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"Gatehouse - Unicorn"
« on: Thursday 29 June 06 12:37 BST (UK) »
An ancestor living at Portsea on the 1841 census has his address as "Gatehouse - Unicorn".

After a bit of quick Googling, I believe this may refer to one of the original Portsea gateways (from Unicorn Road) which were demolished and rebuilt as the Dockyard entrance in 1865.

Am I right? And does anyone have any further information, please?

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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 29 June 06 13:54 BST (UK) »
Unicorn Gate (the name of a road) led to one of four gates to the town of Portsea, which grew up to house the naval dockyard workers.  It was completed in 1779 and crossed the moat at the Unicorn Ravelin in the north east corner of the dockyard.  There is a wonderful picture of the Gate in 1901 here:

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/portsmouth_dockyard.htm

The only gate which seems to be left in existence is the Victory Gate, formerly the Main Gate which was built with the dockyard wall and completed in 1711.  This is right near Portsmouth Harbour Station, in the south of the dockyard, and is approached from the Hard.  The dockyard wall encloses a smaller area than the fortifications which contained Anchor Gate, Unicorn Gate and Lion Gate.  The fortifications were just to the west of Flathouse Road.

Hope this helps.

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Re: "Gatehouse - Unicorn"
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 June 06 21:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Nell ...

Thank you so much for all that information - and the photo was great!  It's so nice to put a bit of "flesh" on these census entries.

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Re: "Gatehouse - Unicorn"
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 01 July 06 18:07 BST (UK) »
Little Nell, the website about the dockyard is amazing for me as we have a Policeman who was based at the dockyard in the 1901 census so the photos are exactly what he would have seen.  It will make very interesting info to illustrate what his life was like.  Thanks ever so much.

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