Shide, Isle of Wight
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Shide is a small settlement on the Isle of Wight. The Shide Hill House which was located here was the retirement home of Professor John Milne (1850-1913), inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph after he retired from the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, Japan.
There is a cycleway between Shide and Merstone.
[edit] Shide Quarry
Shide Quarry, located to the east of the village is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserve owned by the County Council. The site was notified in 1971 for its biological features which show all stages of succession from bare chalk rock to Ash woodland. It is one of 41 SSSIs on the Isle of Wight.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- My Visit to the Isle of Wight, Brian J. Mitchell, including a description of plaque honoring John Milne and photograph of monument.
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