Shalcombe

Shalcombe is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight towards the west in an area known as West Wight, near the hamlet of Chessell. It is in the civil parish of Shalfleet and the PO41 postcode district. It is situated along the B3399 road and is about 3.5 miles east of Freshwater. There are 3 grade II listed buildings in the hamlet: Central Barn at Shalcombe Manor, Columbarium at Shalcombe Manor and Shalcombe Manor itself.

Name

The name means 'the shadow valley', 'the shaded valley', from Old English sceald and cumb.
1086 : Eseldecome
1142-1147: Scaldecumbe
1151-1161: Eschaldecumbe
1284: Shaldecumb
1526: Shalcome

History

A partially-excavated Bronze Age bell barrow is on Shalcombe Down, lying in a prominent position. It measures from north to south, east to west and high. There is a berm wide and a quarried outer ditch. It was opened in 1816 by J. Dennett, who found bronze weapons, a brooch and bone or ivory ornaments.
During 1066, at the Domesday Book, it was worth 3 pounds and its lord was Alwin Frost. In 1086, it had a population of 1 household, a value of 4 pounds, 2 ploughlands and 2 lord's ploughteams. Its lord and tenant-in-chief was Carisbrooke, church of.