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Appley House (also: St Cecilia's Abbey) is an English country house and abbey in Appley Rise, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Geography
Appley is an area of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Until the early 1960s, it was largely based on the former English country house of Appley Towers (seat of the Hutt family, and later of Sir Hedworth Williamson ) and neighbouring Appley Farm.
This is the origin of the present Community. At the request of the Bishop, it opened a small school for girls which flourished for some years but was given up in 1922 when the expanding community moved to the site at Appley Ryde, vacated by the return to France of the exiled nuns of the Abbey of Ste-Cécile de Solesmes. In 1926, the Priory of ...
Appley Tower. From the bus station by Ryde Pier, the path follows the Esplanade close to the beach. It passes Appley Tower and Puckpool Point before rejoining the coast road to Seaview. It then climbs inland on footpaths, skirting Priory Woods, before returning to sea level at The Duver near St Helen's Old Church.
There are nine main towns, most located along the north and east coasts. By greater area population, Ryde is the largest with a population of 32,072. Newport is the centrally located county town, with an area population of 25,496. Most settlements link to Newport by road, which is a hub for island services.
Appley may refer to the following places in the United Kingdom: Appley, a hamlet in the civil parish of Stawley in Somerset; Appley, Isle of Wight, an area of Ryde; Appley Bridge, a village in West Lancashire, England; Appley House, Isle of Wight; Appley Towers, Isle of Wight
St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, abbey of Benedictine nuns on the Isle of Wight, England Appley House , the house occupied by the abbey St. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes , abbey of Benedictine nuns in France
Appley Towers, also at various times called Apley Towers or Appley Towers House was an English country house near Appley House in Appley, Isle of Wight. It was the home of the Hutt family, who bought it in the 1870s, [1] [2] and later of Sir Hedworth Williamson. The house has been demolished, [3] but a number of its estate buildings survive.