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72 HAMPSHIRE Southern England PORTSMOUTH, The Harbour and
72 HAMPSHIRE Southern England PORTSMOUTH, The Harbour and
Portsmouth Football Club The club was established on 5 April 1898, when six local businessmen bought five acres of land close to Goldsmith Avenue for £4,950 and formed Portsmouth Football Club.
Indeed, the coaching record from Liphook to Petersfield, albeit set in the 1800s, was 23 minutes, and the Regulator coach held the London to Portsmouth unbeaten record of nine hours.
Empty barges waiting to be towed back down the river are tied up at the embankment alongside the Portsmouth Road where it becomes the High Street.
The main crossroads at Hindhead, with the A3 London to Portsmouth Road descending the hill, is still recognisable today although the delightful and quaint cupola surmounting the post office on the corner
Liphook expanded as a village thanks to the London-Portsmouth road and the arrival of the railway in 1859.
During the Hundred Years War Lymington supplied far more ships for Edward III's invasion of France than neighbouring Portsmouth did.
beautifully-composed and peaceful scene in a little lane shows how much life had changed in the previous century; it almost mocks Bagshot's reputation as a haunt of highwaymen, who preyed on travellers on the Portsmouth
It was one man, Thomas Owen, a land and property speculator, who developed this part of Portsea Island, transforming it into a residential suburb of Portsmouth.
At the signpost beyond, marking the junction of the High Street with the Portsmouth Road, and behind the trees, stood a lodge to Frimley Park, since demolished.
Major naval bases such as Portsmouth, Plymouth and Malta found employment for a host of small craft - tenders, tugs, lighters, and ferries - not all of them necessarily owned by the Royal Navy
Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road.
Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road.
Liphook expanded as a village thanks to the London-Portsmouth road and the arrival of the railway in 1859.
Behind it is the striking facade of the Queen's Hotel, and on the left, by the entrance to the distinctive Corn Exchange, is a sign advertising excursions to Portsmouth.
Richard I was responsible for establishing a settlement on Portsea Island, and it was he who built the first dock at Portsmouth in the late 12th century.
The Hindhead crossroads were named after this hotel, which at one time had been an isolated hut on the Portsmouth Road from which bilberries or whortleberries were sold to travellers.
This is an unusual view for the time, showing the old Portsmouth Road, now by-passed and merely the A307.
It was later auctioned at Portsmouth and broken up.
