Kingston is a residential area of the city of

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

in the English county of

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, lying between Buckland,

Fratton Fratton is a residential and formerly industrial area of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Victorian style terraced houses are dominant in the area, typical of most residential areas of Portsmouth. Fratton has many discount shops and "greasy sp ...

, Milton and North End. It was a recognised suburb of the city by the middle of the 19th century. Kingston Road has several shops, cafes and churches. Kingston was bombed in

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when new housing had just been built. It was not until the early 1960s that it was revitalized. It is the location of the former Kingston Prison.

Churches

The area was for a time home to the parish church for the entirety of Portsea island. This ceased to be the case in the 14th century when old Portsmouth was split off. The current church of St Mary was built between 1887 and 1889 to a design by

Arthur Blomfield Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 182930 October 1899) was an English architect. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861; a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1867 and vice-president of the RIBA in ...

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