Bembridge
Bembridge is a village as well as civil parish located on the easternmost factor of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, resulting in the doubtful insurance claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England. Bembridge is home to most 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. Prior to land reclamation the area of Bembridge and also Yaverland was virtually an island, separated from the remainder of the Isle of Wight by Brading Haven. On the Joan Blaeu map of 1665, Bembridge is revealed as Binbridge I?le, virtually divided from the rest of Wight by River Yar. Before the Victorian period Bembridge was a collection of wood huts and farmhouses, which only settled into a true town with the structure of the church in 1827 (later on rebuilt in 1846).
