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St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. On nearby St Catherine's Down is St Catherine's Oratory, locally known as the "Pepperpot", a stone lighthouse built in the 1323 by Walter De Godeton. It is ...
St. Catherine, a 2015 album by the band Ducktails; MV St Catherine, a 1983 ferry, crossing Portsmouth to Fishbourne, Isle of Wight, England; St. Catharine (Waldorf, Maryland) or Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House, a historic house in Maryland
St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and named for St. Catherine of Alexandria. [53] University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California is the first Eastern Orthodox Christian university in the United States and the English-speaking world.
In the 1880s the decision was taken to convert the St Catherine's light to electric power. In 1888 a carbon arc lamp was installed, linked to a powerful set of De Méritens magneto-electric machines, powered by three Robey non-condensing compound steam engines. (St Catherine's was the last English lighthouse to be provided with an arc lamp). [11]
St. Catherine's Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Down, above the southern coast of the Isle of Wight.It was built by Lord of Chale Walter de Godeton (sometimes spelled "Goditon") as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay on 20 April 1313. [1]
It stretches from Binnel Point in the east to Puckaster Cove in the west. The bay is remote with a rocky and exposed shoreline backed by low cliffs and woodlands. It is best viewed from Binnel Point, where the bay can be seen stretching west towards Puckaster Cove, with St Catherine's Lighthouse visible in the distance.
These include middens and palaeoenvironmental deposits at Binnel Bay, Woody Bay, St Catherine's Point and Rocken End. [7] The Isle of Wight was the last part of England to be converted to Christianity, and Saint Boniface is believed to have preached locally in the 8th century. [8]
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