Needles

At the western end of the Isle of Wight, and on the further shore, about three miles from the point of the island which we call the Needles, there is a little break in the chiff known to all the stay-at-home English travellers as Freshwater Gate.

The Claverings 2005

At the western end of the Isle of Wight, and on the further shore, about three miles from the point of the island which we call the Needles, there is a little break in the cliff, known to all the stay-at-home

The Claverings Anthony Trollope 1848

Lymington is a little but populous seaport standing opposite to the Isle of Wight, in the narrow part of the strait which ships sometimes pass through in fair weather, called the Needles; and right against an ancient town of that island called Yarmouth, and which, in distinction from the great town of Yarmouth in Norfolk, is called South Yarmouth.

From London to Land's End 2003

Lymington is a little but populous seaport standing opposite to the Isle of Wight, in the narrow part of the strait which ships sometimes pass through in fair weather, called the Needles; and right against an ancient town of that island called Yarmouth, and which, in distinction from the great town of Yarmouth in Norfolk, is called South Yarmouth.

From London to Land's End 2003

Lymington is a little but populous seaport standing opposite to the Isle of Wight, in the narrow part of the strait which ships sometimes pass through in fair weather, called the Needles; and right against an ancient town of that island called Yarmouth, and which, in distinction from the great town of Yarmouth in Norfolk, is called South Yarmouth.

From London to Land's End 2003

The violence of the sea has caused extensive and picturesque excavations and caverns; and at the end of the cliff, two sharp rocks called the Needles, raised their heads at low water, connected by a low, sunken reef.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 Various

That on one of the sharp rocks, called the Needles, has

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

We passed out at the Needle passage, with Hurst Castle on one side and the tall pointed white rocks off the west end of the island on the other, not ill-called Needles, sighting Weymouth, where the good old King

Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

A barebones read: terrifying chairlift takes 350,000 visitors per year down a steep cliff to visit the Isle of Wight's most famous attraction: three chalky protrusions called The Needles and 21 shades of sand at Alum Bay.

Thestar.com - Home Page Reb Stevenson 2011

Lymington is a little but populous seaport standing opposite to the Isle of Wight, in the narrow part of the strait which ships sometimes pass through in fair weather, called the Needles; and right against an ancient town of that island called Yarmouth, and which, in distinction from the great town of Yarmouth in Norfolk, is called South Yarmouth.

From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" Daniel Defoe 1696