' (fn. 22)
In 1795 there were 2,000 inhabitants and the town had a good trade in provisions to the fleets riding in the roads waiting for a wind or a convoy. While the lower part of Cowes was crowded with seamen's cottages and business premises, the upper part on the hill slope was occupied by villas, chiefly of retired naval men. (fn. 23)
By the 19th century the tide of prosperity began to flow from East to West Cowe, which became a favourite bathing and boating resort, patronized by Royalty. The town now grew rapidly, and in 1816 an Act was passed for 'lighting, cleansing and otherwise improving the town of West Cowes . . . and for establishing a market within the said town.' (fn. 24)
The advent of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and the consequent popularity of racing, put a seal on West Cowes. It became fashionable and has remained so ever since—the hub of the yachting world.
There are two halls for entertainments—the Foresters' Hall in Sun Hill and another in Bridge Road, each capable of seating over 500 people.
There are Council schools in Cross Street (infants), and a mixed school has been lately erected in the same street; boys' and infants' in York Street; non-provided (boys and girls) in Cross Street.
MANORS
There is no mention of a manor of NORTHWOOD in Domesday Book, and it seems probable that then, as in the 13th century, the greater part of the land in the parish formed a member of the manor of Bowcombe in Carisbrooke (fn. 25) (q.v.). In the 17th century this land came to be regarded as a separate manor, but it continued to follow the descent of Bowcombe (fn. 26) until the latter half of the 18th century, when it was presumably sold to the Wards, whose representative, Mr. Edmund Granville Ward, is the present lord of the manor.
There was a small holding in Northwood possibly, as Mr. Stone suggests from research he has made, to be identified with Shamlord (q.v.). It was held, together with other property, under the manor of Bowcombe by a branch of the Trenchard family at least as early as 1338. (fn. 27) In 1560 Richard Trenchard, who seems to have been the grandson of John Trenchard of Chessell in Shalfleet, died seised of this property, which he had held 'in socage by fealty and rent of 25s. yearly, suit at court and finding one man and one woman yearly to mow the corn of the farmer of Bowcombe for one day.' He was succeeded by his son William. (fn. 28)
There were also lands in Northwood which formed a member of the manor of Alvington in Carisbrooke and were held in the reign of Henry III by William de St. Martin. (fn. 29) They afterwards belonged to Sir Stephen Popham (fn. 30) and descended to Sir Nicholas Wadham in the early part of the 16th century, at which time they were regarded as a separate manor; they continued, however, to follow the descent of Alvington (q.v.).
In the reign of Henry VIII there was in the parish much woodland which belonged before the Dissolution to the Prior and convent of Christchurch Twyneham, (fn. 31) who had perhaps bought it from the abbey of St. Mary, Romsey, to which it belonged in the 13th century. (fn. 32) In 1280 this abbey had received from Edward I a confirmation of a charter of Henry II granting them 'all their wood of Northwood, as King Edward gave it to them.' (fn. 33) There is, however, no mention of any property in Northwood among the possessions of Romsey Abbey at its dissolution. In 1544 the wood was granted to Thomas Hopson (fn. 34) and subsequently followed the descent of Ningwood in Shalfleet (q.v.). It was described as 'the manor of Northwood' in 1626, at which time it was in the possession of John Hopson. (fn. 35)
The manor of WERROR (Werore, xii cent.; Werole, xiii cent.; Warror, xvi cent.) was granted to God's House, Southampton, immediately after its foundation about 1197, for it was confirmed to the hospital by Richard I in 1199. (fn. 36) It had been given to the hospital by a certain Mark, and his gift was confirmed in 1209 by his son Roger, of whom the manor was to be held at a yearly rent of 6d. (fn. 37) William de Redvers Earl of Devon (1184–1216) granted to the hospital rights of pasturage and fuel, except for six weeks each year, over the whole land of Werror which belonged to his fee, and which is described as lying within Parkhurst, Northwood, Carisbrooke and the Medina. (fn. 38)
The estate remained in the hands of successive priors until the Dissolution (fn. 39) and passed with God's House to Queen's College, Oxford, (fn. 40) by whom the manor is still owned. (fn. 41)
CHURCHES
The church of ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST lies to the east of the road from Newport to Cowes. It was built as a chapel for the northern portion of the parish of Carisbrooke in the middle of the 12th century, and consists of a chancel, a nave with north and south aisles and a modern tower with spire added at the west end in 1864. The south door is a good specimen of 12th-century work, to be classed with those of Yaverland and Wootton. Both aisles are very narrow and are of four bays, with columns having the characteristic splay-cornered capitals found elsewhere in the Isle of Wight, (fn. 42) and must have been added towards the end of the century, the south being the later. (fn. 43) There are curious flying arches across these, evidently inserted later, to withstand the thrust of the roof and carry the flat above. In the 15th century windows of the period were inserted in the walls and the chancel reroofed, (fn. 44) if not rebuilt, and a small door inserted in the north wall of the nave. There is a good canopied Jacobean pulpit, somewhat similar in detail to that at Wootton. The chancel arch is a plain splay springing direct from the wall without an impost, and looks as though the earlier one had been destroyed and the opening widened in the 15th century. The memorials of interest are a painted wooden tablet to the children of Samuel and Grace Smith, who died in 1668 and 1670, and a curious memorial to Thomas Smith, rector, who died in 1681. (fn. 45)
The one bell, founded by Mears, was hung in 1875.
