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We are pleased to announce today the launch of the frst of our research services entitled Who lived in my house? If you and are interested to know who resided in an old  property in the Portsmouth area a hundred years or so ago, and their occupation, simply complete and submit our online search request form, we will research our archive for free (for a limited time only), email you our findings and a price to reproduce tham as a pdf file. Should you wish to purchase the file we have a minimum order of £2.50 and images are charged at £1.00 per image.

You can chose which years you are interested in, we can perform an index search on the 1801 Portsmouth Telegraph, search for the address in our Portsmouth Directories between 1863 and 1918, and also cross reference the resident in The National Roll of The Great War 1914-1918 Portsmouth, and provide the entry which will include a brief discription of their contribution to the First World War, along with the address.

For a free search please click here. (for a limited time only)

KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF PORTSMOUTH,PORTSEA LANDPORT,SOUTHSEA, & SUBURBS 1917

Kelly’s Directories are well known today as publishers of the country’s leading industrial directory, but the company began by listing the residents and social infrastructure of Britain’s major towns.  This directory is an invaluable guide to those wanting an insight into the people of Portsmouth and the surrounding area, and the way they lived over a hundred  years ago. Streets are listed along with the occupants of each building. A directory of surnames and addresses, a trade directory, local information and contemporary advertisements are also included. (921 images)

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KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF PORTSMOUTH,PORTSEA LANDPORT,SOUTHSEA,GOSPORT & SUBURBS 1897

Kelly’s Directories are well known today as publishers of the country’s leading industrial directory, but the company began by listing the residents and social infrastructure of Britain’s major towns. This directory is an invaluable guide to those wanting an insight into the people of Portsmouth and the surrounding area, and the way they lived over a hundred and twenty years ago. Streets are listed along with the occupants of each building. A directory of surnames and addresses, a trade directory, local information and contemporary advertisements are also included. Hot dinners could be purchased for ninepence in Commercial Road, and there was a choice of well over two hundred Public Houses which are listed along with the names of their landlords (698 images) click here for more information

This lartest addition makes it a total of nineteen downloadable Portsmouth Street, Residential and Trade Directories spanning the period from 1861 to 1918. Please click here to view all Portsmouth Directories.