Cosham
History Cosham, in Hampshire, used to be a small village but now is now a northern suburb of Portsmouth with many different styles and designs of property. The oldest properties within the village, Chalk Cottage - 1777 and the Mile Stone Cottage - 1793 were both demolished in the 1960’s and the area is now mainly residential. Cosham is situated close to Portsmouth Harbour, giving residents an opportunity to enjoy all things nautical. Cosham is the north area on the hill slopes behind the...
Old Portsmouth
Portsmouth has become a highly desirable residential area boasting attractive properties in prime locations. Portsmouth is an island city at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour, which was developed after the Norman Conquest, as it was an ideal location for trade and communications with France. Portsmouth is a natural harbour, which originally featured boom gates, now long gone. Old Portsmouth was where Portsmouth started and it now houses many historic buildings. It is the second...
Southsea
Edwardian Villas and luxurious apartment properties abound in Southsea, Hampshire, a small seaside resort at the tip of Portsea Island tip. Southsea is within a mile of Portsmouth's city centre and has a population of 18,514 (2001). Much of Southsea was designed by the architect Thomas Ellis Owen. Although some of his properties were destroyed in World War II and some have been modernised, his work still shapes the architecture of modern Southsea. The majority of Owen's Southsea is now...
Portchester
Location Portchester is a locality and suburb 6 km (4 mi) northwest of Portsmouth, England. It is part of the borough of Fareham in Hampshire. Once a small village, Portchester is now a busy part of the expanding conurbation between Portsmouth and Southampton on the A27 main thoroughfare. Its population according to the 2011 United Kingdom census was 17,789 residents. Portchester is derived from its former Latin name Portus Adurni and the Old English suffix ceaster ("fort; fortified town"),...
Hambledon
Hambledon is a small village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire in England, situated about 10 miles (16 km) north of Portsmouth within the South Downs National Park. History Hambledon is best known as the 'Cradle of Cricket'. It is thought that Hambledon Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs known, was formed about 1750. Hambledon was England's leading cricket club from about 1765 until the formation of MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) in 1787. The famous Bat and Ball Inn in Hyden...
Wickham
Wickham is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816, falling to 4,299 at the 2011 Census. History Wickham has a wide and well-proportioned square lined with historic buildings and is designated a conservation area. It was the fording place of the River Meon on the Roman road between Noviomagus Regnorum (Chichester) and Venta Belgarum (Winchester), and the inferred divergent point of the route...
Farlington & Drayton
Farlington & Drayton are districts of Portsmouth, together with Cosham is the face of suburbia, the area was, until 1930, made up of pockets of orchards, parish owned land and small holdings, with some grand Victorian / Edwardian Villa’s. It was purchased by Portsmouth City Council with the idea of moving the growing population out of the city. Portsmouth, being the UK’s largest Naval Base had a large population, with many people staying here after the First World War, the coastline (sea...