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Fareham
Fareham ( ) is a market town at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour, between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in south east Hampshire, England. It gives its name to the Borough of Fareham. It was historically an important manufacturer of bricks, used to build the Royal Albert Hall, and grower of strawberries and other seasonal fruits. In 2011 it had a population of 42,210. History The town has a documented history dating back to the Norman Conquest of England, Norman era, when a part of William's army marched up from Fareham Creek before continuing to the Saxon capital of England, Winchester. Originally known as ''Ferneham'' (hence the name of the former entertainment venue Ferneham Hall, now Fareham Live), it was listed in the Domesday Book as having 90 households. The ford of Fareham Creek (at the top of Portsmouth Harbour) was the location of the Bishop of Winchester's Mill (grinding), mills; the foundations were subsumed in the A27 near the railway viaduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Fareham
The Borough of Fareham is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Fareham. Other places within the borough include Portchester, Hill Head, Sarisbury, Stubbington, Titchfield and Warsash. The borough covers much of the semi-urban area between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, and is part of the South Hampshire conurbation. The neighbouring districts are Borough of Eastleigh, Eastleigh, City of Winchester, Winchester, Portsmouth and Gosport. The district's southern boundary is the coast of the Solent. History The town of Fareham was governed by a local board of health from 1849. Such local boards were reconstituted as Urban district (England and Wales), urban district councils in 1894. The parish and urban district of Fareham was significantly enlarged in 1932 when the neighbouring parishes of Crofton, Hampshire, Crofton, Hook with Warsash, Portchester, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fareham And Waterlooville (UK Parliament Constituency)
Fareham and Waterlooville is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested in the 2024 general election and is currently represented by Suella Braverman of the Conservative Party. Boundaries Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as comprising the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * The Borough of Fareham wards of Fareham East, Fareham North, Fareham North-West, Fareham South, Fareham West, Portchester East, and Portchester West. * The Borough of Havant wards of Cowplain, Hart Plain, and Waterloo. * The City of Winchester wards of Denmead, and Southwick & Wickham. Following a local government boundary review in Fareham which became effective in May 2024, the constituency now comprises the following with effect from the 2024 general election: *The Borough of Fareham wards of: Avenue (majority); Fareham Park; Fareham Town; Fort Fareham; Portchester Castle; Portchester Winco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funtley
Funtley – from the Anglo-Saxon, "Funtaleg", " spring field (clearing)", is a hamlet or exurb north of Fareham, Hampshire, England. It forms a projection towards the South Downs National Park and is generally included within Fareham's population as it is within its built-up area. At present the village is unparished, as the creation of a parish council was rejected by Fareham Borough Council, despite having the support of the majority of residents. The village grew from the development of a clay quarry, the clay used to make chimney pots and bricks — acclaimed Fareham red (bricks) used to build premium Victorian buildings such as the Royal Albert Hall in London, and Knowle Hospital near Fareham. Sometimes known as Fontley by locals (reflecting its probable longstanding alternative pronunciation, as it appears in church use and many other place names such as Mottisfont) the village is no longer a discrete settlement owing to post-World War II growth of Fareham, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portchester
Portchester is a village in the borough of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It is northwest of Portsmouth and around 18 miles east of Southampton on the A27 road. Its population according to the 2011 United Kingdom census was 17,789. Name Portchester is derived from its former Latin name Portus Adurni and the Old English suffix ''ceaster'' ("fort; fortified town"), itself derived from the Latin word "castrum." History The fort of Portus Adurni is considered the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. It is sometimes identified as the ''Caer Peris''Nennius (). Theodor Mommsen (). ''Historia Brittonum'', VI. Composed after AD 830. Hosted at Latin Wikisource. listed by the 9th-century '' History of the Britons'' as among the 28 cities of Britain.Ford, David Nash.The 28 Cities of Britain" at Britannia. 2000.Newman, John Henry & al''Lives of the English Saints: St. German, Bishop of Auxerre'', Ch. X: "Britain in 429, A. D.", p. 92. James Toovey (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titchfield
Titchfield is a village and former civil parish in the Borough of Fareham, Fareham district, in southern Hampshire, England, by the River Meon. The village has a history stretching back to the 6th century. During the medieval period, the village operated a small port and market. Near to the village are the ruins of Titchfield Abbey, a place with strong associations with Shakespeare, through his patron, the Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Earl of Southampton. Geography To the east of Titchfield lies the town of Fareham, to the south are Stubbington, Hill Head and the Solent, to the west is Locks Heath, Warsash, the River Hamble and Southampton and to the north is Whiteley, Park Gate and Swanwick, Hampshire, Swanwick. Titchfield forms part of the Borough of Fareham, having been added to the Fareham urban district in 1932. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteley
Whiteley is a planned community of 6,500 homes in the county of Hampshire, England, United Kingdom near Fareham. The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Fareham (borough), Borough of Fareham to the south and west, and the City of Winchester to the north and east. Location Whiteley is located in southern Hampshire between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton and close to the market town of Fareham. The development is situated close to Junction 9 of the M27 motorway. Rail services are provided from Swanwick railway station to the south - services between London Victoria/Portsmouth and Southampton via Hamble, or Botley railway station to the north - services between London Waterloo and Portsmouth via Eastleigh. Cycle tracks interconnect the town with the two stations, and a Bus 28a connects to Swanwick and on to Fareham Bus Station. History Historically, the site now occupied by Whiteley was farmland and coppice. The nearest historical settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
