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✒️ Fiction
The One Is Just a Boltzmann Brain
✨ Curated bookmarks
Blackwater aquariums
Dystrophic lakes
Maker projects
Useful software
💻 Technology
Deploy Obsidian to Netlify
Digital Gardens: A New (Old) Approach to Personal Websites
Don't step off the happy path
Small web revival
Vary the icon in a Quartz callout
🗂️ Backlog
1767: An Old Accustomed Shop
1797: Agent for French Prisoners
La Mancha Negra
Notes re the excessively hot summer in England
Repugnant market
🗝️ Antiquaria
1797: The Only Ships of the North Sea Fleet That Did Not Mutiny
1807: Huntingdon Assizes
Conscientér affirmo
Feb 1816: White Ants and Wood
John Pory's letters
Jul 1763: Salisbury Assizes
Kenneth MacKenzie of Dundonnell
Royal Naval Exhibition 1891 Official Catalogue
The Last British Peer to Die a Felon's Death
The Swallows of London
The Wilful Murder of George Burnham
🧪 Weird science
An Uncommon Kind of Animal
Exploding salt
Flexible Stone
Jelly for a consumption
Some account of the dugong - tastes like… beef?
To soften iron or steel that's brittle
🪢 Portsmouth
⚓ Nelson Ward
Aug 1834: A Brick and Timber Store
Jul 1779: Samuel Norris, Blacksmith
Jun 1870: The Chemical Works at Tipnor
🌳 Hilsea
1538: The Dissolution of the Monasteries
1758-1792: Troop Movements at Hilsea
1813: Purchase for Works at Hilsea Act
1815-1819: Broadsword Exercises
1880: Kelly's Directory
1894: Army Medical Report
1898: A Handsome Iron Bridge
Apr 1861: Census, Coach and Horses
Apr 1868: A Most Substantial Platform
Apr 1871: Census, Coach and Horses
Apr 1876: Sudden Death of a Pensioner
Apr 1878 Death of Charles Martin
Apr 1880: Builder's Yard Auction
Apr 1881: Census, Coach and Horses
Apr 1882: License Transfers
Apr 1891: Census, Coach and Horses
Aug 1756: A Barracks for 2,000 Men
Aug 1756: Admiral Byng Is Turned Back
Aug 1766: In The Possession of Mr Richard Watmore
Aug 1852: We Think His Drinking With Him a Highly Imprudent Act
Aug 1862: Assaulting a Landlady
Aug 1871: License Transfers
Aug 1871: Three Lives Lost
Aug 1891: Death of Frank Jones
Aug 1891: Last Will and Testament of Frederick Bull
Aug 1893: Fire at Hilsea
Battle of Minden
Coach and Horses
Dec 1765: The Landlord, in the Necessary House, with the Pistol
Dec 1772: The Children Cried for Beer
Dec 1816: Death of Mr Dore
Dec 1824: Died Suddenly in the Accommodation Van
Dec 1830: A Groundless Complaint
Dec 1834: Mystery pub to let
Dec 1863: Mysterious Death After Fall from Waggon
Dec 1869: John Lovelock Adjudged Bankrupt
Dec 1870: Grand Reopening?
Dec 1870: License Transfer Refused
Duncan's Head
Feb 1766: Stealing Diverse Sheep
Feb 1768: Murder at the Halfway Houses
Feb 1807
Feb 1817: Death at Purbrook
Feb 1834: Found Drowned in Hilsea Pond
Feb 1851: Shocking Waggon Accident near Hilsea
Feb 1863: Death from Apoplexy
Feb 1871: License Transfer
Feb 1873: License Transfers
Feb 1881: A Discreditable Soldier
Fountain Gardens
George Inn
Green Post
Hilsea Barracks
Jan 1805
Jan 1813: Soldiers of the Inverness Militia Court-Martialled
Jan 1817
Jan 1825: Mr Cox, Chair Maker
Jan 1836: Lets Try That Again
Jan 1857: They Even Sold The Dog
Jan 1862: Thirteen Pounds Weight of Bacon
Jan 1868: Magistrates Hear Case of Carpenter Assault
Jan 1874: Discovery of Infant Body in Hilsea Pond
Jul 1794 Eleven Acres and a Half
Jul 1813: Death at Hilsea Barracks
Jul 1823: Death of William Maynard
Jul 1835: At the Back of Hilsea
Jul 1839: Found Dead in a Field of Standing Oats
Jul 1871: Licensing Transfers
July 1816
Jun 1628: Tresspasses Upon Her Rights
Jun 1841: Census, Coach and Horses, Hilsea
Jun 1878 License Transfers
Jun 1880: Cruelty to a Donkey
King's Head
Mar 1840: Seventy-Two Elm Trees
Mar 1851: Census, Coach and Horses
Mar 1864: Stamped on the Iron Part With His Initials
