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The Hoy Monument on St. Catherine's Down. The northern end of St. Catherine's Down carries the Hoy Monument. [2] This was created in 1814 by Russian merchant Michael Hoy (1758–1828), whose wealth came from trade with Britain, to commemorate the visit of the Russian Tsar to Great Britain, [3] hence its informal alternative name the "Russian Monument".
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]
The coastline around Puckaster is quite treacherous, leading to the creation of St. Catherine's Oratory on St. Catherine's Down and eventually other lighthouses in the area. Among the other shipwrecks near Puckaster was that of the West Indianman "Three Sisters". The Three Sisters went aground at Puckaster in January 1799.
The River Medina is the main river of the Isle of Wight, England, rising at St Catherine's Down near Chale, and flowing northwards through the county town Newport, towards the Solent at Cowes. The river is a navigable tidal estuary from Newport northwards, where it takes the form of a ria (a drowned valley).
Lord William de Godeton removed some casks of wine from a French shipwreck in 1312. However, this wine was the property of the Church, which forced Godeton to build a tower and an octagonal oratory at the top of the cliffs above Chale on St. Catherine's Down. A fire was maintained in the oratory to prevent further shipwrecks.
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.
The main village of the Natchez people was located on St. Catherine's Creek. [3] The first plantation in the Natchez district was established in 1718, during the French colonial era, along St. Catherine's Creek. [4] The second capital of Mississippi Territory, Washington, could be reached by St. Catherine's Creek, in seasons of high water. [5]
The first lighthouse was established on St Catherine's Down in 1323 on the orders of the Pope, after a ship ran aground nearby and its cargo was either lost or plundered. Once part of St Catherine's Oratory, its octagonal stone tower can still be seen today on the hill to the west of Niton. It is known locally as the "Pepperpot". [2]