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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.
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.
In 2011, Channel 4 filmed the Tony Robinson's God's And Monster's programme at Little Woodham 17th Century Village. In 2018, the same location was used for the BBC's Doctor Who episode The Witchfinders. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 105. [3] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Alverstoke. [4]
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]
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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]
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.
Baring family properties is a listing of significant properties in England that were purchased or developed by members of the Baring family, mostly during the period 1820 to 1890.