Mar 1872: Theft by an Artilleryman
Mar 1889: Charge Against a Hussar Sergeant
May 1748: Leased for a Thousand Years
May 1759: Joseph Tankard, Deserter
May 1797: Three Thousand at Hilsea
May 1813: Prison Ship Rescue
May 1813: The Inverness March from Hilsea
May 1829: Hay for Sale
May 1850: The Summer Season
May 1862: Murder; the gipsies are killing my husband
May 1866: Tenders Invited for War Department Property
May 1871: Lawn Turf for Sale
May 1872: Licence Transfers
May 1874: A Reckless Driver
May 1881: Affiliation Summmons
May 1881: Petty Theft
Nov 1818: Selling beer without a license
Nov 1830: Leaving the Said Premises
Nov 1856: Public House Available for Lease
Nov 1870: An Abominable Offence
Nov 1881: Publican Fined for Sunday Trading
Oct 1834: Sale of the Materials of the Battle of Minden
Oct 1835: A Hundred Lots of Good Oak and Fir
Oct 1835: Mystery pub to let
Oct 1853: Found, King Charles Spaniel
Oct 1855: Much Respected by All Who Knew Him
Oct 1863: An Ungrateful Lodger
Oct 1869: License Transfers
Oct 1870: Destruction By Fire
Oct 1879: Found Drowned
Portsbridge & Hilsea Lines
Sept 1760: A Seat of Disease and Discord
Sept 1760: The Complaints of Farmers
Sept 1812: The Inverness March to Hilsea
Sept 1825: The Negro Boy
Sept 1866: The Daring Cash-Box Robbery at Portsmouth
Sept 1867: An Ungrateful Act
Sept 1868: Shocking Suicide
Sept 1875: An Outbreak of Enteric Fever
Sept 1878: Found Drowned
Sept 1878: Lighted By Gas
Sept 1879 Licensing Transfers
Sept 1887: Riot at Hilsea Barracks
The Horse and Jockey
Paulsgrove
Jun 1790: Selling Great Horsea
May 1812: Hunting at Great Horsea
🐑 Wymering
🦆 Baffins
🛤️ Cosham
17 Stapleton Road, Copnor
1281: John of Botiller
1614: The Rectory of Wymering
1705: A Most Violent Storm
1726: Johnny Gibson's Hole
1730-1770: Plan and Profiles for Building Barracks
1756: The Duke of Cumberland Visits Portsbridge (Twice)
1760: On Gosport Beach
1763: Noxious and Unhealthy Vapours
1765: Stealing Bar Iron
1767: The Creditors of Matthew Snook
1768: A Sickly Spot in England
1768: Windmill Fire
1770: Getting from L to P
1773 Parking Enforcement Officer
1773: George III's Journey to Portsmouth
1773: Twelve Hundred Laid Up At Hilsea
1775: A Grand Firework
1790: A Stone Bridge of One Arch
1790: Lost Dog
1792: Fountain Inn, Maybe
1793: A List of Game-Certificates
1793: The Unwholesomeness of Hilsea Barracks
1795: Sheep
1797: A Career of Intoxication
1798: Getting from L to P
1808: To Be Majors in the Army
1810: Morbid Anatomy
1812: Turnpike for Rent
1820: Great Salterns
1828: A Gavel-Fronted Guard-House
1829: Pull Down Such Bridges as May Be Necessary
1832: Buckland Brewery
1832: Marriage of Samuel Neat and Lucy Seal
1833: Population 578
1839: Robson's Commercial Directory of the Seven Counties
1846: The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
1859: Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
1862: Progress and Challenges at the Hilsea Lines
1866: Daughter of a Clergyman
1884: Last of the Old Whips
1912: Wymering Vicar's Farewell
1931: Start of a New Era
Apr 1872: Local Liquidation Cases
Aug 1781: Gross Irregularity and Barbarities Committed by the Military
Aug 1791: Frivolous Assault
Aug 1829: The Trial of the Staceys
Aug 1867: New Government Roads
Aug 1867: Prize Fight
Buckland House
Dec 1761: Gross Belgians breathe a better air than we
Dec 1763: William Neller Arrested at Hilsea Barracks
Dec 1767: The Wife of a Boatswain
Dec 1803: A New Adjutant
Dec 1816: Starvation, Gosport
Dec 1825: Lieutenant Peter Mears of the Royal Marines
Dec 1825: Resurrection Men
Feb 1825: Insolvent Debtors
Government House
Hyde Brewery
Jan 1801: A New Adjutant
Jan 1863: Mill Fire at Landport
Jan 1872: Licence Transfers
Jan 1879: Fatal Railway Accident
Jan 1888: Drunk in charge of... a steam traction engine?
