Events

EVENTS IN PORTSMOUTH

A Chronology

• History in Portsmouth ~ 500-1499
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1500-1599
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1600-1699
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1700-1799
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1800-1849
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1850-1899
• History in Portsmouth ~ 1900-1927
• Music in Portsmouth ~ 1944-1969

The articles in this section relate to both one-off events and longer term histories.

• The Founding of Portsmouth Grammar School
• The Brave Women of Portsmouth (5th June 1916)
• The Bombing of the Bishop’s House, St. John’s Cathedral (1941)
• The East Hants Cricket Club v The Australian Aboriginals (1868)
• A Walk in Old Portsmouth in 1934
• The Loss of the Royal George
• Cathedral! St. Thomas’s v St. Mary’s
• The 1832 Reform Act and the Creation of the Early Electoral Rolls
• The 1867 Reform Act and the Continued Development of the Electoral Franchise
• The Portsmouth Telephone Service (to 1913)
• Boatbuilding at Point
• The Supply of Water to the Borough of Portsmouth (1741-1860)
• The Murder of Bishop Adam Moleyns (1450)
• Freemasonry in Portsmouth
• Portsmouth Football Club – The First Match
• The Loss of HMS Hero (1811)
• The Time Team at Governor’s Green, May 2009
• The Siege of Portsmouth (1642)
• The Stations of the Royal Navy in 1860
• The ‘Billys and Charleys’ at Wymering
• The Poor of Portsmouth (Including a list of Private Benefactions)
• A Terrible Accident on the Ramparts (1874)
• The Introduction to the “History of Portsmouth” by Sir Walter Besant (1899)
• Portsmouth’s Defences and the Threat of Invasion in 1852
• The Portsmouth Mental Health Service, 1926-1952
• The Representation of Portsmouth in Parliament
• The 1837 Boundary Commission Report
• The Origins of Portsmouth’s Coat of Arms
• Flooding in Broad Street
• Excavations at Oyster Street 1968-71
• The Widening of Golden Lion Lane (1869)
• The Opening of the Cabmen’s Shelters (1876)
• A Brief History of the Portsdown Volunteers (1803-1828)
• The Origins of the Floating Bridge (1840)
• Southern Railway Ferries in World War II
• An Explosion at Cambridge Barracks (1887)
• The Pike Spicer Brewery – A Brief History
• The Pike Spicer Brewery – A Visit by Alfred Barnard (1891)
• The Pike Spicer Brewery Fire (1864)
• Excavations at Grand Parade (1972)
• A Brief History of Lloyds of Portsmouth
• Riding the Bounds of the Borough of Portsmouth (1801)
• The Principal Civic Events in Portsmouth by Mayoral Year (1890-1911)
• The Meeting of Allied Sovereigns (1814)
• Banking in Old Portsmouth
• The Last Duel Fought in England
• Capture of the Spanish Treasure Ship, and who got the Prize Money (1762)