Genealogy Chat

Hi everybody, thank-you for all your helpful comments. I'm not sure if I'm any nearer yet to those elusive ancestors but I am hot on their trail!

Hi All, .... but...... Portsea Island is exactly that. A potted history from 1800 on only...As the Island developed, villages and districts were mooted as almost separate towns on the island, the original town became “Old Portsmouth” alongside grew “Southsea”, as did Buckland and Landport. ....“Milton” and “Copnor” remained as villages, while those of “Stamshaw”,“Hilsea“, “Kingston “ soon reached the area becoming known as “North End”. By the late 1830’s the Town planners and politicians had their own ideas and district boundaries were encompassed into “Urban Districts for administration purposes (shown on FreeBDM). Most of Portsmouth’s paper records were destroyed in the loss of the Guildhall during WW 2. I have a small collection of Portsmouth History books (including the infamous “WW1 Roll of Honour” and etc. If I can help with any “address” questions please mail. Bob

alverstoke was a parish in its own right. When I transcribed baptisms for hampshire gen Society, all baptisms in Forton gosport came under the parish of Alverstoke. Ann Glos

Thanks Margaret That narrows it down slightly at least! Bev

Landport, North End, Buckland etc are localities , whose names only seem to start to crop up from say the 1850s. It is really helpful to get hold of a good c19th map in order to work out exactly where you are. Alan Godfrey maps do some very good old Ordnance Survey maps for under £3 which show the streets by name and the individual houses. Lots of Portsmouth was flattened in WW2 and the city fathers completed the act of destruction in the 1960s, so it is very difficult to work out where anything was unless you have at least a pre-war map.

Helen, Linda and Tony Knight are very helpful with look-ups, too. :-) Joy

Bev, Landport is an area within Portsea. I always understood Portsea to cover Portsmouth and Southsea, approximately the area south of the A27, below Hilsea creek maggie

Hi All I have rellies in this area it totally confuses me. They are down as Portsea on one census, then Landport on another. Is Landport another name for Portsea ............? Cheers Bev

Hi Alverstoke is in Gosport. Not sure whether it is a district in its own right or wether it would come under Portsmouth Jane

Tabby, thanks for your comments. Joy, The website is interesting and I've saved it in my favourites.

My apologies - got up too late after a bad headache! Still, the website will help, too. :-) Joy

None of those should come under Portsea. Portsea has various meanings. Geographically, the Isle of Portsea is the bit of land on which Portsmouth and Portsea lie. The Parish of Portsea historically was St Mary's and most of the registers have been filmed and are on the IGI. Alverstoke is very close to Portsmouth, but separated by a strip of water. It has its own registration district.

Thank-you, Joy, I'll take a look at it now!

www.knightroots*.*co.uk/home Hope this will help. :-) Joy

Am pretty sure Alverstoke would. There's a very useful website for that area. I'll get back. :-) Joy

Could anyone tell me, please, if any of these places might have come under Portsea in the 1830's? Froxfield, Alverstoke or North Waltham.