John Felton
Jul 1781: A Remarkable Mode of Kidnapping
Jul 1797: A Ball of Fire Fell upon a Stack of Hay
Jul 1797: A Vast Dock
Jul 1877: Rifle Competition
Jun 1795: Prisoners Carried to Hilsea Barracks
Jun 1807: A New Commandant
Mar 1761: Three Seamen Caught
Mar 1808: Mad Dogs and Officers
Mar 1816: French Silks
Mar 1816: Visitation of God
May 1760: Lord Loudoun Arrives
May 1894: Hilsea Canteen Manager Accused
Nov 1764: An Entertainment for the Officers
Nov 1871: Omnibus Dispute
Oct 1781: Troop Movements
Oct 1803: Stephen Carroll, A Terrible Example
Oct 1811: Highway Robbery
Oct 1816: Violent Gale, Sunday Last
Oct 1823: Rebuild Turnpike House
Oct 1879: The Shocking Death of Mr Stratton
Portsdown Hill
Portsea Island Union workhouse
Sept 1762: Deserters, One Guinea Apiece
Sept 1867: Fareham Petty Sessions
Sept 1871: Public Transport
Sept 1878: Milton Gaol
Sept 1878: Not Allowed to Sell His Necessaries
Sept 1881: Artillery Driver Dodges Conviction
The Blue Posts
The floating dock
The other rebuilding of The Blue Posts
The Strata of Portsmouth
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Aldridge, Stephen
Allen, Mr.
Allen, William
Allnutt, Dr.
Anderson, Colonel
Andrews, Mr.
Angell, Henry
Antill, John T.
Antill, Nathaniel (?-c. 1866)
Antram, Richard
Arbuthnot, Colonel
Arnold, William Elijah
Artlett, John
Artlett, Robert
Artlett, Thomas
Ashurt, Henry
Ayres, Mary Ann
Ayres, Morris
Ayres, Sampson
Bagwell, Mary
Baker, Thomas B.
Balchin, William (?-1863)
Barber, Chief Superindendent
Barber, William
Barnes, Edward John
Barnes, John
Barnes, William
Barnett, Peter
Barns, Dan
Barrington, Charles
Bartlett, John
Bartlett, John (1869)
Bartlett, Sarah
Bassel, Elizabeth (?-1834)
Beard, John King
Beerling, Norris
Benham, Mr.
Bentley, John (1703-1772)
Biden, Mr.
Binsteed, Thomas
Blackman, Robert
Blackmore, Robert
Boltwood, William
Booth, William
Bowen, Mr.
Bower, Oliver
Bradley, Charles
Bradshaw, Frank
Bretham, Mr.
Bretherton, Frederick
Brett, C.
Brinston, Sergeant
Broadhurst, Captain
Brown, Henry
Brown, Peter (c. 1794-?)
Brown, William
Browning, Charles
Browning, George
Browning, John
Bruce, John
Brushwood, P. C.
Budd, William
Bull, Fred
Bull, Frederick (c. 1820-1891)
Bullen, Mr.
Burges, Stephen
Burk, William
Burley, James
Burrell, Ann
Burrell, John
Burrell, John the Elder
Butler, Mr.
Butler, William Henry
Button, Corporal
Byng, Isaac
Byng, John (1704-1757)
Caesar, Benjamin
Caine, Catherine
Carlton, A. J. (c. 1841-1879)
Carlton, Ada
Carpenter-Garnier, J.
Carter, B. W.
Carter, Francis (c. 1840-?)
Carter, Henry
Carter, James
Carter, John (1741-1808)
Castle, Captain (?-1824)
Catchlove, Edward
Catmore, George Henry
Chads, Henry Ducie (1788-1868)
Chase, Daniel
Chatel, Frank
Chatel, Martha
Childs, Mark
Churcher, Mr.
Clark, Alexander Jackson (1840-1863)
Clark, John (c. 1827-?)
Clarke, Abraham
Clarke, James
Cleall, Edith H. (c. 1877-?)
Cleall, Harriet (c. 1854-?)
Cleall, Robert
Cleife, Edward Albert Philip
Cobb, George
Cogswell, Arthur Edward (1858-1934)
Collins, Eliza
Collinson, Jeremiah
Collinson, Richard
Compton, George
Cook, William
Cooper, Charles
Cooper, Thomas
Copsey, Thomas
Copsey, Thomas Jnr.
Copsey, Thomas Snr.
Cornwall, Thomas (bef. 1739-1796)
Cousins, Mr.
