Central Portsmouth 1896

Detailed map of Portsmouth; Hants sheet 83.08. Introduction by Michael Gunton. This detailed map covers the centre of Portsmouth, with coverage stretching from Anglesey Road and Victoria Park eastward to Milton Road, and from Toronto Road southward to Froddington Road. Features include railway with Portsmouth Town (today Portsmouth & Southsea) and Fratton stations, engine shed, Portsea Island Union Workhouse, Landport area, Fratton Ward, St Mary Ward, Charles Dickens Ward, part of Townhall Wartd, Town Hall, Drill Hall, St Mary's church, Kingston area, tramways, Buckland area, Kingston Cemetery, RC Cathedral, Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Portsea Island Gas Works, and many streets of terraced housing with each house neatly mapped. Please note that the dockyard area is left blank for security reasons. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Arundel Street, Common Street and Lake Road.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett