Portsmouth England United Kingdom UK History
 
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The various features and galleries below are arranged in some sort of alphabetical order and are often articles that are not specific to
any one area of Portsmouth, although sometimes you may find one of them also listed in one of the area indexes too.
You will also find many of these features and galleries listed on the Timeline Index page, which is available via the Main Index link above.
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Alexandra Park   Opened in 1907, it has seen many changes in the century since  
A Study In Sherlock   Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time in Southsea  
Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham in 1628   The story of John Felton and Buckingham House since  
Black Death In Portsmouth   1348 - Bubonic Plague strikes the British isles  
Britain's Narrowest House   In Manor Road - just 4'10" wide  
The Brunel Legacy   Sir Marc Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel  
The Carter Inheritance   Portsmouth's most powerful family in the 18th and early 19th centuries  
A E Cogswell   Portsmouth's greatest public and pub architect  
County Map - circa 1850   See if you can spot what's NOT there then ...  
Helen Duncan   The last person to be convicted of witchcraft in Britain (1944)  
HMS Dreadnought   The first all-big-gun battleship, built at Portsmouth in 1906  
HMS Portsmouth   In 1650, the first ship built at Portsmouth Dockyard for more than 100 years  

John Pounds   The crippled Portsea cobbler who sparked a revolution in education  

The Kings Theatre   More than a century of
theatrical history 		 
The Last Duel   The last duel fought between Englishmen - Gosport in 1845  
Portsmouth to Arundel Canal   The ill-fated 1820s project  
Victoria Park   Portsmouth's first public park, 1878  
 
 
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  Some interesting images - photos taken in and around Portsmouth on 18 August 2009  
  More local images from a windy, but largely fine day around the area on 21 August 2009  
  Southsea of the past - some fantastic old photos and postcard images.  
  Another random-ish series of old images, all digitally repaired and enhanced a bit ...