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National Gazetteer (1868) - Portsea

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"PORTSEA, a parish and fortified town, including the royal dockyard, on a flat island of the same name, locally in Portsdown hundred, and borough of Portsmouth, county Hants, adjoining Portsmouth, and 69 miles from London by road, or 90 by the South-Western and 95 by the Brighton and South Coast railways. The parish comprises the town of Portsea, the towns and villages of Southsea, Halfway houses or Landport, Milton, Somers Town, Kingston, Stamshaw, and Buckland, all within Portsea guild. See Portsmouth. "COPNOR, a hamlet in the parish of Portsea, in the county of Hants, near Portsmouth. "FRATTON, a hamlet in the parish of Portsea, county Hants, in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, within which borough it is included. "KINGSTON, a hamlet in the parish of Portsea, within the borough of Portsmouth, county Hants, 1 mile N.E. of Portsmouth, of which it is a suburb. It is situated near Kingston Cross, and contains Portsea church. "LANDPORT, a district in the parish of Portsea, county Hants, adjoins Portsmouth, of which it is a populous suburb. Here is the terminus of the South-Western and South Coast railways. It includes the districts known as Halfway Houses and Mile End, at which latter place stands the church. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester, value £300, in the patronage of the Vicar of Portsea. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a modern structure built in 1827, at the cost of £12,000. It has an E. window, 23 feet by 15. There are several places of worship belonging to the different denominations of Protestant Dissenters, and schools for boys and girls. "MILTON, a hamlet in the parish of Portsea, county Hants, 2 miles E. of Portsmouth, its post town. It is situated on Langston Harbour. The living is a perpetual curacy* held with that of St. Bartholomew's Temple Church, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is a small structure. "SOUTHSEA, a district in the parish of Portsea, county Hants, adjoining Portsmouth, within which borough it is situated. The London, Brighton, and South Coast railway has a station here for Portsmouth, opposite Spithead and the Isle of Wight, and it is a coastguard station and watering-place. The houses are well constructed, and there is a promenade leading from the assembly rooms, along the beach, to Southsea Castle, now converted into an hospital. It has been much improved through the exertions of the late Lieutenant-Governor Lord F. Fitzclarence, who erected the two statues of Wellington and Nelson near the entrance. See Portsea and Portsmouth."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]