THE HUNDRED OF PORTSDOWN 



WITH THB 



LIBERTIES OF PORTSMOUTH AND ALVERSTOKE 



CONTAINING THE PARISHES OF 



BEDHAMPTON 



BOARHUNT 



FARLINGTON WITH DRAYTON 



PORTCHESTER 



SOUTHWICK 



WYMERING WITH COSHAM AND HILSEA 

 WIDLEY 1 



THE LIBERTY OF PORTSMOUTH AND 



PORTSEA ISLAND 

 THE LIBERTY OF ALVERSTOKE 



At the time of the Domesday Survey the hundred of Portsdown 

 included Bedhampton, Wymering, Cosham, Boarhunt, Portchester, Buckland, 

 Copnor, and Fratton. It is impossible to give the total assessment in 1086, 

 as Wymering and part of Portchester were not assessed in hides; the amount 



INDEX MAP 



to Uir 



HUNDRED 



of PORTSDOWN ~!th the 



Liberties of 

 PORTSMOUTHiALVERSTOKI 



of the land assessed was 39 J hides, so the hundred probably contained about 

 45 hides. 



By the fourteenth century the hundred had undergone considerable 

 alteration ; Portchester had become a separate liberty ; and Southwick, 

 Farlington, Walesworth, Portsea, Eastney, and Milton had been added. 



1 The extent of the hundred as given in the Population Returns of 1831. 



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