Which river has Newport at its head and Cowes at its mouth?
Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway stock while in receivership. After the Southern Railway absorbed the FY&NR in 1923 the SR developed holiday traffic, but it was highly seasonal and the heavy losses resulted in closure in 1953. By 1880 the Isle of Wight was well supplied with railways in its eastern and northern areas, connecting Ryde with Newport and Cowes, and Ryde and Newport with Sandown and Ventnor. The more beautiful, but more thinly populated west was untouched. Newport was the industrial centre on the Island, and its geographical position on the River Medina made it a natural connection point. The Cowes and Newport Railway
A House and Its Head A House and Its Head A House and Its Head is a 1935 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. The main theme of the book is the family unit, and through this gender struggles are portrayed. Duncan Edgeworth's relationship with his wife Ellen can be seen as problematic from very early on, and it is even assumed that when you read the title of the book you think that the 'head' is male based on the patriarchal stereotype. This book casually pokes fun at the art of idle gossip. Whenever she was asked which of her novels were her favorites, Compton-Burnett always