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Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England.It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour.
This was the chapel of the Alverstoke National Children's Home, but it was also registered for public worship as a Methodist church between March 1939 and October 1984. It was built of brick and had a capacity of 150. By 2002 the building was a luxury home, but it has subsequently been converted into a spa and fitness centre. [29] [32] [136] [137]
Gosport (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ s p ɔːr t / GOS-port) is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Hampshire, England.At the 2021 Census, the town had a population of 70,131 [3] and the district had a population of 81,952. [4]
Beyond Browndown eastwards, is the more affluent district and village of Alverstoke and seafront known as Stokes Bay. The High Street is unique as it is home to over 70 independent shops and businesses, the oldest of which is The Book Shop established in 1933 and still operates in the same building.
On 4 January 1819, he married Catherine Mulhollan at his home village of Alverstoke, Gosport, and was thereafter stationed in Ireland from March 1819 to December 1820, where at Greencastle, County Donegal, their first son Benjamin William Marlow was born in March 1820.
Haslar is on the south coast of England, at the southern tip of Alverstoke, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. It takes its name from the Old English hæsel-ōra, meaning "hazel-landing place". It may have been named after a bank of hazel strewn on marshy grounds around Haslar Creek to make it passable and habitable in old times, or merely ...
The 175-acre (71 ha) district encompasses the historic heart of the village of West Barnstable. This is a roughly linear district, including all of the properties along Meetinghouse Way between County Road and the 1717 West Parish Meetinghouse, which is the district's most prominent building.
In Alverstoke, firefighters had to help residents from around 50 homes to safety after they were flooded. [22] Many coastal roads were left impassable, including Castle Street in East Cowes and Western Shore near Southampton, and flooding meant trains were unable to run at the Lymington Pier railway station. [23]