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Title: Landport Gate Portsmouth 1717 [Go to resource]
Description: Print of an engraving. This is the only one of Portsmouth gates to remain in its original position. The gate was erected in 1760 but for centuries earlier a fortified entrance to the town existed on this spot. This gate consists of a plain archway surmounted by a tower and dome, large drawbridge across the moat, two guardhouses and a smaller gateway for pedestrians. At this gate the ceremony of delivering up the keys of the garrison by the Lt. Governor took place whenever the sovereign visited Portsmouth. Through the gateway can been seen the premises of John Doble a carriagemaker, who in 1871 had premises in High Street. Copy of a photograph Ref: Gates, W. City of Portsmouth Records of the Corporation 1835 - 1927. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: gateway
moat
Landport
bridge
entrance
gateTemporal: start=1717-01-01; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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