Widdick Chine

Widdick Chine
Gully
Widdick Chine is located in Isle of Wight
Widdick Chine
Location on Isle of Wight
Coordinates: 50°40′42″N 1°32′52″W / 50.678365°N 1.547907°W / 50.678365; -1.547907
LocationIsle of Wight

Widdick Chine is a geological feature on the west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It is west of the village of Totland.[1]

It is a steep coastal gully, which is overgrown with vegetation. The water that used to flow down the slope has been redirected through a pipe which takes it to beach level to reduce its effect on erosion to the cliff. A set of steps have been constructed down the chine to provide access from Totland to the beach of Totland Bay.

The Chine pipe drains water from the northern slopes of Tennyson Down.

The Isle of Wight Coastal Path passes up the steps of the chine. At the bottom of the chine is the old Totland lifeboat house.

Name

The current name is probably from the surname Withick, but it used to be called Whytflyde chyne (1550) Whytewill Chine (1559), probably with a similar origin to Whitwell: 'the white or clean spring'

1837: Widdick[2]

References

  1. ^ Mills, A. D. (1996). The place-names of the Isle of Wight: their origins and meanings. Stamford: Paul Watkins. p. 109. ISBN 1900289008.
  2. ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.

Useful info on chines of West Wight[dead link]

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