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The photograph must therefore date from the summer of 1968, when Alec Rose, a 59-year- old greengrocer from Portsmouth, completed his single-handed voyage around the world in his yacht

H G Wells walked from Portsmouth to Harting to meet his mother coming from this church.

The town developed around the Old Portsmouth Road over Bagshot Heath from the early 19th century, and most of the buildings in this picture are Victorian.

Liphook expanded as a village thanks to the London-Portsmouth road and the arrival of the railway in 1859.

The houses of Clapham Common North Side, part of the busy A3 London to Portsmouth Road, are visible through the trees.

This pub was owned by Brickwood, the Portsmouth brewery.

A small village with a common on the Portsmouth to Guildford main road near the Hampshire border.

The A3 London to Portsmouth road crosses the Farnham to Chichester road here, and then, as now, the crossroads are traffic-light- controlled.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

Note the old signpost beside him, indicating that Fareham and Portsmouth are 8 and 16 miles away and Eastleigh and Winchester 6½ and 10½ miles.

The houses of Clapham Common North Side, part of the busy A3 London to Portsmouth Road, are visible through the trees.

Until the mid 1930s a fleet of buses known as the Denmead Queens operated in this area, transporting passengers between here and Portsmouth.

Cowplain developed because of the main road from Portsmouth to London; its name means 'a clearing for cows'.

Rowlands Castle, on the Sussex border, is named after the medieval castle that had been destroyed by the building of the railway running from London to Portsmouth.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria who was said to be alarmed by the

Portchester is one of the largest of the 'Saxon shore' forts, and it was regularly used by kings when they visited Portsmouth.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria who was said to be alarmed by the endless

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.

Situated on the B2150 between Waterlooville on the A3 and Droxford on the A32, it is only 20 minutes from Portsmouth and 30 minutes from Southampton.

The author and aeronautical engineer Neville Shute lived here between 1934 and 1940 when he worked at Portsmouth Airport.

As practically the west-end of Portsmouth, Southsea holds a unique position among watering-places.

During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.

During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.