Carisbrooke

Carisbrooke, a village in the Isle of Wight, 1 mile SW. of Newport. In its ruined castle Charles I. was imprisoned (1647-48), as were also his children Prince Henry and the Princess Elizabeth, the latter of whom died here. From the castle well, 200 feet deep, the water is drawn by a donkey inside a wheel. A Norman castle was built here by William Fitzosborne; it was besieged by King Stephen; the outworks date from the time of the Armada panic. Carisbrooke was a Roman station, and a Roman villa was discovered here in 1859.