What is Gatcombe?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} {{Infobox UK place | |country = England |official_name= Gatcombe |civil_parish= Gatcombe |latitude = 50.66187 |longitude = -1.30294 |population= |unitary_england= Isle of Wight |map_type = Isle of Wight |lieutenancy_england= [[Isle of Wight]] |region = South East England |constituency_westminster= [[Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Wight]] |post_town= NEWPORT |postcode_district= PO30 |postcode_area= PO |dial_code= 01983 |os_grid_reference= SZ493849}} '''Gatcombe''' is a village and [[civil parish]]<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060215045147/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/geographic_area_listings/downloads/EnglishParishes&WelshCommunities_N&C_2004.xls English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004]</ref> on the [[Isle of Wight]]. It is four kilometres from [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]] in the centre of the island. [[Saint Olaf|St. Olave's]] Church is a Gatcombe church dedicated in 1292, serving as chapel to [[Gatcombe Manor]]. The Gatcombe parish was established in 1560. A carved wooden effigy of [[Edward Estur]], a local knight who fought in the Crusades, is in the church. ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Villages on the Isle of Wight]]