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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 ]
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.
The medieval church of Saint Mary the Virgin is the oldest church in Gosport, dating from the 12th century, however it was extensively modified in 1874. [1] The church was expanded in 1968 and then rebuilt in 1992 after a fire. [2] The 19th century Palmerston Forts of Fort Rowner, Fort Brockhurst, and Fort Grange, lie to the east and south. [1]
Gosport Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Gosport, in the county of Hampshire, England. The council consists of 28 councillors, two or three for each of the 14 wards in the town. [3] It is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, led by Peter Chegwyn. [4] The borough council is based at Gosport Town Hall. [5]
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This is a list of settlements in the county of Hampshire, England.Places highlighted in bold type are towns or cities.. The Isle of Wight was in Hampshire until 1890. [a] Bournemouth and adjacent parishes in the far west [b] were transferred to the ceremonial and administrative county of Dorset in 1974.
The land covered by the borough of Gosport was divided between the medieval liberty of Alverstoke, which covered the ancient manor and village of Alverstoke and Gosport town itself, [10] and the hundred of Titchfield. The parishes of Titchfield (which included Lee-on-the-Solent) [11] and Rowner [12] were part of this hundred. [13]
Little Woodham, also known as "The Living History Village of Little Woodham" or "The Seventeenth Century Village", is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. It is situated in ancient woodland in Rowner, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. [1] The Spinners Cottage in Little Woodham. Ale House.