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HM Prison Kingston is a former Category B/C men's prison, located in the Kingston area of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. Prior to closure, the prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 2020, work began to convert the site to residential use.
The Portsmouth Company was a cotton mill established in 1832 in South Berwick, Maine, USA, one of several in the area. It was operated for many years under the control of the Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hale family. [citation needed] Its counting house is now a museum operated by the Old Berwick Historical Society.
Old Portsmouth is a district of the city of Portsmouth. It is the area covered by the original medieval town of Portsmouth as planned by Jean de Gisors. It is situated in the south west corner of Portsea Island. The roads still largely follow their original layout. [1]
Old York Gaol: Old York Gaol. November 24, 1968 : 193 York St York: 126: Parsons-Piper-Lord-Roy Farm ... Portsmouth Company Cotton Mills: Counting House: October 10, 1975
After the abolition of public executions in 1868, most hangings took place at the Borough Gaol but on 21 November 1877 Thomas Gray was hanged in a yard at the rear of the Shire Hall. [9] In 1876, major improvements were made and the front was redesigned in an Italianate style by William Bliss Sanders of Nottingham. Within a few weeks, a fire ...
Portsmouth: Briton was built in 1812, Chatham. HMS Canada: 1810–1834 Chatham: Canada was a 74-gun Third-rate launched in 1765. She became a prison hulk in 1810 and was broken up in 1834. HMS Captivity: 1796–1816 Gosport and Devonport: The first Captivity was a former 64-gun Third-rate launched in 1772 as HMS Monmouth.
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In the same year the old theatre was demolished, Mr Henry Rutley opened a new venue on the present site. Rutley (born Newcastle 1816) was an impresario and circus proprietor who had arrived in Portsmouth in 1854 and purchased the Swan Tavern in Commercial Road and the adjoining Landport Hall, a racquet court.