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Sources, References & links

Here the student of Portmuthian History will find a selection of the many available resources, some freely available on the web, some perhaps a little more difficult to locate. We shall be adding to the lists as time goes by.
 
WEBSITES

• Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth
• Portsmouth Records Office
• Portsmouth City Museum
• Portsmouth Society
• Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust
• The Friends of Highland Road Cemetery
• The Friends of Old Portsmouth Association
• Stephen Pomeroy's Local History
• Portsdown Tunnels
• Southern Grammar School
• A History of Portsmouth Cathedral
• Portsmouth Jewry
• The Portsmouth to London Canal
• Kent Street Baptist Church Birth Register 1730-1837
• Workers Education Association Local History Group
• North End Team Ministry
• The Early History of Hilsea Lido

ONLINE RESOURCES

• The Portsmouth Encyclopedia (PDF - 4.12mb)
• White's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 1859
• Kelly's Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1911
• Kelly's Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1898
• Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1865
• The Dictionary of National Biography - Library Card Number Required
• The National Archives
• Portsmouth City Library Catalogue
• Hansard 1803-2005
• 19C British Newspapers - Hampshire Library Card Number Required
• Google Books
• Historic Newspapers

PUBLICATIONS

• "The Illustrated History of Portsmouth" by William Gates
• "The Portsmouth That Has Passed" by William Gates
• "The Annals of Portsmouth" by William Saunders
• "Extracts from the Portsmouth Records (to 1891)" by Robert East
• "Records of the Corporation (1835-1979)" Published by Portsmouth Borough/City Council
• "The Spirit of Portsmouth" by J.Webb, S.Quail, P.Haskell & R.Riley
• "Bygone Portsmouth" by Peter Rogers & David Francis
• "Hampshire Studies" by J.Webb et al.
• "Heritage of Sea Power" by FW Lipscomb
• "Portsmouth Through The Centuries", Portsmouth City Records Office
• "Fortifications in Old Portsmouth: a Guide" by Arthur Corney
• "HMS Excellent 1830-1930" by RD Oliver
• "Portsmouth Parish Church" by Henry T. Lilley and Alfred T. Everitt
• "Forever Building" by Sarah Quail and Alan Wilkinson
• "Recollections of John Pounds" by Henry Hawkes
• "A Portsmouth Canvas" by Nigel Surry
• "Battle over Portsmouth" by Paul Jenkins
• "Portsmouth at War" by Andrew Whitmarsh
• "Portsmouth" by Mark Bardell
• "Maritime City" edited by Ray Riley
• "Excavations at Oyster Street, Portsmouth" by Russell Fox and K.J. Barton
• "Diocese of Portsmouth, Past and Present" by Gerard Dwyer
• "London's Lost Route to Portsmouth" by P.A.L. Vine
• "Portsmouth, A History and Celebration" by Sarah Quail
• "Southsea Past" by Sarah Quail
• "Fares Please" by Eric Watts
• "Crossing the Harbour" by Lesley Burton & Brian Musselwhite
• "Portsmouth, History in Hiding" by Anthony Triggs
• "The National Roll of the Great War, Vol X"
• "Fortress Builder" by Andrew Saunders
• "The Book of Portsmouth" by James Cramer
• "Railway Heritage, Portsmouth" by Michael G. Harvey & Eddie Rooke
• "In Defence of the Realm" by John Sadden
• "Keep the Home Fires Burning" by John Sadden
• "The Naval Heritage of Portsmouth" by John Winton
• "Portsmouth" by Alan Balfour
• "Thomas Ellis Owen" by Sue Pike
• "Sea Soldiers of Portsmouth" by John Ambler and Matthew Little
• "Portsmouth, City of Gallant Hearts" by Robert W. Hind
• "A Military Heritage" by Brian Patterson
• "Portsmouth Record Series. Borough Sessions Papers 1653-1658"
• "Portsmouth Record Series. Maps of Portssmouth before 1801"
• "Muckabites and Sanitisers" by Norman Gordon (Unpublished)
• "The Book of Hilsea" by Jane Smith
• "The Story of Nelson's Portsmouth" by Jane Smith
• "Portsmouth in the Twentieth Century" published by Portsmouth Museum and Records Service
• "Images of Portsmouth" by Sarah Quail and John Stedman
• "Portsmouth, The Good Old Days" by Richard Esmond and Anthony Triggs
• "Portsmouth Warships 1900-1950" by Syd Goodman
• "Yarns" by Sarah Robinson
• "Ten Years in a Portsmouth Slum" by Robert Dolling
• "The Portsmouth Letters" by Admiral Sir William James
• "HMS Vernon. A History" published by the Wardroom Mess, HMS Vernon
• "My Life Among the Bluejackets" by Agnes Weston
• "A New Portsmouth Guide, 1790" by Lake Taswell
• "The history of Portsmouth, 1817" by Lake Allen
• "In a Liberal Tradition" by Victor Bonham Carter
• "Whaley, HMS Excellent 1830-1980" by Captain John G. Wells
• "Portsmouth, a History" by A. Temple Patterson
• "The Hospitals of Portsmouth" by Molly Gange
• "The Ordnance of Southsea Castle" by A.L. Boxell
• "The Tramways of Portsmouth" by S.E. Harrison
• "Consecrated to Prayer" edited by Sarah Quail, George Barrett and Christopher Chessun
• "Southsea, it's Story" by William Curtis
• "Fortification. The Forts of Portsmouth from 1860 Onwards" by David Tabner
• "Hampshire Studies" edited by John Webb, Nigel Yates and Sarah Peacock
• "Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship on Portsea Island" by John Offord
• "Portsmouth, The Old Town" by Peter Rogers
• "The Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill: A Seamark Re-Discovered" by Jane Smith
• "Portsmouth's World War One Heroes" by James Daly
• "Portsmouth's World War Two Heroes" by James Daly
• "A Souvenir History of Kingston Prison" by Andrew Baker
• "The Story of Southsea Rock Gardens and Rock Garden Pavilion" by Jackie Baynes
• "Portsmouth Artist R.H.C. Ubsdell" by Chris Brindle
• "The Cartularies of Southwick Priory" - Hampshire Record Series
• "My Back Pages" by Nigel Grundy
• "The Naval Officer's Sword" by Captain Henry T.A. Bosanquet

 

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