Arreton lies about three miles to the south east of Newport and can be found at Grid Reference SZ535865, it has had several spellings of its name over the centuries and it was Adrintone during the 11th century, Arreton in the 12th, Atone in the 13th, Atherton and Adherton in the 14th, Adderton during the 16th and Aireton in the 17th century and now in the 21st it it back to Arreton.

The parish is 444ft high on Arreton Down and here have been discovered Saxon settlements.

The White Lion and the Red Lion Inns have a long history and the manor house was rebuilt by Sir Levinus Bennet, when James I was on the throne, the original manor though was years older.

The church of St George has parts that date back to the 1100s and on the road to the church is a Stile Cottage which was built during the 17th century and is believed to have been used to store ales for the church.

In the churchyard there are two memorial standing together which mark the graves of Elizabeth Wallbridge and her sister. Elizabeth was the heroine in one of Legh Richmon's story 'The Dairyman's Daughter' . She worked as a servant at a large house  and it was here that her sister died, and Legh Richmond being the curate conducted the service and a while later Elizabeth wrote and thanked him for all his kindness and a great friendship developed.Several mills were here as well and the one at Horringford was a paper mill.

There are or were several ancient mills in Arreton. The mill at Horringford was apparently a papermill.

The monks of Quarr helped to extend the church c1160 and a tower was added in 1299. During the 1300s a brass figure of Montecute, the Earl of Salisbury was put into the church and it has its head over the years.

There was a famous bowling green in the Parish during the 16th and 17th centuries,"I have seen," wrote Sir John Oglander (1595–1648), "with my Lord Southampton at St. George's Down at bowls some thirty or forty knights and gentlemen, where our meeting was then twice every week, Tuesday and Thursday, and we had an ordinary there and card-tables."

Once upon a time Arreton Parish was one of the largest on the Isle of Wight and it was sub-divided into the parishes of North and South Arreton.

South Arreton was transferred to Godshill in 1898 and part of Godshill was transferred to South Arreton in return.
In 1907 North Arreton was a part of Whippingham.

ST GEORGE'S CHURCH