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VENTNOR , a watering- place in the Isle ofSee also: Wight, See also: England, 122 m
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S. by W. of See also: Ryde by See also: rail
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Pop. of See also: urban See also: district (1901) 5866
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It is finely situated in the Undercliff district, at the See also: foot of St Boniface Down, which reaches a height of 787 ft
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The See also: town is built on a succession of terraces sloping towards the See also: sea, and from its sheltered situation, equable temperature, and comparatively dry atmosphere is regarded as one of the best resorts in England for consumptive invalids
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In the See also: middle of the 19th century it was only a small fishing See also: hamlet, now it extends along the See also: shore for a distance of about 2 m., including Bonchurch to the See also: east
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It possesses See also: assembly rooms, a See also: literary and scientific institution, an esplanade, a pier and extensive recreation grounds
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The churches of Ventnor are all See also: modern, but that of St Boniface at Bonchurch is a small Norman See also: building, perhaps the See also: oldest in the See also: island
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Among the benevolent and charitable institutions are the royal See also: national hospital for consumptives (founded in 1869), the seaside home of the See also: London city See also: mission, the St See also: Catherine's home for consumptives and the convalescent home of the Royal Hants Hospital
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