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GOSPORT , a seaport in the See also:Fareham See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hampshire, See also:England, facing See also:Portsmouth across Portsmouth See also:harbour, 81 m. S.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:South Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district of Gosport and Alverstoke (1901), 28,884. A See also:ferry and a floating See also:bridge connect it with Portsmouth. It is enclosed within a See also:double See also:line of fortifications, consisting of the old Gosport lines, and, about 3000 yds. to the See also:east, a See also:series of forts connected by strong lines with occasional batteries, forming See also:part of the See also:defence See also:works of Ports-mouth harbour. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and See also:market hall, and the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:Holy Trinity, erected in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. To the south at Haslar there is a magnificent See also:naval See also:hospital, capable of containing 2000 patients, and adjoining it a gunboat slipway and large See also:barracks. To the See also:north is the Royal See also:Clarence victualling yard, with brewery, See also:cooperage, See also:powder magazines, See also:biscuit-making See also:establishment, and See also:store-houses for various kinds of provisions for the royal See also:navy.
Gosport (Goseporte, Gozeport, Gosberg, Godsport) was originally included in Alverstoke See also:manor, held in 1o86 by the See also:bishop and monks of See also:Winchester under whom villeins farmed the See also:land. In 1284 the monks agreed to give up Alverstoke with Gosport to the bishop, whose successors continued to hold them until the lands were taken over by the ecclesiastical commissioners. After the See also:confiscation of the bishop's lands in 1641, however, the manor of Alverstoke with Gosport was granted to See also:George Withers, but reverted to the bishop at the Restoration. In the 16th See also:century Gosport was " a little See also:village of fishermen." It was called a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in 1461, when there are also traces of See also:burgage See also:tenure. From 1462 one See also:bailiff was elected annually in the borough See also:court, and See also:government by a bailiff continued until 1682, when Gosport was included in Portsmouth borough
under the See also:charter of See also:Charles II. to that town. This was annulled in 1688, since which time there is no See also:evidence of the See also:election of bailiffs. With this exception no charter of See also:incorporation is known, although by the 16th century the inhabitants held See also:common See also:property in the shape of tolls of the ferry. The importance of Gosport increased during the 16th and 17th centuries owing to its position at the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, and its convenience as a victualling station. For this See also:reason also the town was particularly prosperous during the See also:American and See also:Peninsular See also:Wars. About 1540 fortifications were built there for the defence of the harbour, and in the 17th century it was a See also:garrison town under a See also:lord-See also:lieutenant.
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