[1] Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson donated land for a new church in Freshwater Bay.

Hallam's wife Audrey Tennyson suggested that the church be named for St Agnes.

St Agnes Church was consecrated 12 August 1908.

[2] It is the only thatched church on the Isle of Wight.

[3][4][5] The stone used to build the Church came from an old and derelict farm house on Hooke Hill, Freshwater, and the date stone 1622 [sic] was incorporated into the vestry wall, thus rather misleading those who may think the Church belonged to the 17th century".