Bembridge
Bembridge is a town and civil parish situated on the easternmost factor of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the UK, bring about the doubtful insurance claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest town in England. Bembridge is residence to a number of the Island's wealthiest homeowners. The population had actually minimized to 3,688 at the 2011 Census. Bembridge rests at the severe eastern factor of the Isle of Wight. Before land recovery the area of Bembridge as well as Yaverland was almost an island, separated from the remainder of the Isle of Wight by Brading Haven. On the Joan Blaeu map of 1665, Bembridge is shown as Binbridge I?le, virtually separated from the remainder of Wight by River Yar. Prior to the Victorian period Bembridge was a collection of wooden huts and farmhouses, which only combined right into a true village with the building of the church in 1827 (later on rebuilt in 1846).