Sources, References & links

Here the student of Portmuthian History will find a selection of the many available resources, some freely available on the web, some perhaps a little more difficult to locate. We shall be adding to the lists as time goes by.

Publications

“The Illustrated History of Portsmouth” by William Gates

“The Portsmouth That Has Passed” by William Gates

“The Annals of Portsmouth” by William Saunders

“Extracts from the Portsmouth Records (to 1891)” by Robert East

“Records of the Corporation (1835-1979)” Published by Portsmouth Borough/City Council

“The Spirit of Portsmouth” by J.Webb, S.Quail, P.Haskell & R.Riley

“Bygone Portsmouth” by Peter Rogers & David Francis

“Hampshire Studies” by J.Webb et al.

“Heritage of Sea Power” by FW Lipscomb

“Portsmouth Through The Centuries”, Portsmouth City Records Office

“Fortifications in Old Portsmouth: a Guide” by Arthur Corney

“HMS Excellent 1830-1930” by RD Oliver

“Portsmouth Parish Church” by Henry T. Lilley and Alfred T. Everitt

“Forever Building” by Sarah Quail and Alan Wilkinson

“Recollections of John Pounds” by Henry Hawkes

“A Portsmouth Canvas” by Nigel Surry

“Battle over Portsmouth” by Paul Jenkins

“Portsmouth at War” by Andrew Whitmarsh

“Portsmouth” by Mark Bardell

“Maritime City” edited by Ray Riley

“Excavations at Oyster Street, Portsmouth” by Russell Fox and K.J. Barton

“Diocese of Portsmouth, Past and Present” by Gerard Dwyer

“London’s Lost Route to Portsmouth” by P.A.L. Vine

“Portsmouth, A History and Celebration” by Sarah Quail

“Southsea Past” by Sarah Quail

“Fares Please” by Eric Watts

“Crossing the Harbour” by Lesley Burton & Brian Musselwhite

“Portsmouth, History in Hiding” by Anthony Triggs

“The National Roll of the Great War, Vol X”

“Fortress Builder” by Andrew Saunders

“The Book of Portsmouth” by James Cramer

“Railway Heritage, Portsmouth” by Michael G. Harvey & Eddie Rooke

“In Defence of the Realm” by John Sadden

“Keep the Home Fires Burning” by John Sadden

“The Naval Heritage of Portsmouth” by John Winton

“Portsmouth” by Alan Balfour

“Thomas Ellis Owen” by Sue Pike

“Sea Soldiers of Portsmouth” by John Ambler and Matthew Little

“Portsmouth, City of Gallant Hearts” by Robert W. Hind

“A Military Heritage” by Brian Patterson

“Portsmouth Record Series. Borough Sessions Papers 1653-1658”

“Portsmouth Record Series. Maps of Portssmouth before 1801”

“Muckabites and Sanitisers” by Norman Gordon (Unpublished)

“The Book of Hilsea” by Jane Smith

“The Story of Nelson’s Portsmouth” by Jane Smith

“Portsmouth in the Twentieth Century” published by Portsmouth Museum and Records Service

“Images of Portsmouth” by Sarah Quail and John Stedman

“Portsmouth, The Good Old Days” by Richard Esmond and Anthony Triggs

“Portsmouth Warships 1900-1950” by Syd Goodman

“Yarns” by Sarah Robinson

“Ten Years in a Portsmouth Slum” by Robert Dolling

“The Portsmouth Letters” by Admiral Sir William James

“HMS Vernon. A History” published by the Wardroom Mess, HMS Vernon

“My Life Among the Bluejackets” by Agnes Weston

“A New Portsmouth Guide, 1790” by Lake Taswell

“The history of Portsmouth, 1817” by Lake Allen

“In a Liberal Tradition” by Victor Bonham Carter

“Whaley, HMS Excellent 1830-1980” by Captain John G. Wells

“Portsmouth, a History” by A. Temple Patterson

“The Hospitals of Portsmouth” by Molly Gange

“The Ordnance of Southsea Castle” by A.L. Boxell

“The Tramways of Portsmouth” by S.E. Harrison

“Consecrated to Prayer” edited by Sarah Quail, George Barrett and Christopher Chessun

“Southsea, it’s Story” by William Curtis

“Fortification. The Forts of Portsmouth from 1860 Onwards” by David Tabner

“Hampshire Studies” edited by John Webb, Nigel Yates and Sarah Peacock

“Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship on Portsea Island” by John Offord

“Portsmouth, The Old Town” by Peter Rogers

“The Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill: A Seamark Re-Discovered” by Jane Smith

“Portsmouth’s World War One Heroes” by James Daly

“Portsmouth’s World War Two Heroes” by James Daly

“A Souvenir History of Kingston Prison” by Andrew Baker

“The Story of Southsea Rock Gardens and Rock Garden Pavilion” by Jackie Baynes

“Portsmouth Artist R.H.C. Ubsdell” by Chris Brindle

“The Cartularies of Southwick Priory” – Hampshire Record Series

“My Back Pages” by Nigel Grundy

“The Naval Officer’s Sword” by Captain Henry T.A. Bosanquet