The plate consists of a chalice inscribed 'T.H. E.L.'; a paten inscribed 'Thomas Troughear, D.D. istius Ecclĩae Rector,' dated 1732; a flagon (plated) inscribed 'Northwood Church, 1831'; an oval paten inscribed '1813.'
The registers date from 1539, and are in seven books (fn. 46) : (i) 1539 to 1593; (ii) 1594 to 1598; (iii) 1599 to 1605; (iv) 1606 to 1618; (v) 1621 to 1660; (vi) 1653 to 1759; (vii) 1743 to 1812.
There is a mission church in Pallance Road with a Sunday school attached.
The church of ST. MARY, WEST COWES, built in 1867 on the site of an earlier church erected in 1657, is a stone structure consisting of chancel, nave of four bays and aisles, with a tower containing one bell and a clock. It has a handsome reredos and a fine organ. There is a brass memorial tablet to Dr. Arnold of Rugby. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the vicar of Carisbrooke. The register dates from 1679.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, built of brick in 1832 at the sole expense of the late Mrs. S. Goodwin, was enlarged by the addition of a chancel in 1862. It has a western tower with embattled cornice and angle pinnacles. The register dates from 1833. The living is in the gift of Mr. Ll. Loyd.
The Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury in Terminus Road is a white brick building erected in 1796. There is a large altar-piece by Cau representing the Descent from the Cross, and another of the Death of the Virgin, on the north wall.
At Gurnard is the church of ALL SAINTS, attached to Holy Trinity, Cowes. It is of brick with Bath stone dressings, and has nave, chancel, north and south transepts and a turret with one bell.
ADVOWSONS
The church of Northwood was a chapel of ease to Carisbrooke, and belonged in early times to the priory there, (fn. 47) to which it had been granted by William de Redvers Earl of Devon. When the prior and convent obtained the rectory and endowed the vicarage of Carisbrooke, the tithes of Northwood, both great and small, were assigned to the vicar. (fn. 48) In the reign of Henry VIII Northwood obtained parochial privileges and was exempted from contribution to the repairs of Carisbrooke Church. (fn. 49) The living is still attached to Carisbrooke, and the patrons at the present day are the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford.
Cowes is ecclesiastically divided into two districts. The church of St. Mary was built in 1657, and further endowed in 1679 by George Morley Bishop of Winchester, 'provided that the inhabitants should pay the minister (who is always of their own choosing) £40 a year.' (fn. 50) The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £130, in the gift of the vicar of Carisbrooke.
The Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury was served at the beginning of the 19th century by two chaplains of Napoleon's Foreign Legion. The earliest register contains the names of several of the officers and men.
¶There are several large Nonconformist chapels in the town. The oldest of these is the Congregational chapel, which was built in 1804. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1831, the Baptist chapel in 1877 and the Primitive Methodist and United Methodist Free Churches in 1889.
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Brandon Schirmer is the sixth generation of the Schirmer farming family.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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This Great Blue Heron kept a close eye on my approach and departed the area as I got closer. Take on Horsepen Bayou in Alligator alley.
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1992 Renault G340Ti Manager 4x2 tractor unit registered J415TMJ, in the livery of Massey Brothers of Longcliffe, Derbyshire. Seen here in April 2025.
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