Limerstone


Limerstone is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England. It is located on the B3399 road between Brighstone and Shorwell, approximately 5 miles southwest of Newport. Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12. The hamlet features around 25 houses and a farm, called Limerstone Farm.
Limerstone Down, rising to 199 m above the hamlet to the north, affords fine views across the Island.

Name

The name means 'the farmstead or estate belonging to a man called Lēofmǣr or Lēodmǣr', from Old English Lēofmǣr or Lēodmǣr and tūn.
1252: Lemerestune
1265: Lemerstone
1273: Lumerestune
1291: Lymerstone
1769: Lemerstone