Cox, John
Cox, Thomas (c. 1825-?)
Crasler, Joseph
Cross, John
Curtis, Lucius (1786-1869)
Curtis, Roger (1746-1816)
Custance, Edward
Cuthbert, George (c. 1749-1826)
Dash, Joseph
Davey, Mr.
Davis, J. (bef. 1858-1903)
Dawson, George
Day, P. C.
Daysh, Charles
Daysh, William
Deakin, William
Deane, W. H.
Dedman, Constable
Delvin, Henry
Denham, Jane
Denham, Thomas
Dennes, Joseph
Dickman, William
Dixon, Hippsly
Dore, Mr.
Dowman, Captain
Downman, G. C.
Drew, Sergeant
Drew, Superintendent
Duke, Morris
Dunn, Alfred James
Dunning, Mr.
Erle, George
Evans, Elizabeth
Fails, Anthony
Feltham, George
Ferber, James (c. 1839-?)
Field, Captain
Field, Mr.
Field, Mrs.
Fisher, Joseph
Florence, William (c. 1852-?)
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Ford, John
Ford, Thomas
Ford, William
Forrest, Captain
Forrest, John
Freake, John
Friend, William
Frost, Jane
Fryer, Robert
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Garrington, W. H.
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Green, John
Green, John (Royal Artillery)
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Guy, George
Hailstone, John
Hammond, Charles
Harfield, Robert
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Hawk, George
Hawkins, John
Hawkins, Stephen
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Hayward, Mr.
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Hellyer, John
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Hill, Peter
Hoad, William
Holdaway, Daniel
Holland, Thomas
Holmes, George
Hopkins, Thomas
Hopkins, William
Hornigold, Mr.
Hoskins, E.
Houghton, Robert
Howard, Charles
Hubbard, John
Humby, W.
Irish, William
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Jenkins, William
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Richard
Jones, Paul (c. 1819-?)
Judd, Henry
Kennedy, David (c.1833-?)
Ker Porter, Robert (1777–1842)
King, Captain
King, William Snr.
Kinshott, Superintendent
Kneller, William
Knight, Elizabeth (c. 1843-?)
Knight, Emma Louisa (c. 1870-?)
Knight, George (c. 1841-?)
Knight, James
Knight, James (bef. 1869-?)
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Laker, George
Laws, George
Laws, William James
Le Blanc, Francis
Leader, Mr.
Leeke, Henry John (1792-1870)
Leister, Alfred (c. 1841-?)
Levy, John
Lewis, Mrs.
Lewis, P. C.
Lewis, Samuel James (?-1768)
Lind, James (1716-1794)
Lindegren, Andrew
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Lock, Jane
Longcroft, C. B.
Lovelock, John
Low, D. M.
Luard, Charles Edward (1839-1908)
Lucas, W.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859)
Mackenzie
Main, J. T.
Maine, J. T.
Malim, Mr.
Manley, Dr.
Manse, Captain
Marshall, Charles
Marshall, Mr.
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McCall, Hardy Bertram
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McDonald, John
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Middleton, Mrs.
Miles, Alfred
Miller, John
Millidge, Richard Oakley
Mills, Arthur
Mills, W. H.
Mitchell, Major
Moore, Thomas
Moot, E. G.
Morang
Morey, John
Morrell, John
Mott, Richard
Mouat, Surgeon-General
Munday, Maria
Murray, John
Mytton, William
Neat, Elizabeth V. (c. 1840-?)
Neat, George E. (c. 1851-?)
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Neat, Moses
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Neat, Samuel (c. 1795-1855)
Neat, Samuel Jnr. (c. 1838-?)
Newman, John
Newton, A. J.
Newton, Charles Henry (c. 1848-?)
Newton, John
Newton, Nellie (c. 1880-?)
Nicholson, Thomas
Norton, Alfred
Nugee, Francis
Oliver, Joseph
Osborne, Vice-Admiral
Over, E.
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Padwick, Mr.
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Page, William
Pakenham, Captain
Pamplin, Margaret
Pamplin, Mary
Pamplin, Robert
Pannell, J. P.
Parfit, William (c. 1840-?)
Parnell, Edward
Parske, Private
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Pilcher, William
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Planchard, James
Polden, P. C.
Poole, William
Porter, William
Pratt, Francis
Pratt, Mr.
Prince, Gunner
Pritchard, John Frederick
Purser, Frederick
Puttock, Mr.
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Ramsey, Robert
Randall, Thomas
Rappe, James
Ratcliffe, George
Rattenbury, George
Rawding, Joseph
Rawlings, Sergeant-Major
Rayment, Stephen George Francis (c. 1835-1909)
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02 Nov 2024
1795: Sheep
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