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In the 16th century, all boats passing between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight were required to put a boatload of rocks around the piles of the Round Tower once every year .
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St Mary Street
The Post Office Directory of Portsmouth 1859 shows a William Parsons trading at 31 St Mary Street as a chemist and druggist. On the 17th June 1859 he was the victim of a robbery, his apprentice James William Brown gave this statement at the Court Sessions. “About half past six o’ clock last evening Thursday [...]
Posted April 16, 2013 underButcher Street
Tags: Butcher Street, court, crime, Henry Fletcher, Portsea, Wiliam MillerAmong the many establishments on Butcher Street in Portsea was the shop of Henry Fletcher and William Miller. They are listed in the 1859 Post Office Directory of Portsmouth as ‘ironmongers, glass and china dealers, & wholesale stationers’ with premises at 31 Queen Street, 37 Butcher Street and 2 St George’s Square. Court Sessions for June [...]
Posted underLocal Democracy 1836-1849
Tags: elections John Bonham Carter, Francis Thornhill Baring, local democracy, mayor, MP, portsmouth, Portsmouth Town Council, Sir George Thomas StauntonThe beginnings of modern democracy in Portsmouth
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