Gunwharf Road
Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 4 May 1901
Prospect Row, now called Gunwharf Road, was formerly a narrow back street, of unenviable notoriety, close to the Portsmouth Walls
2 Gunwharf Road
1891 Census
Thomas R Cordoroy : Blacksmith : 26 yrs
1901 : Police Constable 36 yrs, living at 69 Egremont Road Southsea with Susan 37 yrs, Susan A E 14 yrs, Florence 11 yrs, Agnes 8 yrs, Thomas A 6 yrs, Albert E 4 months.
Susan : 27 yrs
Susan A : 4 yrs
Florence : 1 yr
Charlotte Constantine : 27 yrs
Frederick T E : 3 yrs
Charlotte L : 6 months
3 Gunwharf Road
1891 Census
Alfred Bowers : Fishmonger : 46 yrs
1871 : Fish Dealer 26 yrs living in Prospect Row with wife Elizabeth 32 yrs
1901 : Fish Hawker 56 yrs, living at 2 Buckler’s Court Warblington Street with wife Elizabeth 63 yrs
Elizabeth : 53 yrs
14 Gunwharf Road
Portsmouth Evening News : Monday 30 March 1931
Caught by Pc Salter leaving the Corporation Electricity Station on Saturday evening with a bucket of coal, Richard Pannell (19) of 14 Gunwharf Road, now pleaded guilty to stealing the coal, which was the property of the Corporation. The case adjourned until Tuesday week
16 Gunwharf Road
“Gunwharf Tavern”
1891 Census
Samuel May : Inn Keeper : 29 yrs
Joe Cratchley : Barman : 30 yrs
Eliza A : Cook : 30 yrs
Anne M : 3 yrs
Board School House
Thomas Curtis : Caretaker of Board School : 49 yrs
Caroline S : 48 yrs
Thomas G : 11 yrs
Nora A : 9 yrs
Albert V : 7 yrs
William A : 6 yrs
17 Gunwharf Road
1891 Census
John Gawns : Fisherman : 38 yrs
Rosina : 35 yrs
Annie : 14 yrs
Florence : 13 yrs
Peter : 12 yrs
Rosina : 10 yrs
Jane : 9 yrs
John : 6 yrs
Benjamin : 4 yrs
Daisy : 2 yrs
George W : 2 months
Peter : Fisherman : 34 yrs
Jonathan : Fisherman : 30 yrs
Gunwharf Road
School Lodge
1911 Census
Thomas Palmer : Caretaker : 25 yrs
Ivy : 22 yrs
Ivy : 5 yrs
Doris : 2 yrs
Gunwharf Road
New Custom House
1881 Census
Robert Hall : Messenger to Custom House : 41 yrs
Jane : 39 yrs
Alice : 14 yrs
Ada : 12 yrs
Arthur Robert : 4 yrs
1891 Census
John Williams : 1st Class Out Door Officer, HM Customs : 57 yrs
Charlotte : 54 yrs
Charles : Upholsterer’s Apprentice : 18 yrs
Alfred : 15 yrs
1911 Census
Charles Poole : Housekeeper in H M Customs : 40 yrs
Frances : 48 yrs
Gunwharf Road
New Gunwharf “Ordnance House”
1891 Census
Thales Pease : Colonel, Strore keeper of Naval Ordnance : 55 yrs
Lavinia : 55 yrs
Ann E : 29 yrs
Jessie M : 22 yrs
Charlotte Gage : Cook : 41 yrs
Annie Click : Housemaid : 22 yrs
Herbert A D Haine : Major, Assistant Ordnance Store Depot : 38 yrs
Ordnance Lodge
William F Wright : 36 yrs
George H Edney : Office Messenger : 28 yrs
Emily : Cook : 28 yrs
Gunwharf Road
Portsmouth Corporation Electricity Supply
Background and History
Portsmouth Evening News : Saturday 13 July 1912
Portsmouth Corporation Electricity Supply
Tenders are invited for the supply of coal (other than Welsh coal). On a payment of the sum of £2 2s (which will be returned on receipt of a bona fide tender) form of tender and conditions can be obtained from the Engineer and manager, Electric Lighting Works, Gunwharf Road.
Portsmouth Evening News : Monday 14 April 1913
The Portsmouth Corporation have a vacancy for a switchboard attendant for an eight hour shift at a salary of 25s per week rising to 30s per week. Only those having previous experience in alternating current need apply.
Applications, stating age and giving full particulars of previous experience and the date on which the applicant could commence duty, together with copies of three testimonials, to be delivered to the Engineer and Manager, Electric Lighting Station, Gunwharf Road, not later than the 15 April 1913.
Portsmouth Evening News : Thursday 24 June 1920
Tenders are invited for carting coal from the Fratton Railway Station to the Electricity Works in Gunwharf Road
Portsmouth Evening News : Tuesday 2 June 1925
Tenders are invited for painting a steel chimney shaft, 200 feet in height, at the Electricity works in Gunwharf Road
Tenders are invited for the supply of coal for a period of six or twelve months
Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 29 January 1926
Tenders are invited for the removal of ashes etc from the yards of the Electricty Generating Station in Gunwharf Road.
Sheffield Evening Telegraph : Saturday 11 February 1939
There were bomb scares in many parts of the country today. Great Police activity led to a rumour that an attempt had been made to blow up London Bridge.
A bomb explosion occurred in a yard adjoining the Portsmouth Corporation Electricity Power Station in Gunwharf Road.
Portsmouth Evening News : Monday 25 October 1954
British Electricity Authority - Southern Division
Portsmouth Generating Station, Gunwharf Road
sale of surplus stocks by private tender - include LT250V and 660 V Cable in VIR TRS and PVC insulation, screwed electric conduit and fittings and flexible cable
Gunwharf Road
The Royal Pantechnicon
Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 16 December 1881
The Royal Pantechnicon,
Gunwharf Road
Specially constructed for the warehousing and sale of furniture, carriages, etc
Centrally situated, well ventilated
strong fire-proof rooms for plate and valuables
For terms apply to
Curtiss and Sons 88 to 96 Broad Street
Gunwharf Road
“Naval & Military Arms”
1891 Census
Charles A Adam : Publican : 47 yrs
Louisa : 49 yrs
Jane Frampton : barmaid : 32 yrs
Hugh Batt : Barman : 12 yrs
The Gunwharf
Ordnance House
1881 Census
Thomas Satchwell : Dept Com & Gen’l of Ordnance : 54 yrs
Gunwharf Road 1881
1881 Census
Reuben E Buckle : Licensed Victualler : 33 yrs
Harriet : 23 yrs
Ethel Lilian : 3 months
Sarah Harvey : General Servant : 22 yrs
Thomas Cox : Caretaker at Board School : 50 yrs
Louisa : 50 yrs
Elizabeth : Stay Maker : 17 yrs
Fanny Holmes : 16 yrs
Emma Pavey : 18 yrs
Bessie Parsons : Laundress Woman : 30 yrs
Alfred Prowers : Costermonger : 36 yrs
Elizabeth : 48 yrs
Emily Hughes : 29 yrs