Culture of the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight has an active branch of the Pagan Federation (many of whom style themselves as "Druids" and of inmates in Parkhurst Prison, paganism makes up the third most popular religion (according to the Isle of Wight County Press. The Isle of Wight was the last area of English paganism until 686CE when, according to Bede, Cædwalla of Wessex conquered the island, killing its inhabitants and installing Christians in their place. A "sheela-na-gig" is preserved in the gateway to Holy Cross Church in Binstead. Historically several women were alleged to be witches (such as the nineteenth-century Bembridge woman Molly
St Paul's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight St Paul's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight St. Paul's Church, Newport is a parish church in the Church of England located in Barton, Isle of Wight and Newport, Isle of Wight. The church dates from 1844. It was designed by the architect James William Wild and is sited on Staplers Road in Barton, Newport. St Paul's was originally a district church in the parish of Whippingham, although serving the Barton area of Newport. It was built in a neo-Norman in style, with north and south aisles, an apse; there is a tower and spire at the west end of the