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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Local Portsmouth knowledge needed....
« on: Wednesday 08 March 06 12:57 GMT (UK) »
Hello again!
I had a successful trip to the Portsmouth Records Office. I firstly looked at an 1880 plan of Eastern Villas Road showing all the plots. Kithurst wasn't specifically marked on there. I also looked at an 1898 Ordnance Survey map of that part of Southsea which showed all the building on the street had been completed by then.
I then found a reference to when the houses on the street were re-numbered on 21/08/1902 so the staff got the map out for me. It was very fragile so i had to copy it rather than photocopy, but it shows the location of Kithurst.
It was the most southerley house in a row of 3 collectively known as Eastern Villas, and from my trip down there yesterday, i can tell you it's still standing.
If you'd like to send me your address i can send you the photocopies of the street plan, ordnance survey map, and my copy of the 1902 map showing all the houses named. Also, it wouldn't be a bother to get my friend with a digicam to take a photo, we can do the other addresses for you if you like.
I hope this helps your studies. I really enjoyed it, it was my first time in the Records Office, i think i might be hooked now!
Mishka
I had a successful trip to the Portsmouth Records Office. I firstly looked at an 1880 plan of Eastern Villas Road showing all the plots. Kithurst wasn't specifically marked on there. I also looked at an 1898 Ordnance Survey map of that part of Southsea which showed all the building on the street had been completed by then.
I then found a reference to when the houses on the street were re-numbered on 21/08/1902 so the staff got the map out for me. It was very fragile so i had to copy it rather than photocopy, but it shows the location of Kithurst.
It was the most southerley house in a row of 3 collectively known as Eastern Villas, and from my trip down there yesterday, i can tell you it's still standing.
If you'd like to send me your address i can send you the photocopies of the street plan, ordnance survey map, and my copy of the 1902 map showing all the houses named. Also, it wouldn't be a bother to get my friend with a digicam to take a photo, we can do the other addresses for you if you like.
I hope this helps your studies. I really enjoyed it, it was my first time in the Records Office, i think i might be hooked now!
Mishka
) but if you like i can go and have alook at the addresses, see if they're still there and all that. Southsea and Portsmouth were heavily bombed in WWII and then parts were cleared for redevelopment afterwards.