Landport
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Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island
and is part of the city of Portsmouth, England.
The district contains the main shopping area for Portsmouth. Before World War II
the district was also a residential area, mainly catering for employees of the naval dockyard
and their families. The district was heavily damaged by bombing during the war. After the war the decision was made that most of the remaining houses were substandard and the area was largely cleared. Some of the cleared area was used for the controversial Tricorn Centre
.
Landport is the birthplace of English novelist Charles Dickens
. His former home in Old Commercial Road is now the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum.
The area is home to the St Agatha's
church which was originally constructed under the then mission incumbent Robert William Radclyffe Dolling
.
Portsea Island
Portsea Island is a small, flat and low lying island just off the south coast of England. The island is totally within, and contains a large proportion of, the city of Portsmouth. It has the third-largest population of any island in the British Isles, after the mainlands of Great Britain and...
and is part of the city of Portsmouth, England.
The district contains the main shopping area for Portsmouth. Before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the district was also a residential area, mainly catering for employees of the naval dockyard
HMNB Portsmouth
Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy...
and their families. The district was heavily damaged by bombing during the war. After the war the decision was made that most of the remaining houses were substandard and the area was largely cleared. Some of the cleared area was used for the controversial Tricorn Centre
Tricorn Centre
The Tricorn Centre was a Brutalist shopping, apartment, nightclub and car park complex in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was designed by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon and took its name from the site's shape which from the air resembled a Tricorne hat. Constructed in the mid-1960s, it was...
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Landport is the birthplace of English novelist Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
. His former home in Old Commercial Road is now the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum.
The area is home to the St Agatha's
St Agatha's, Landport
-History:Originally situated in an area of extreme deprivationtoday it stands proudly alone, the “Cathedral of the car parks” in Portsmouth's shopping district. A magnificent building it replaced a much simpler mission church...
church which was originally constructed under the then mission incumbent Robert William Radclyffe Dolling
Robert William Radclyffe Dolling
Robert William Radclyffe Dolling was an Anglican divine, known as Father Dolling.-Life:Dolling was born at Magheralin, County Down, and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. From 1878 to 1882 he was warden of one of the houses of the Postmen's League, started by Father Stanton of St. Alban's, Holborn...
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External links
- Dickens Birthplace Museum Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth