Bonchurch Village Road has an adjacent landscaped pond, fed by a spring, on the site of former withy beds.

The presence of a water spring known locally as 'The Source' behind the southern wall of the old church, is believed to be the reason why humans first settled in the area where present-day Bonchurch is located.

[1] The Saxon patron saint, St. Boniface, is believed to have visited the Isle of Wight, and possibly the area where Bonchurch is now located, in the 8th century.

[4] The men were engaged in a military action by English soldiers whilst they were on a mission to collect fresh water on the island.

[4] In the late 1830s and onward, the hitherto rural Bonchurch was developed for private villas, following land acquisition and sale by the Reverend James White.

[citation needed] White married Rosa Hill, heiress to Bonchurch Manor, and subsequently obtained a private local Act of Parliament to overturn parts of his father-in-law's will forbidding development and breakup of the estate.

Bonchurch, and its church is featured in the Commodore 64 videogame Spirit of the Stones, in which the game itself is set on the Isle of Wight itself.

[10] Trevor Duncan (27 February 1924 – 17 December 2005) was an English composer, particularly noted for his light music compositions.

Henry De Vere Stacpoole, author of 'The Blue Lagoon', lived in the village for over 40 years, and was buried here in 1951.

[12] Southern Vectis route 3 is the main bus service through the upper part of the village, to Newport, Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin.