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117 High Street

Hampshire Chronicle : Monday 1 April 1816

Mr John Hill : 

To be sold by auction by Mr Marcer on the premises, about the middle of April next.  All the entire stock in trade and other effects of Mr Hill, having engaged in another line of business ; comprising a valuable and fashionable assortment of ironmongery, cutlery, japanned and tin goods, and various other articles.





1851 Census


Hampden Mosely : Captain, Royal engineers : 27 yrs

George Batson : House Servant : 18 yrs

Robert Baker : Lance Corporal, Royal sappers : 24 yrs 

Lucy : 24 yrs

Catherine : 2 yrs



1861 Census


James A Chandler : Victualler : 40 yrs

Ann Jane : 33 yrs

Alicia K : 8 yrs

Flora F : 2 yrs

Eva : 2 months

Louisa White : 54 yrs

Amelia Mandell : 24 yrs

Fanny Douner : 18 yrs






1871 Census


Eliza F Poad : Milliner : 41 yrs

Fanny L : 14 yrs

William W : 11 yrs

Susannah Snook : 39 yrs

Sarah A Langdiman : General Servant : 22 yrs.




Thursday 8 February 1883

Theatrical and Fancy Costumier removed from Commercial Road to 117 High Street

Every requisite for fancy balls and amateur performances

Private theatricals arranged and dressed

Dress suits for hire

Private entertainments given

Terms moderate

L Graham  Proprietor





1891 Census


Thomas F Littlar : Painter & Decorator : 26 yrs

Rosa : 29 yrs

Rosa : 2 yrs

Frances M : 4 months

Rosa Selsby :General Servant : 16 yrs




1901 Census


Frank Bramble : Ship Broker’s Clerk : 32 yrs

Violet A : 34 yrs

Violet O : 8 yrs

Dudley F : 7 yrs

Norman T : 3 yrs

Courtney P : 9 months






Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 22 January 1904

Remington

Typewriting Office

117 High Street

Telephone 0781

New and Second-Hand

Typewriters for sale of hire

Supples and Repairs

School of Shorthand and Typewriting





1911 Census


Thomas Hill : Royal Marine Pensioner : 52 yrs

Annie : Shop Keeper : 49 yrs

George Hamilton : Engine Room Artificer : 22 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

118 High Street

1851 Census


Middleton Marsh : Saddler : 55 yrs

Jane Pinnock : General Servant : 28 yrs



1871 Census


Unoccupied




1881 Census


William Smith : House Decorator : 45 yrs

Annie : 41 Yrs

Ellen E B : 6 yrs

Florence M : 4 yrs

Rose A D : 1 yr

Bessie : 3 months

Elizabeth Raznel : General Servant : 14 yrs



1891 Census


William Shaw : Boot Manufacturer : 29 yrs

Ann Gromsell : Housekeeper : 40 yrs



Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 19 December 1891

James Wilson, alias James Jordan, an elderly man, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of William Shaw, a bootmaker, living at 118 High Street.  Prosecutor valued the boots at 26s.  They were pawned at Mr Edmund’s shop in Highbury Street, but, the assistant’s suspicions being aroused, he sent for the police.  Prosecutor now pleaded guilty, saying he was drunk when a man gave him the boots to pawn, but he knew them to be stolen.  The prosecutor did not press the case, prisoner in consequence being sent to prison for fourteen days, with hard labour.  The Magistrates complimented the Pawnbroker’s assistant, Taylor, for his his prompt action in the matter, and awarded him 5s





1901 Census


William R Johnson : Bootmaker : 40 yrs

Ellen : 25 yrs

William L : 1 yr





1911 Census


Alfred Greaves : Boot Maker : 36 yrs

Annie : 33 yrs

Florence Annie Lavinia : 8 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

119 High Street

1851 Census


Richard Weaver : Licensed Victualler : 58 yrs

Elizabeth : 60 yrs

Lucy : 21 yrs

Annie White : General Servant : 30 yrs



Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 2 July 1870

A case of awfully sudden death occurred in Portsmouth on Sunday evening last.  Mr Rees Thomas, landlord of the Cambridge Tavern, High Street, was sitting at the bar on Sunday evening about five minutes to eleven o’clock, eating his supper, his wife, two sons, and niece being in the bar at the time.  Suddenly they observed him fall forward to the floor in what appeared to be a fit, and they at once carried him from the bar into an adjoining parlour, and a messenger was despatched for Mr Frederick Morley, Surgeon, who lives in St Mary’s Street.  That gentleman attended with all speed, but his services were of no avail, for life was extinct before his arrival.  The body was then removed upstairs to await a Coroner’s inquest, which was held at the Cambridge Tavern before the Borough Coroner, W H Garrington Esq..  The facts given above were deposed to by Mrs Thomas, who added that her husband occasionally had epileptic fits and had complained of pains in his side.  Mr Morley gave it as his opinion that death resulted from natural causes - disease of the heart.  A verdict to that effect was returned by the jury.



1871 Census

“Cambridge Tavern”


Louisa Thomas : Licensed Victualler : 53 yrs

John V : Hairdresser : 21 yrs

Henry : Grocer’s Apprentice : 15 yrs

Rose Mandy : 13 yrs

Frank D : 11 yrs

Emily Vaughan : 17 yrs

Mary Porter : Cook : 48 yrs

George Buckler : Family Groom : 35 yrs

 ? Gallagher : Licensed Victualler : 48 yrs

Thomas Andrew : Acrobat : 18 yrs



1881 Census 

“Cambridge Tavern”


Richard Scott : Licensed Victualler : 22 yrs

Caroline : 19 yrs

Elizabeth Anderson : General Servant : 17 yrs







Portsmouth Evening News : Wednesday 30 October 1889

“Cambridge Tavern”

Transfer of Licence : From Thomas Weston to Thomas James White




1891 : Census 


“Cambridge Tavern”


Frank Morland : Manager of Public House : 38 yrs

Eliza : Manageress : 38 yrs

Eliza : Barmaid : 16 yrs 

Rose : Barmaid : 14 yrs

Charles : 12 yrs

Nellie : 10 yrs

Janet : 8 yrs

John Ford : Commercial Traveller : 54 yrs

Millie Martin : General Servant : 20 yrs.



1901 Census


Joseph Jestico : Cabinet Maker : 39 yrs

Elizabeth : 39 yrs

George Cindnet : Soldier, Southern Reserves : 37 yrs

Alice M : 30 yrs




1911 Census


William Alexander : Licensed Victualler : 62 yrs

Sarah D : Assistant in Business : 49 yrs

William T : Shipwright in Dockyard : 23 yrs

Susannah P : Assisting in Business : 18 yrs

Winifred M : 14 yrs

Victoria M : 10 yrs

Thomas Watt : RN Seaman : 28 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

120 High Street

Hampshire Telegraph : Monday 1 February 1836

J E Vardy, Linen and Woollen Draper, Silk Mercer, Hosier, Haberdasher, &c., 120 High Street, corner of White Horse Street, respectfully announces to the public, that he has taken more commodious and extensive premises, No 108 High Street, to which he intends removing shortly :



Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette : Saturday 22 May 1852

Selling off, declining the drapery trade, great bargains for ready money, at London House, 120 High street, on Monday next and following days, till the whole is cleared, from nine o’clock in the morning till seven in the evening.  All goods will be marked plainly, and from which no abatement can be made, and sold at a great reduction from the original cost.

NB - The old-established business to be disposed of




1861 Census


Francis E Biddulph : Lieutenant, 19th Regt, Infantry : 26 yrs

Annabella : 20 yrs


William B Newland : : Gilder, emp 8 hands : 41 yrs

Sarah : 61 yrs

James J : 29 yrs

Elizabeth R : 24 yrs

Henry : 18 yrs

Lucy Shellgar : Servant : 19 yrs





Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 8 August 1868

To Let : 120 High Street, a corner shop with two good plate glass windows, premises large, and suited for drapery, furnishing, ironmongery auctioneering, or any large business.  On lease or otherwise.  Apply 123 High Street.




1871 Census


William Clay : Quarter Master Sgt, Army Serv Corpse : 37 yrs

Margaret : 31 yrs

Martha Elizabeth : 11 yrs

William Henry  8 yrs

Charlotte S : 5 yrs

Caroline : 1 yr

Lucey Dorey : Domestic Servant : 13 yrs

Eliza Webb : Dressmaker : 27 yrs



1881 Census


William H Long : Book Seller : 41 yrs

Elizabeth A : 42 yrs

Austin : Book Seller’s Assistant : 14 yrs

Herman : 11 yrs

Amy E : 9 yrs


1891 Census


William A Long : Book Seller : 51 yrs

Elizabeth A : 52 yrs

Aston A : Book Seller’s Assistant : 24 yrs

Haman G : Bookbinder : 21 yrs

Amy E : School Teacher : 19 yrs





1901 Census


Eleanor Long : 36 yrs






1911 Census


Aston Long : Book Seller : 44 yrs

Eleanor : 47 yrs

Emily Morley : General Servant : 42 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

121 High Street

1861 Census


George Browne : Tobacconist : 45 yrs

Ann : 46 yrs

Honor E Saunders : Housemaid : 13 yrs



Saturday 10 January 1863, Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette

121, High Street ( Late 109)

Mrs Poad has an Elegant Assortment of English and French, Millinery, French Flowers

 &c &c, and respectfully solicits increased patronage



 1871 Census


Michael Raymond : Dealer in Fancy Goods : 44 yrs

Eliza : 44 yrs

Mark : Dealer in Fancy Goods : 22 yrs

Gustave : 12 yrs

Eliza Kate : 4 yrs

Sophia : 9 yrs

Louisa : 8 yrs

William Steer : 13 yrs

Edward : 12 yrs

George : 9 yrs


1881 Census


Thomas Blocke : Engineer : 14 yrs

Henry Elliott : Carpenter : 30 yrs

Jane : 39 yrs

Sarah Suter : Confectioner : 40 yrs




1891 Census


Edward G Genge : Fruiterer & Grocer : 34 yrs

Nellie : 24 yrs




1911 Census


Charles Williams : Plumber : 48 yrs

Annie ; 45 yrs






Portsmouth Evening News : Thursday 2 December 1937

Historic High Street - for secondhand out-of-print books; classics, scholastic, technical, and miscellaneous. “Specialines” 121 High Street

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

122 High Street

1851 Census


Joseph Davis : Boot Maker : 48 yrs

Jane : 44 yrs

Harriet Tester : 6 yrs

Eliza Ingram : General Servant : 18 yrs



1861 Census


Joseph Davis : Boot Maker, emp 6 hands : 59 yrs

Jane : 54 yrs


1871 Census


George Francis Smith : Tobacconist : 32 yrs

Jane : 27 yrs

Jane : 3 yrs

F S W : 1 yr

Angela Pollington : Nurse : 36 yrs


1881 Census


Emma Brown : Tobacconist : 44 yrs

Catherine : Tobacconist’s Assistant : 26 yrs


1891 Census


Emma Brown : Tobacconist : 54 yrs

Catherine : Tobacconist’s Assistant : 36 yrs


1901 Census


Emma Brown : Tobacconist : 64 yrs

Catherine : Tobacconist : 40 yrs



1911 Census


Emma Brown : Tobacconist : 74  yrs

Catherine : Assistant : 50 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

123 High Street

1851 Census


Henry Huash : Retired from RN : 69 yrs

Charlotte : 34 yrs

Jane White : General Servant : 20 yrs


1871 Census


Joseph Davis : Boot Maker : 68 yrs

Jane : 63 yrs

Caroline Gale : Monthly Nurse : 63 yrs

Wilhelmina Hunt : Servant / Nurse : 62 yrs

Robert Burn Singer : Capt 28th Regt : 29 yrs

Letitia Jane : 30 yrs

Mabel Frances : 3 yrs

Joseph : 1 yr

Robert Burn : 2 months

Frances C : Wife of RN Capt : 38 yrs

Mary Urry : Domestic Servant : 25 yrs.



1881 Census


Jane Davis : Boot Maker : 74 yrs




Portsmouth Evening News :Friday 21 March 1890

To Let : 8 stall stable, Highbury Street.  Inquire 123 High Street.




1891 Census


John Woodhouse : Outfitter & Clothier : 47 yrs

Elizabeth : 49 yrs

Ada M : 22 yrs

Fanny E : 20 yrs

Laura : Stationer’s Assistant : 18 yrs

Emily G : Draper’s Assistant :17 yrs

William A : 15 yrs

Lilly M : 13 yrs

Mable : 11 yrs

Fred : 10 yrs

Harry : 8 yrs

Fanny Moth : Own Means : 42 yrs




1901 Census


John Woodhouse : Outfitter & Clothier : 56 yrs

Elizabeth : 59 yrs

Ada : 32 yrs

Laura : Stationery Shop Assistant : 28 yrs

Mabel : School Teacher : 21 yrs

Fred : School Teacher : 20 yrs

Harry : Articled Architect : 18 yrs



1911 Census


John Woodhouse : Military Outfitter : 43 yrs

Elizabeth : 43 yrs

Daisy Reader : General Servant : 19 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Monday 28 August 1933

Important Notice

“Fenbo Glareless Crystal Lamps”

The Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Crystalite Co., of 123 High Street, beg to announce that, having arranged with the manufacturers of “Fenbo” Lamps to become the sole distributors for the whole of Hampshire, they have changed the title of the company to “Hampshire Crystalite Co.”

Branch offices for the sale of “Fenbos” are being rapidly opened in all the principal towns in the County, such as Bournemouth, Southampton, Winchester, Aldershot, Isle of Wight etc., to cope with the growing demand for these lamps.

Many of the prices of “Fenbo” lamps are the same as others and 20% below those of ordinary lamps.

“Fenbo Lamps Mean Sunshine”

For full particulars  and demonstration apply to -

Hampshire Crystalite Co., 123 High Street

British made - Of Course.




Portsmouth Evening News : Saturday 5 April 1941

The High Street Fur Stores

( I M Wilkes   J S Randall )

Telephone 4256

123 High Street

Fine Selection of Fur Coats and Ties

all at Summer Prices

Note : Will call within radius of 20 miles

Remodelling and Renovating Specialists





Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 23 November 1951

Situations Vacant : High Street Fur Stores have the following vacancies :- Junior Secretary, smart appearance, able to type etc., Finishers, Liners, Machinists; 5 day week ; 2 apprentices. 

Apply 123 High Street. Phone 4256

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

124 High Street

Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 11 December 1847

For sale by Auction

Household Furniture for auction on Tuesday December 14th, 1847, at twelve o’clock punctually.




1851 Census


Moses Peircey : General Practitioner : 40 yrs

Ann Willis : 39 yrs

Moses James : 3 yrs

George Edward : 2 yrs

Frederick Walter May : Medical Apprentice ; 25 yrs

Sarah Ann Evans : 23 yrs

Ann Wise : General Servant : 34 yrs

Lucy Keach : General Servant : 20 yrs

William Tobias Cotterell : Errand Boy : 14 yrs



1861 Census


W Hempson Denham : 45 yrs

Harriet : 45 yrs

Louisa : 18 yrs

Remball : 19 yrs

Arthur : 16 yrs

Sidney : 12 yrs

Percy : 10 yrs

Algernon : 7 yrs

Jessie : 18 months

Ruth Cutler : Servant : 19 yrs

Ann White : Servant : 16 yrs



1861

William Hempson Denham   Surgeon   (1806 - 1891)



1871 Census


Harriet Clemenson : 30 yrs

Harriet Cloonson : Landowner : 30 yrs

Hastings Farrington : Captain 73rd regiment : 32 yrs

Clara Guy : 70 yrs

Elizabeth Skeggs : Servant : 24 yrs





1881 Census


Mary Richardson : Boarding House Keeper : 60 yrs

Jane Mottley : 73 yrs

Elizabeth Aslett : General Servant : 26 yrs.




1891 Census


Matthew Hyde : Solicitor : 33 yrs

Ellen Pritchett : Housekeeper : 40 yrs

Maud : 13 yrs

Ethel : 11 yrs

Nellie : 7 yrs




1901 Census


Hamilton Keown : Seaman Pensioner RN : 54 yrs

Elizabeth : 51 yrs

Henry Standish Miller : 77 yrs





1911 Census


Charles Farndell : Naval Pensioner : 42 yrs

Agnes fanny : Caretaker in Solicitor’s Office : 41 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

125 High Street

1851 Census


Julian Slight : General Practitioner : 45 yrs

Emma E : 29 yrs

Marian Augusta : 7 yrs

Emma Sarah : 5 yrs

Fanny Eliza : 3 yrs

Esther Lockyer : General Servant : 19 yrs.



1861 Census


Julian Slight : Surgeon, MRCS : 60 yrs

Emma : 40 yrs

Maria A : 17 yrs

Emma J : 16 yrs

Fanny E : 13 yrs

Emily K : 3 yrs

Esther Lockyer : House Servant : 30 yrs



1871 Census


Julian Slight : Surgeon, MRCS : 69 yrs

Emma Elizabeth : 45 yrs

Fanny Eliza : 19 yrs

M D G Holbrook : 3 yrs

Charlotte Brookman : Housemaid : 13 yrs

Esther Lockyer : Cook : 30 yrs


1881 Census


Julian Slight : Surgeon : 83 yrs

Esther Lockyer  :  Housekeeper : 36 yrs

Alice Patoner : Housemaid : 13 yrs



1891 Census


William Bond : Retired Hotel Keeper : 74 yrs

Annie C : Teacher in School : 25 yrs

George F : 16 yrs



1901 Census


Annie E King : Carriage Proprietress : 53 yrs

Maria B : Governess School : 25 yrs

Christine B : Tupist : 24 yrs

Edith Cecile : 20 yrs

James Victor  : 14 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

126 High Street

1851 Census


Charles Allen : Railway Driver : 37 yrs

Jane : 37 yrs

Sarah : Dressmaker : 15 yrs

James : 13 yrs

William : 11 yrs

Charles : 8 yrs

Ann : 5 yrs

Mary Jane : 3 yrs

Alfred Thomas : 1 yr

Mary Berry : Dressmaker : 24 yrs



1861 Census


Nicholas Edwin : Smith & Farrier : 42 yrs

Harriett : 42 yrs

Harriett : 17 yrs

Francis : Coach Painter : 16 yrs

Nicholas : Coach painter : 14 yrs

Caroline : 9 yrs

Alice : 6 yrs

William : 2 yrs


1881 Census


Charles Hedger : Carman : 23 yrs

Caroline : 24 yrs

Ada C : 3 yrs

Alice M : 1 yr



1891 Census


William Passingham : Mineral Water Manufacturer :55 yrs

Elizabeth : 54 yrs



1901 Census


William Passingham : Mineral Water Manufacturer : 65 yrs

Elizabeth : 64 yrs




1911 Census 


George James Passingham : Mineral Water Manufacturer : 47 yrs

Caroline Martha : 47 yrs

William Edward : Telegraphist : 22 yrs




Tuesday 30 November 1937

Portsmouth Evening News

126 High Street

United Services Garages (Portsmouth ) Ltd



Portsmouth Evening News : Wednesday 24 May 1939

Large quantity of valuable timber, all sizes, from 12in x 12in baulks.  Apply 126 High Street

126a

1891 Census


Arthur Gregory : Foreman of Stables

Rebecca : 35 yrs

William : Stable Boy : 15 yrs

Mary Ann : 13 yrs

Rosetta : 12 yrs

Nors : 9 yrs

Lilly : 6 yrs

Mandie : 4 yrs

Albert : 2 yrs

Albert : 31 yrs



1901 Census


John James : Groom, Carrier’s Stables : 56 yrs

Sarah : 43 yrs

Eva : 8 yrs

Alfred : 5 yrs

George Davis : Carrier’s Carter : 41 yrs 

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome
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127 High Street

1851 Census


William Chamberlain : Retired : 69 yrs

Elizabeth : 66 yrs

Ellen Budd : 35 yrs

Elizabeth Emma : 24 yrs

Mary Sparks : Cook : 19 yrs

Nellie Nash : General servant : 24 yrs



1861 Census


Eliza A Holbrook : 48 yrs

Mary Yarwood : 68 yrs

Mary J C Holbrook : 25 yrs

David J H : 9 yrs

Eliza Hirst : Domestic Servant : 26 yrs




 1871 Census


Professor Boxall :  53 yrs

Eliza : 44 yrs

Roger :  Gymnast :  22 yrs

Angela :  Dressmaker :  23 yrs

Kelly : 2 yrs

Harriett Cox :  Housemaid : 19 yrs

Eliza Hall : Actress : 18

George Main : First Class Trinity Pilot : 43 yrs

Mary Ann : 43 yrs

George : Seaman : 16 yrs

William Alfred : 14 yrs

Thomas A : 10 yrs

Elizabeth : 6 yrs

John Sumjar : Gymnast : 22 yrs

Swainnea : Actress : 17 yrs

Princibliga : 2 months





1881 Census


Barnard C Miller : Cabinet Maker & Undertaker : 51 yrs

Charlotte : 51 yrs

Barnard C : Clerk : 20 yrs

Henry : 17 yrs

Elizabeth Town : Domestic Servant : 45 yrs





Thursday 17 June 1886

Situations Vacant 

Apprentice to the Cabinet and Upholstery Trade.  No Premium required.

Apply 127 High Street.




1891 Census


Barnard C Miller : Cabinet Maker & Undertaker : 61 yrs

Charlotte : 61 yrs

Henry S : Clerk in employ of Portsmouth Corporation : 25 yrs



1901 Census


Bernard Charles Miller : : Cabinet Maker & Undertaker : 71 yrs

Charlotte : 71 yrs





1911 Census


Susannah Jestico : 78 yrs

John Nicholls : Railway Porter : 38 yrs

Amy : 25 yrs

Ivy : 3 yrs

Hazel : 2 yrs

Iris : 1 month

Eliza Angell : 77 yrs

Helen Cunnington : Manageress of Dyers & Cleaners : 26 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome
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128 High Street

Hampshire Chronicle : Monday 10th November 1783

To be sold by auction, by Richard Ball, on Wednesday November 12, 1783 - the stock of ships stores, and other effects, of Mr Samuel Ballard, at his house-store, 128 High Street, leaving off trade.

Consisting of 40 tons cast iron; a large quantity of wrought ditto, in which are graplins, crow-bars, hooks and thimbles, with many useful articles for shipping and other business; guns, pistols, swords. two rifle barrel guns, four iron three-pounders with carriages, two brass swivels, three pounders, with chambers; rope,canvas rags,rope yarn, paper stuff, new sails, and other canvas, parchment cartridges, bullock’s horns, small powder horns, Dutch chamber pots and mugs, leather pouches and belts, camp tables, forms, and stools, two fire engines with hose and pipes, a large quantity of blocks, several beams and scales, one of which will weigh a ton at each end, iron weights, old copper and lead, eighty French looking glass plates, from 16, 14 to 27 inches square, Castile soap, porter hogheads, and other casks, fine rose-wood boards, oak and fir timber,compass oak logs fit for cutters, top masts and yards, Virginia walnut tree logs, a pair of large iron blocks with brass sheaves, an old coach, wheels, several casks of terras, wine bottles, fire wood, and various other articles which will be sold without reserve.




1851 Census


William Mitchell : Solicitor : 25 yrs

Maria : 24 yrs

William Maxwell : 7 months

Harriet  Calise : General Servant : 22 yrs



1861 Census


Mary A N Foster : 52 yrs

Mary E : Governess : 22 yrs

Henry P : Architect : 20 yrs

Charles E : 14 yrs

Horatio G : 12 yrs

Ann Quinton : Dressmaker : 49 yrs

Mary Miller : 54 yrs



1871 Census


Thomas Fenner : Commercial Traveller : 43 yrs

Frances C : 42 yrs

Thomas Joseph :  18 yrs

Caroline Elizabeth : 17 yrs


1881 Census


Thomas : Commercial Traveller :  53 yrs

Caroline E :  26 yrs

Thomas Fenner : Commercial Traveller : 53 yrs

Caroline E : 26 yrs 




1891 Census


Frances Fenner  :  62 yrs

Thomas W :  9 yrs






1901 Census


Thomas Fenner : : 73 yrs

Frances Caroline : 72 yrs

Thomas William : Post Office Clerk : 19 yrs




1911 Census


Henry Mitchell : Railway Carrier’s Manager : 52 yrs

Caroline Matilda : 54 yrs

Marguerite Victoria : Dressmaker : 24 yrs

Beatrice Louise : Draper’s Assistant : 22 yrs

Ada Winifred : Stationer’s Assistant : 20 yrs

Elsie May : 14 yrs

Mary Constance : 12 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome
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129 High Street

Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 27 March 1847

Mr Tibbitts, Correspondent of the Times, has removed his residence to 129 High Street





1851 Census


Joseph Clark : Lieutenant RN Half Pay : 58 yrs

Louisa : 57 yrs

Eliza Marden : General Servant : 17 yrs





1871 Census


James Hay : Newspaper Editor : 38 yrs

Jane  : 30 yrs

Charles John  : 7 yrs

Mary Jane Pitt : Domestic Servant : 15 yrs




1881 Census


Joe Dudley : Goldsmith :  70 yrs

Mary : 65 yrs

Alice Nash : General Servant : 15 yrs


1891 Census


Thomas Wells : Police Constable : 30 yrs

Jane : 38 yrs





1901 Census


James Fox : Caretaker : 63 yrs

Eliza : 62 yrs



1911 Census


John Young : Fishmonger’s Assistant : 40 yrs

Julia : 43 yrs

Arthur : 11 yrs

Frederick : 7 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

130 High Street

1851 Census


William Becks : Gentleman : 91 yrs

Elizabeth Annerley : 60 yrs

Elizabeth Pinner : 42 yrs

Joseph Leggett : General Servant : 27 yrs

Mary Ann Foster : General Servant : 27 yrs

Sarah Grant : General Servant : 43 yrs





 Portsmouth Times & Naval Gazette : Saturday 18th May 1861

Marvin & King are instructed by John Maddock Esq RN, who is leaving the neighbourhood, to sell by auction. on the premises as above, on Tuesday May 28th 1861, commencing at Twelve o’clock punctually, the well-manufactured Household furniture and effects.



1861 Census


Edmund Clark : Cork Merchant, emp 100 men & 5 clerks : 40 yrs

Hester : 33 yrs

E J : 6 yrs

Elizabeth Guilding : 35 yrs

Ann Fry : Housemaid : 29 yrs

Jane Phippard : Housemaid : 21 yrs

George Williams : Page : 18 yrs




1871 Census 


Edmund Clark : Coal Merchant : 50 yrs

Hester : 44 yrs

Edmund Joseph : 16 yrs

Gladstone Henry : 7 yrs

Fanny Dalley : Housemaid : 28 yrs

Edward Price : Page : 13 yrs

Elizabeth Whittenham : Cook : 35 yrs




1881 Census


Edmund Clark : Land Owner : 60 yrs

Hester : 54 yrs

Gladstone : Land Owner : 17 yrs

Sarah Hatch : Cook : 24 yrs

Maria Russell : Domestic Servant : 25 yrs

William Silverlock : Page : 17 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Tuesday 30 May 1882

Wanted - Page Boy - Respectable steady boy, about 14 or 15.  Apply 13 High Street




1891 Census 


Edmund Clark : Own Means : 70 yrs

Hester : 64 yrs

Gladstone A : 27 yrs

Clara Bletts : Housemaid : 22 yrs

Annie Bundey : Cook : 30 yrs

Richard Gayther : Page : 15 yrs




1901 Census


Gladstone Henry Clarke : Solicitor : 37 yrs

Edith Elizabeth : 40 yrs

Clara Bletso : Housemaid : 32 yrs

Selina : Cook : 28 yrs



1911 Census 


Gladstone Henry Clark : Solicitor : 47 yrs

Edith Elizabeth : 52 yrs

Lydia Constance Farmer : 42 yrs

Margaret Hurly : Cook : 29 yrs

Louisa Moorey : Housemaid : 17 yrs

Charles Frederick Lowne : Coachman : 55 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 3 September 1920

Wanted, experienced housemaid, for private family; 3 maids kept.  130 High Street

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About
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131 High Street

Hampshire Chronicle : Monday 1 July 1816

For sale by private contract, a valuable freehold dwelling house, with detached kitchen, yard and appurtenances, most desirably situated No 131 High Street, now occupied by Mr George Harris, the proprietor, who, to accommodate the purchaser, will give early possession.  The premises are in excellent repair, and may be viewed, by leave of the proprietor, any day between the hours of ten and one.  For further particulars, apply  to Mr George Harris, or to Mr G A Callaway, Solicitor, Portsmouth.




1851 Census


Ann Wise : Annuitant 83 yrs

George Lane Shelton : Solicitor : 56 yrs

Martha : 42 yrs

Susan Moore : General Servant : 20 yrs

Charlotte Vernell : General Servant : 26 yrs



1861 Census


John Maddick : Retired Paymaster, RA : 72 yrs

Caroline Dunbar : 42 yrs

Charles S : 41 yrs

Charles : 11 yrs

Constance Flood : 9 yrs

Elizabeth Yeoman : House Servant : 30 yrs

Charlotte Beirstow : House Servant : 23 yrs



1871 Census

Elizabeth Couzons, Warrant Officer’s Wife, 42

Elizabeth S : 22 yrs

Richard  : Solicitor’s General Clerk : 18 yrs

James  : 12 yrs

Alice  : 8 yrs

George  : 6 yrs

Ada E  : 4 yrs.





1881 Census 


John White : Coal Merchant :70 yrs

Georgina : 55 yrs

Rose Peatt : General Servant : 20 yrs





Friday 9 May 1890

Mr Herbert E Windsor

(15 years with Edmond’s Clark & C0)

Incorporated Accountant and Auditor




1891 Census


Herbert E Windsor : Incorporated Accountant : 30 yrs

Eliza A : 29 yrs

Bertha : 7 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Saturday 27 February 1892

Patents obtained, designs, trade marks.  Preliminary information free.  J Chapman, 70 Chancery Lane.  Local representative, Herbert Windsor, High Street



Portsmouth Evening News : Tuesday 15 March 1892

Genuine Corn Business for disposal; takings last year exceeded £700; incoming about £100.  Particulars, Herbert Windsor, Accountant



1901 Census


Herbert Edwin Windsor : Incorporated Accountant : 40 yrs

Eliza Ann : 39 yrs

Bertha : 17 yrs

Maria Carlton : 4 yrs

George Edwin : 2 months

Muriel Florence : Post Office Telegraphist : 30 yrs

Mary Ann Maloy : General Servant : 24 yrs



1911 Census


Herbert Edwin Windsor : Incorporated Accountant : 50 yrs

Eliza Ann : 49 yrs

Bertha : 27 yrs

Marie Carlton : 14 yrs

George Edwin : 10 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About
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132 High Street

1851 Census


Charles B Holland : Attorney & Solicitor : 43 yrs

Elizabeth : 42 yrs

Charlotte Mary : 10 yrs

Henry B : 4 yrs

Emma : 2 yrs

Frederick : 3 months

Sarah Abraham : General Servant : 30 yrs

Elizabeth : 20 yrs

Maria Sandy : General Servant : 29 yrs

Louisa Brown : General Servant : 25 yrs



1861 Census


Charles B Hillard : Mayor of Portsmouth, Solicitor : 53 yrs

Elizabeth : 52 yrs

Elizabeth : 27 yrs

Alexander : Solicitor : 24 yrs

Joseph A : Solicitor : 22 yrs

Charlotte M : 20 yrs

Henry B : 14 yrs

Edwin : 12 yrs

Louisa Burson : Housemaid : 30 yrs

Elizabeth New : Housemaid ; 21 yrs




1871 Census


Alfred G Canton :  Surgeon :  55 yrs 

Jane Elizabeth  : 54 yrs

Maria Franklin : Domestic Servant :  40 yrs

Charles Bettesworth Hellard :  Alderman, Solicitor : 63 yrs

Elizabeth :  37 yrs

Charlotte :  30 yrs

Frederick :  Articled Clerk : 20 yrs

Rosa Mary : 18 yrs

Jane Sophia Taylor : Domestic Servant : 19 yrs




1881 Census


Charles B Hellard : Mag & Solicitor : 73 yrs

Elizabeth : 72 yrs

Charlotte M :  40 yrs

Rose M : 28 yrs

Jane Akehurst : Housemaid : 23

Ann Cooper : Cook : 29 yrs

Sarah A Pyer : Parlourmaid : 26 yrs





1891 Census


James Whittington : Skilled Shipwright : 36 yrs

Alice : 21 yrs

Richard G : 1 month

Martha J Hemmings : Housekeeper : 51




1901 Census


George E Harry Morris : Painter & Decorator : 36 yrs

Annie Elizabeth : 32 yrs





1911 Census


Leslie Elimore Austin : Dental Surgeon : 40 yrs

Jessie Elizabeth Angus : Housekeeper : 32 yrs

Rose Maud Austin : Cook : 25 yrs

Gladys Olive Rose : Housemaid : 18 yrs






Portsmouth Evening News : Saturday 30 March 1929

Messrs Hellard & Bechervaise Solicitors




Tuesday 25 May 1943, Portsmouth Evening News

Messrs Brutton & Birkett, Solicitors

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

133 High Street

Hampshire Telegraph : Monday 6 June 1831

To be sold by auction, by Mr Blake, on Friday, June 10, 1831, at eleven o’clock, the neat household furniture, piano forte, and other effects, of the late Captain Barker, No 133 High Street : comprising fourpost, tent, and couch bedsteads and bedding, mahogany and japanned chairs, mahogany, dining low and dining tables, on pillar and claws, neat sofas and covers, pier and swing glasses, and mirror, basin stands, night commodes, fenders and fire irons, carpets and rugs, knife cases, kitchen furniture and effects.  May be viewed on morning of sale.





Hampshire Telegraph : Monday 16 March 1840

To Let - Apartments situated No 71 High Street; enquire of Mr Campbell, Resident Dentist, who has removed to 133 High street. late the residence of J Howard Esq., Town Clerk



1851 Census


Henry A Lambeth : Professor of Music : 29 yrs

Ann : 62 yrs

Henry A : 42 yrs

Harriet Dawson : General Servant : 19 yrs



1861 Census


John Martin : Licentiate, Dental Surgeon, RCS : 49 yrs

Frances M : 48 yrs

Elizabeth S Boycott : 23 yrs

James Allen : Coachman : 23 yrs

Joseph Hill : Foot Boy : 17 yrs

Harriett Dollar : Cook : 40 yrs

Mary Ann Morant : Housemaid ; 19 yrs

Sarah Ryall : Housemaid : 30 yrs

Fanny King : 11 yrs





 1871 Census


Benjamin Harper : Professional Attendant to Dentist : 42 yrs

Louisa Caroline : 31 yrs

Susannah M : 12 yrs

Charles : 8 yrs

Sophia S : 6 yrs

Edward : 4 yrs

Frederick : 1 yr

Grace Artins : Schoolmistress : 61 yrs

Maria Pizzey : 59 yrs



1881 Census


William H Coleman : Pensioner RN : 51 yrs

Mary A : 50 yrs

Alice Duchy : Milliner : 18 yrs

William Welch : Mason : 66 yrs





1891 Census


Theodore Pasare : Quartermaster Sgt : 31 yrs

Emma : 31 yrs

Charles T : 5 yrs

Reginald A : 3 yrs

Hilda C : 1 yr

John H : 6 months

Maggie Strong : General Servant : 15 yrs



1901 Census


Benjamin R Parsons : Merchant Seaman : 37 yrs

Emily : 35 yrs

William R : 5 yrs

Charles B : 2 yrs

Ethel M : 3 months

Percy Woodman : Mechanical Engineer : 38 yrs



1911 Census


Richard Worrall : Railway Policeman : 52 yrs

Mabel : 15 yrs

William : 14 yrs

Violet : 10 yrs

Reginald : 5 yrs

Ada : 42 yrs

Harry Roberts : Ship Fireman (Merchant) : 39 yrs

Alice : 59 yrs

Annie Graham : 18 yrs




Portsmouth Evening News : Monday 25 January 1943

Remanded for a week on bail : Harold George Goddard (46) of 133 High Street and William Arthur Nobes ( 42) of 13 Lombard Street are charged with stealing on January 16 a quantity of scrap metal from Thomas Barnes of 10 Warblington Street

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

134 High Street

1861 Census


John Cooper : Painter : 33 yrs

Eliza : 42 yrs

Emma : 10 yrs

Harriett Clark : Servant : 24 yrs

William Downey : Boot & Shoe maker : 37 yrs

Mary Ann : 47 yrs

Sarah E : Shoe Binder : 18 yrs

John A : 14 yrs

William E N : 12 yrs

Samuel A : 6 yrs 

Mary J A : 3 yrs



Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette : Saturday 23 September 1865

To all in debt and difficulties, Mr F Vryson, legal accountant, obtains immediate protection for the person and property of debtors, together with entire relief from all debts and liabilities, under a recent Act of Parliament, in all cases without imprisonment.  Charges moderate, payable by instalments.  Every description of legal business attended to, including bankruptcy, Chancery and divorce cases.  Money, property and other claims recovered.  Office, 134 High Street



1871 Census


William Smith : Solicitor’s Clerk : 24 yrs

Caroline Amelia : Housekeeper : 48 yrs

Lydia : 10 yrs

Harriet Warns : Needlewoman : 40 yrs

Harriet Warns : 5 yrs

Mary Powell : 71 yrs



1881 Census


Charles Cousins : Butler : 32 yrs

Emily : 33 yrs

Charles : 4 yrs

Emily : 2 yrs



1891 Census


Emily Cousins : Lodging House Keeper : 42 yrs

Charles S : 14 yrs

Emily F : 12 yrs

Elijah A Anderson : Waiter : 40




1901 Census


John Whelan : Bricklayer’s Labourer : 59 yrs

Annie : 53 yrs

Nellie : Tex Dyer : 16 yrs

Jimi Sykes : Bricklayer’s Labourer : 25 yrs

Alfred Peppermill : Soldier : 24 yrs

Blanche : 23 yrs

Alfred : 9 months

Thomas Smith : Gunner RA : 30 yrs

Julia : 23 yrs

Thomas : 2 yrs

Julia : 5 months



1911 Census


Bridget Fox : 43 yrs

Charles : Theatre Attendant  : 20 yrs

Alexander : Theatre Attendant : 16 yrs

Martha : 17 yrs

Lucy : 10 yrs

Joseph : 8 yrs

Arthur : 7 yrs

Claude E G Hazell : Stoker RN : 24 yrs

Charlotte F : 23 yrs

William Clayton : Carter for Furniture Remover : 41 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

135 High Street

1851 Census


Leonard H C Ubsdall : Miniature Painter : 37 yrs

Mary Ann : 35 yrs

William G : 14 yrs

Thomas : 12 yrs.


1861 Census


Samuel G Bovill : Independent : 41 yrs

Ann J : 36 yrs

Samuel G : 12 yrs

Stella A : 10 yrs

Rosa M : 9 yrs

Jessy : 7 yrs

Alice J : 5 yrs

Walter J : 2 yrs

Frances Edge : 16 yrs (step daughter)

William Banks : Sgt, 1/11 Regt : 28 yrs

Agnes : 25 yrs

Thomas H Spencer : Coachman : 28 yrs

Ellen : 23 yrs

Ellen A : 2 months




1871 Census


Jemima Hewett : Greengrocer : 45 yrs

William : Tailor : 24 yrs

Harriet : 20 yrs

Benjamin Bristow : Errand Boy : 15 yrs

Laura Clinton : 23 yrs

John Moms : Sgt, 29th Regt : 30 yrs

Elizabeth : 30 yrs

Elizabeth : 8 yrs

Samuel : 7 yrs

Henry White : Corp, 29th Regt : 22 yrs

Ellen : 23 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Thursday 5 December 1878

For Sale - A bargain : feather bed, bolster and pillows

135 High Street (opposite Cambridge Barracks)






Tuesday 2 August 1881

To be sold, a bargain. A good feather bed, bolster and pillow135 High Street - opposite Cambridge Barracks.






1881 Census


Caroline Perry : Wardrobe Dealer : 55 yrs

Elizabeth : 25 yrs

Albert : 10 yrs

James Witham : Soldier : 36 yrs

Maria : 33 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Thursday 23 July 1885

Situations Vacant :  Girl - respectable, wanted for housework and to assist in light business - 13 High Street


Thursday 23 September 1886

Wanted, girl (respectable), for housework and to assist in a light business.

Apply 135 High Street



1891 Census


Henry Norkett : Retail Hatter : 57 yrs



1901 Census


Frank Mitchell : Hairdresser : 33 yrs

Emily Sarah : 28 yrs

Ida Emily : 11 yrs

John Stubbs : Hairdresser : 53 yrs

Emily : 48 yrs

Bloxham H West : Apprentice Hairdresser : 14 yrs



1911 Census


Frank Mitchell : Hairdresser : 43 yrs

Emily : 38 yrs

Ada : 21 yrs

Bloxam West : Hairdresser : 24 yrs

Emily Stubbs : Dressmaker : 58 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

136 High Street

Hampshire Chronicle : Monday 31 March 1817

To be sold by auction, by Mr Collins, on the premises, on Wednesday the 2nd of April, 1817, all the neat household furniture, plated articles, linen, fine old china, an elegant and superior toned piano-forte, with additional keys, drawers, screw legs and pedal, of Mrs Allen, No 136 High Street, leaving housekeeping : consisting field bedsteads, with printed cotton furnitures, lined, and window curtains :  a sofa bedstead, bordered goose-feather beds, mattresses, blankets, and counterpanes : black and gold japaned chairs, with cane sheets and cushions, and arm ditto to match..  In mahogany are a small sideboard, with cellaret drawers : dining, pillar, and Pembroke tables, double chest of drawers, dressing ditto, neat chairs, chimney and pier looking glasses, in neat gilt frames, dressing ditto, Venetian and Kidderminster carpets, hearth rugs, passage floor cloth, fenders, fire irons, kitchen requisites, and various other articles.  The sale to commence at ten o’clock.




1851 Census


Thomas Hobbins : Assessor & Collector of Taxes : 56 yrs

Elizabeth : 58 yrs

Joseph : Engineer : 23 yrs

Amelia : Dressmaker : 20 yrs

Charles : 15 yrs



1861 Census


Sophia Winsor : 67 yrs

Andrew : Manufacturer of ? : 31 yrs

Thomas : Silversmith’s Assistant :  27 yrs

Sophia : Dressmaker : 24 yrs




1871 Census


Fanny Beesley : Dressmaker : 48 yrs

Richard William : Boy, HMS Excellent : 17 yrs

Sarah Helena : Dressmaker : 23 yrs

Fanny : Dressmaker : 20 yrs

Mary Ann Grapes : Charwoman : 67 yrs

William Thomas : Mariner : 37 yrs

Jacob William Short : Glazier : 45 yrs



1881 Census


Edmund Skuse : Cooper : 35 yrs

Virtue : 36 yrs

George H L : 9 yrs




1891 Census


Annie Barnett : 43 yrs




1901 Census


John Bloxham : Boot Maker : 43 yrs

Minnie : 34 yrs

Leonard : 10 yrs

Charles : 2 yrs

Lillian : 12 yrs

Annie : 5 yrs

Mary Ann : 70 yrs



1911 Census


John Bloxham : Boot maker : 53 yrs

Charles : 11 yrs

Florence Elizabeth Taylor : Housekeeper : 40 yrs

Lillian Mabel Bloxham : 21 yrs

Annie Hilda : 14 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

137 High Street

1851 Census


Sarah Trivate : Second Hand Clothes : 64 yrs

John Dixon : Soldier : 24 yrs

Mary A : 24 yrs



1861 Census


Phoebe Hughes : 28 yrs

Thomas : 5 yrs

John : 3 yrs

Thomas Coulting : Rigger in Dockyard : 32 yrs

Frances : 35 yrs

Elizabeth H Woolcock : 11 yrs

Robert R : 9 yrs

John Letty : Valet : 24 yrs

Ellen : 21 yrs




 1871 Census

Robert Masters : Book Seller : 48 yrs

Jane : Upholsteress : 28 yrs

Charles : Merchant Seaman : 23 yrs

George : Merchant : 20 yrs



Hampshire Telegraph : Saturday 8 January 1876

Left-Off Clothes & Uniforms - Why E McDonnell of 137 High Street, gives the best price for the above is because she has private customers waiting to be supplied.  PO Orders remitted same day for all parcels forwarded.  Ladies and Gentlemen waited on by addressing as above.  Terms - Cash.




1881 Census

William Sykes : Tobacconist :41 yrs

Emily : 32 yrs

Robert : 5 yrs

Blanche : 3 yrs

Thomas : 2 yrs

Ernest : 6 months



1891 Census

William Sykes : Furbisher in H M Gunwharf  : 50 yrs

Emily : 42 yrs

James : Office Messenger : 15 yrs

Blanche : 13 yrs

Thomas : 11 yrs

Ernest : 9 yrs

William : 6 yrs

Arthur : 5 yrs

John : 4 yrs


1901 Census


William Sykes : Armourer, Dockyard : 59 yrs

Emily : Newsagent : 52 yrs

Thomas : Writer RN : 21 yrs

Ernest : Writer RN : 20 yrs

Edith : 19 yrs

William : 17 yrs

Arthur : 15 yrs

John : 14 yrs



1911 Census


Emily Sykes : Newsagent : 63 yrs

James : General Labourer : 35 yrs

Edith : Assisting in Business : 29 yrs

William : Assisting in Business : 28 yrs

Arthur : General Labourer : 26 yrs

John : General Labourer : 24 yrs

Alfred Pepperill : 10 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

138 High Street

1861 Census


William Leverett : Master Mariner : 34 yrs

Sarah : 34 yrs

Ellen : 9 yrs

Henry : 6 yrs

Elizabeth : 4 yrs

Emma : 2 yrs

Sarah A : 6 months

John Guncill : Pilot : 72 yrs




1911 Census

Fanny Bore : Shopkeeper, General : 47 yrs

Arthur Howard Brook : Army Pensioner : 38 yrs

Annie : 16 yrs

Howard : 12 yrs

Edith : 6 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

139 High Street

1851 Census


William Pay : Joiner :22 yrs

Mary Ann : Tailoress : 24 yrs

Matilda : 1 yr

Jane Barton : Tailoress : 55 yrs

Charles : Tailor : 23 yrs

Elizabeth : Dressmaker : 22 yrs

Henry : Tailor : 16 yrs

Robert Cooper : Tailor : 73 yrs

Peter Suter : Tide Master, H M Customs : 29 yrs

Ann : 28 yrs

Eugene D : 3 yrs

Alice : 1 yr



1861 Census


David Sheppard : Greengrocer : 57 yrs

Mary : 43 yrs

Emma Thompson : 15 yrs



1871 Census


Joseph Cartmell : Soldier : 40 yrs

Edward Guest : Soldier 82nd Regt : 28 yrs

Mary Ann Guest : Domestic Servant : 20 yrs

Edward John Guest : 1 yr

Georgina : Domestic servant : 31 yrs

Isabella Jeffries : Domestic Servant : 21 yrs

Ann Thomas : Domestic Servant : 76 yrs

Thomas Walters ; Soldier : 34 yrs

Maria Walters : 19 yrs

Henry White : General Dealer : 54 yrs

Elizabeth : Domestic Servant : 48 yrs

Henry : Messenger : 16 yrs

William : Labourer : 14 yrs

Samuel George : 19 yrs

Elizabeth : 7 yrs



1881 Census


Elizabeth White : Grocer : 59 yrs

Henry : Steward RN : 26 yrs

William : Labourer : 24 yrs

Elizabeth : Dressmaker : 18 yrs

Louisa : Milliner : 28 yrs

Florence L : 9 months

Isabella Major : 31 yrs

John Major : Labourer : 35 yrs

Charlotte E Stephens : Laundress : 48 yrs



Thursday 17 June 1886

Dressmaking -

Apprentice wanted, no premium.

Apply Miss White, 139 High Street.




1891 Census


Elizabeth White : General Shop Keeper : 68 yrs

William : Labourer H M Dockyard : 34 yrs

Elizabeth : Dressmaker : 27 yrs

Florence : 10 yrs

Isabella Major : 42 yrs

John Major : Labourer H M Dockyard : 48 yrs




1901 Census


William Bulford : Watchmaker & Jeweller : 39 yrs

Alice Louisa : 25 yrs

Charles William : 4 yrs

Maud Mary Wright : 12 yrs

Frederick James Miller : Gunner RA : 36 yrs




1911 Census


William Bulford : Watch Repairer : 59 yrs

Alice Louisa : 35 yrs

Charles William : 14 yrs

William : 8 yrs

Frederick : Blacksmith : 40 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

140 High Street

1851 Census


Ann Godwin : Grocer : 66 yrs

Elizabeth : Grocer : 63 yrs

Caroline Bacher : Dressmaker : 50 yrs

Catherine : Dressmaker : 47 yrs



1861 Census


John Billing : Beer Retailer : 19 yrs

Emma : 18 yrs


1871 Census


John Young : Baker / Grocer : 37 yrs

Elizabeth Ann : 32 yrs

Ellen : 8 yrs

Alice Emma : 7 yrs

Alfred James : 4 yrs

Isabel Amelia Merriett : Dom Servant : 19 yrs




1881 Census


Alfred Palmer : Pensioner :45 yrs

Celia : 36 yrs

Alice Carpenter : 11 yrs

Jessie : 8 yrs

Mary E Taylor : : Annuitant : 42 yrs





Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 21 March 1890

Lost : 10s reward, silver watch and steel chain, on Monday 17 March.  140 High Street




1891 Census


Alice Carpenter : Dressmaker : 20 yrs

Jessie : Dressmaker : 18 yrs

James Bright : Painter : 37 yrs

Alfred Palmer : Pensioner : 52 yrs

Celia : 42 yrs

Maud C : 7 yrs

Everline K : 4 yrs 

Phylis : 2 yrs

Alfred C : 4 months

Mary A Taylor : Own Means : 57 yrs



1901 Census


William Davis : Shipwright ; 21 yrs

Nellie : 19 yrs



1911 Census


Herbert Frost : Surgery Attendant : 30 yrs

Lily : 24 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

141 High Street

1851 Census


Alexander B Barnard : Jeweller : 38 yrs

Phoebe : 35 yrs

Leah : 2 yrs

Bernard : 2 months

Elizabeth Windibank : Domestic Servant : 21 yrs



Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette : Saturday 21 July 1860

William Matthias Leverett, keeper of the “Prince Consort” beer house, High Street, was summoned for having his house open for the sale of beer, on Sunday morning, the 8th July, at a quarter to eleven o’clock contrary to the provisions of the Beer Act.  Mr Field appeared for the defendant.  The case was not proved and was therefore dismissed.




1861 Census


John Kite : Beer Shop Keeper : 35 yrs

Mary A : 27 yrs

Mary A : 8 yrs

Sarah : 5 yrs

Eliza : 3 yrs

Ann : 1 yr


1871 Census


William Naish : Beer Retailer : 37 yrs

Elizabeth : 35 yrs

Edward Marshman : 9 yrs




1881 Census


William Jenkins : Beer Retailer : 58 yrs

Elizabeth : 62 yrs

Henry Ballard : Labourer, unemployed : 30 yrs



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1891 Census 


“Prince Consort”


William Jenkins : Beer Retailer : 69 yrs

Elizabeth : 70 yrs





1901 Census


Richard Barton : Beer Retailer, RN Pensioner : 53 yrs

Lydia : 52 yrs

Nellie Louisa : Dressmaker : 25 yrs

Harold Harry : Builder’s Clerk : 19 yrs




1911 Census


Richard Barton : Beer Retailer : 62 yrs

Lydia : 63 yrs

Charles Merritt : General Dealer : 56 yrs

Annie : Assisting in Business : 67 yrs





SMITHS COURT HERE

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

142 High Street

1851 Census


James Calcott : Portrait & Landscape Painter : 48 yrs

Ann : 48 yrs

James H : Banker’s Clerk : 15 yrs

Ellen : 12 yrs

George : 7 yrs

Martha : 10 yrs

Edward : 3 yrs


1861 Census


Edward North : Retailer of Beer : 68 yrs

Susan : 62 yrs

Charles H : 2 yrs

Edith Smith : Servant : 23 yrs

John Webb : Gardener : 67 yrs

Edward Jones : Painter : 35 yrs

John Newbury : Carpenter : 56 yrs

Ann : Tailoress : 44 yrs



1871 Census


William Charles Wiltshire : Painter : 37 yrs

Elizabeth : 29 yrs

William Charles : 11 yrs

Frederick William : 9 yrs

Edgar Oliver : 7 yrs

Edwin Albert : 5 yrs

Ernest Louis : 2 yrs

William Edwards : Labourer : 50 yrs

Jane : 40 yrs

Elizabeth : Dressmaker : 20 yrs





1881 Census


George Coombs : Tailor : 30 yrs

Annie : 25 yrs

Anne H H : 10 months

George Crawford : Soldier : 25 yrs

Almed : 22 yrs

Harriet : 9 months

Joseph Easton : Glass Blower : 54 yrs

Mary A : 52 yrs

Walter Hurford : Tailor : 40 yrs

Janet Malcolm : 14 yrs




1891 Census


Joseph Easton : Glass Blower : 66 yrs

Mary Ann : 65 yrs



Portsmouth Evening News : Friday 10 November 1899

At the Portsmouth Town hall this afternoon the Borough Coroner (Mr T A Bramsdon JP) held an inquest touching the death of Charlotte Elizabeth Martha Hamley, a single woman, 27 years of age, who died suddenly on Tuesday evening last, at 142 High Street, where she lodged with a china mender and his wife.  Dr Harrison, who had attended the deceased and who was called in after her death, attributed her decease to heart failure due to disease.  The Jury returned a verdict of “Death from Natural causes”



1901 Census


Joseph Easton : Glass Blower : 79 yrs

Mary Ann : 70 yrs

William Sheah : Boot Maker : 64 yrs

Sarah Chandler : 30 yrs



1911 Census


George Batten : Restaurant Proprietor : 55 yrs

William Ashford : Royal Marine : 40 yrs

Susannah : 38 yrs

Frederick Josiah Ede : Officers’ Steward RN : 20 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

143 High Street

Hampshire Advertiser : Saturday 6 May 1848

Eliza Ann Eldridge was charged with stealing five crotchet cases, from the shop of Mr Alldridge, in the High Street, on the preceding afternoon.  From the evidence of Elizabeth Alldridge, it appears that she had left the shop for about five minutes, and on her return she saw the prisoner there, who offered the cases for sale as pencil cases.  On looking at them, she found they were crotchet cases, and had been taken from the shelf in her shop.  She immediately asked the prisoner where she got them, and she said her husband gave them to her, and they bought in Brighton.  Witness then gave prisoner into custody.  The prisoner, who declined saying anything, and presented a truly pitiable appearance, was committed for trial at the Sessions.


1861 Census

John L Alldridge : Dentist, Practicing : 47 yrs

Eliza : 50 yrs

John E A : 17 yrs

Douglas : 10 yrs

Ellen Hewitt : Servant :16 yrs


1881 Census

Jemima Hewett : Greengrocer : 55 yrs

Robert H : Greengrocer : 22 yrs

Amelia E : 19 yrs


Richard McMannus : Tailor : 38 yrs

Martin Clancy : Labourer : 40 yrs

Eliza : 24 yrs

Ellen : 8 months


1911 Census

Robert Hewett : Fruiterer : 52 yrs

George : Fruiterer : 26 yrs

Gladys : 13 yrs

Ada : 27 yrs

George : 4 yrs


Portsmouth Evening News : Saturday 17 October 1925

Solicitors

Messrs Biscoe, Smith & Blagg

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

144 High Street

1851 Census


William Slater : Major, Army : 57 yrs

Julia : 58 yrs

Daniel Davies : Servant, Army : 23 yrs



1861 Census


Fanny Beesley : Dressmaker : 38 yrs

sarah H : 13 yrs

Fanny : 10 yrs

William R : 7 yrs

Jacob H Shortt : Glazier : 35 yrs

Patrick O’Connor : Army : 26 yrsMary A : 19 yrs




1871 Census


John Mackrell : Beer Retailer : 40 yrs

Martha : 41 yrs

Jessie : Domestic Servant : 19 yrs

Thomas : 12 yrs

John : 10 yrs

Jane : 6 yrs

George Allen : Labourer : 41 yrs


1881 Census


John Mackrell : Beer Retailer :52 yrs

Martha : 50 yrs

Martha : 16 yrs




1891 Census 


“Magdala Arms”


John Mackrell : Beer Retailer : 31 yrs

Emma J : 26 yrs

Evelyn V : 11 months



1901 Census 


John Farlow : Beer Retailer : 57 yrs

Agnes : 52 yrs

Lily : 21 yrs

Florence : 17 yrs

Beatrice : 11 yrs



1911 Census


Joseph Charles Mingay : Beer Retailer : 44 yrs

Alice Amelia : 46 yrs

Gertrude Victoria : 13 yrs

William Pinchard : Joiner : 60 yrs




Portsmouth Evening News : Tuesday 8 September 1936

To Let - Three rooms, own door, water and meter; 12s 6d ; Apply first 144 High Street

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

145 High Street

1851 Census


John M Shergar : Solicitor : 28 yrs

Mary B : 58 yrs

Mary : 26 yrs

Frances A : 29 yrs

Sarah Emery : House Servant : 28 yrs



1861 Census


Martha Sheaf : House Proprietor : 60 yrs




 1871 Census


Henry Moncreaff : Inspector of Weights & Measures : 46 yrs

Lydia : 46 yrs

Harry Anderson : Stationer’s Assistant : 21 yrs

William Anderson : 14 yrs

Mary Ann : 14 yrs

Ernest Anderson : 12 yrs

Kate : 7 yrs

Arthur Anderson : 5 yrs

Ella : 1 yr



1881 Census


Henry Moncreaff : Inspector - Lights , Gas : 56 yrs

Sylvia : 56 yrs

Mary A : Milliner : 24 yrs

Kate : 17 yrs

Arthur A : 15 yrs

Ella : 11 yrs





1891 Census


Henry Moncreaff : Inspector of Weights & Measures : 66 yrs

Lydia : 66 yrs

Mary : 34 yrs

Kate : 27 yrs

Arthur A : Inspector of Weights & Measures : 25 yrs

Ella : 21 yrs



1901 Census


Henry Moncreaff : Inspector, Weights & Measures : 76 yrs

Lydia : 76 yrs

Mary Ann : Dressmaker : 44 yrs

Kate : 37 yrs



1911 Census


Lydia Moncreaff : 86 yrs

Mary Ann : 54 yrs

Alice Murphy : Servant : 18 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

146 High Street

1851 Census


Daniel Wood : Superannuated Carpenter : 79 yrs

Ann : 83 yrs

George : Journeyman Tailor : 42 yrs

John : Portrait Painter : 37 yrs

Janette Wright : Annuitant : 40 yrs

Clara : 6 yrs



1861 Census


Frances Cavanagh : Professor of Music : 38 yrs

Elizabeth : Waistcoat Maker : 28 yrs

Eliza : 3 yrs

Catherine : 10 months


George Green : Porter : 40 yrs

Mary A : 35 yrs

Eliza : 10 yrs

Frederick : 8 yrs

George : 6 yrs

William : 4 yrs

Albert : 7 months




1871 Census


Edwin Carter : Labourer : 33 yrs

Jane : 34 yrs

Emma Jane : 7 yrs

Ada Ellen : 2 yrs

Florence Louisa : 1 yr


1881 Census


Edwin Carter : Chemist’s Assistant : 41 yrs

Emma : 42 yrs

Emma : Dressmaker : 16 yrs

Jessie E : 12 yrs

Edwin G : 5 yrs



1891 Census


Arthur Rogers : Railway Telegraph Clerk : 35 yrs

Eliza A : 30 yrs

Bertha M : 2 yrs

Constance E : 2 months



1901 Census


James Henry Hargreaves : Athletic Outfitter  : 42

Sarah Alice : 38 yrs

Reginald Henry : Apprentice Athletic Outfitter : 14 yrs

Sidney Vernon : Solicitor’s Office Post Boy : 13 yrs

Elsie : 9 yrs




Portsmouth Evening News : Wednesday 9 April 1913

J H Hargreaves & Son

The Practical Sports Outfitters

146 High Street 

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

147 High Street

Hampshire Telegraph : Monday 6th June, 1831 

Miss Todd informs the ladies of Portsmouth and her friends in general, that she has just received a genteel variety of French Millinery, which is now ready for inspection.




1851 Census


John Nicholas : Tailor (emp 1 man) : 47 yrs

Elizabeth : 48 yrs

Clara : 22 yrs

John J : Tailor : 19 yrs

Elizabeth S : 16 yrs

Edwin : 14 yrs

Emma L : 12 yrs

Charles : 6 yrs

George A : 4 yrs



1861 Census


William Swainson : Solicitor : 57 yrs

Charlotte A : 39 yrs

Ann C : 13 yrs

Emmeline M : 8 yrs

Elizabeth J : 6 yrs

Jane : 4 yrs

William H : 3 yrs

John J : 1 yr

Isabella : 29 yrs

Hannah Colley : 16 yrs

Emma E : 15 yrs

Mary Smithers : Nursemaid : 19 yrs

Kate Beecham : Cook : 20 yrs



1871 Census


Harry Holmes : Chelsea Pensioner : 40 yrs

Mary : Housekeeper : 39 yrs

Charles George : 13 yrs

Ida : 9 yrs

John Lancelot : 4 yrs



1881 Census


William Dycer : Shipping Agent’s Clerk : 34 yrs

Martha : 29 yrs

Lillian M : 6 yrs

Robert G : 2 yrs

Alice A Lewis : General Servant : 16 yrs


1891 Census


William Freeman : Watchmaker & Jeweller : 33 yrs

Elizabeth : 55 yrs

Edith M : 10 yrs

Edward : 8 yrs

Philip : 4 yrs

Rose Fabian : General Servant : 18 yrs



1901 Census


William Freeman : Watchmaker : 43 yrs

Elizabeth : 45 yrs

Edward : Carpenter : 18 yrs

Philip : Boy Clerk to Carriers : 14 yrs



1911 Census


James Henry Hargreaves : Athletic Outfitter : 51 yrs

Sarah Alice : Confectioner : 48 yrs

Elsie : Assistant Confectioner : 19 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Text

148 High Street

1851 Census


George Hellard : General Medical Practitioner : 42 yrs

Sarah : 38 yrs

Sarah W : 6 yrs

Louisa M : 5 yrs

George B :3 yrs

Susannah Waterman : House Servant / Nurse : 28 yrs

Ann Britton : House Servant : 17 yrs



1861 Census


Harriett Allen : Proprietor of Houses : 59 yrs

Frances ; 23 yrs

Joseph : Engineer : 20 yrs

Alfred : 15 yrs



1871 Census


Charlotte Ann Salenook : 49 yrs

Annie Charlotte : 23 yrs

Bridget Gould : Domestic servant : 28 yrs

Emmeline Mary Lawson : 18 yrs

Elizabeth Jane : 16 yrs

Jane Lawson : 14 yrs

Louisa : 9 yrs

Frederick : 6 yrs


1881 Census


Charlotte A Swainson : Solicitor’s Widow : 59 yrs

Jane : 24 yrs

Louisa : 19 yrs

Mary Joliffe : General Servant : 25 yrs




1891 Census


George Whitefield : Caretaker, Telephone Office : 55 yrs

Charlotte J : 59 yrs

Emma J : 30 yrs

Maud E H : 6 yrs



1901 Census


George Whitefield : Caretaker : 64 yrs

Charlotte : 69 yrs

Emma J : 39 yrs

Dorothy H : 11 yrs



1911 Census


George Whitefield : Caretaker : 74 yrs

Dorothy : 20 yrs






CAMBRIDGE BUILDINGS HERE

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

149 High Street

1851 Census 


Francis Mitchell : Minister at Chapel : 62 yrs

Charlotte : 61 yrs

Francis : Banker’s Clerk : 18 yrs



1861 Census


Thomas Doling : Steward, Ship : 26 yrs

Ann A : Milliner : 27 yrs

George H Luxton : Steward : 22 yrs



1871 Census


Harriet Allen : 69 yrs

Joseph Allen : 29 yrs                                       

                                              

1881 Census


William H Jefferson : Clerk for Tramway Company : 41 yrs

Mary A : 39 yrs

Ethel M :5 yrs 

Stuart : 6 yrs






LOMBARD STREET HERE

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: Welcome

150 High Street

1861 Census

George Newell : Tailor : 25 yrs

Elizabeth : 22 yrs

George S : 2 months


John Wills : Seaman : 44 yrs

Rebecca : 37 yrs


1871 Census

George Beck : Beer Retailer : 45 yrs

Isabella : 32 yrs

1881 Census

George Birch : Beer Retailer : 52 yrs

Isabel : 43 yrs

High Street : Nos 117 - 185: About

185 High Street

1861 Census

James Kinnane : Landlord of the House : 49 yrs

Andrew Carey : Labourer : 60 yrs

Ann : 45 yrs

Jane : 19 yrs

Mary Pipper : House Servant : 44 yrs



Saturday 4 March 1893

The results have just been announced which were obtained at the 35th Local Examinations held in December last, under the Cambridge University Syndicate, throughout England and Wales and the Colonial Centres.  In the Southsea centre the successes were;

Girls under 15 - F E Nicholson, 45 West Street.

G S Brook, 185 High Street

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