Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading (where the 2011 Census was included) in the east of the island.
There is vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast. This is one of the oldest vineyards in the British Islands, having been started in 1968.
There is a campsite in Adgestone. The nearest public transport is bus route 3 on the main road through Brading.
The name is thought to mean 'the farmstead or personal estate belonging to a man called ÃÂfic', from Old English ÃÂfic (personal name) and tà «n.
1086: Avicestone
1198: Auicheston
~1220: Avichestune
1299: Auchestone
1351: Achestone
1487: Agestone
It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the hundred of Bowcombe and the county of Hampshire. It had a population of 5 households and 1 vavasor. It also had 1 ploughland and 1 lord's plough team. Its value was 10 shillings in 1066 and 1086. In 1086, its tenant-in-chief was William son of Azur.