Bonchurch

Bonchurch is a small village in the civil parish of Ventnor, to the east of the town of Ventnor, now largely connected to the latter by suburban development, on the southern part of the Isle of Wight, England. One of the oldest settlements on the Isle of Wight, it is situated on The Undercliff adjacent to the Bonchurch Landslips (or "The Landslip") Site of Special Scientific Interest. The main village is backed by a cliff to the north, with the Upper Bonchurch section on the clifftop halfway up St Boniface Down on the main A3055 road.

== Name == The name probably means 'the church of Bona', from Old English Bona (personal name) and cirice. Bona may be a short form of the Latin name Bonifatius (i.e Boniface), that the church is dedicated to. St Boniface was born in Devon ~675 and became renowned for taking the Christian gospel to the heathen tribes of modern-day Germany, but may have also been regarded with great respect (venerated) here during the Anglo-Saxon period. The church of St Boniface is early Norman, but may have been built on the site of the old Saxon one. St Boniface Down is also named after St Boniface.