The Victorian diarist Francis Kilvert visited Brading on the day of John Oglander's funeral and recorded details of his visit to Brading in his diary.
It is located three miles (five kilometres) east of the town of Brading, and due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland.
At one time he occupied the office of harbourmaster at Brading, Isle of Wight before moving to Croydon in the southern suburbs of London where he established a tailoring business.
Bembridge railway station, which was located in the north-west of the village close to the harbour served the village, with services to Brading, until 1953.
1975–76 Rear-Admiral Joseph Leslie Blackham, C.B.,of " Downedge ", The Mall, Brading, Sandown.
Nunwell is the location of Nunwell House, near Brading on the Isle of Wight, which was the home of the Oglander family for many centuries.