Chale
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Chale is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight of England, in the United Kingdom. It is located three kilometres from Niton in the south of the Island in the area known as the Back of the Wight. The village of Chale lies at the foot of St. Catherine's Down.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chale
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.population
- 639
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Chale
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chale
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 8.9046
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Isle of Wight
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Wight
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Isle of Wight
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Isle of Wight West
- UK place.post_town
- Ventnor
- UK place.postcode_district
- PO38
- UK place.postcode_area
- PO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01983
- UK place.static_image_name
- Chale Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Andrew's Church, Chale
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- The Hermit of Chale and Chale Green
- Demography
- Transport
- Governance
- See also
- References
- External links
Chale is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight of England, in the United Kingdom. It is located three kilometres from Niton in the south of the Island in the area known as the Back of the Wight. The village of Chale lies at the foot of St. Catherine's Down.
==History== thumb|left|The village of Chale Chale is recorded in the Domesday book as "Cela", which probably derives from the Old English word , meaning "throat". This is thought to refer to the nearby chine at Blackgang. The name has been recorded as "Chale" since the 12th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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