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| 1101.Feb | | Robert II, Duke of Normandy lands at Portsmouth to
mount an unsuccessful invasion of England to wrest the throne from his younger
brother, Henry I | | BAAAGDJD BAAAGCBL BAAAGBKX | | 1194 | | Portsmouth recieves its Royal Charter | | BAAAGCSC | | 1450.Jan.09 | | Adam Moleyns, Lord Privy Seal and Bishop of Chichester, lynched by sialors at Portsmouth who had not been paid | | BAAAGDKS BAAAGDKR BAAAGDDK | | 1545 | | Sinking of the Mary Rose and Roger Grenville in the Solent off Portsmouth | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGEIB | | 1644.Sep.02 | | Phillip Skippon surrenders Parliamentary forces leaving Charles I in control of Devon and Cornwall
Essex and Lord Robartes had slipped away to Plymouth on a small boat. The 6,000 parliamentarian troops disarmed now and allowed to leave - they marched to Southampton and Portsmouth but 5,000 died en-route of starvation and exposure | | BAAAGDZW BAAAGBHZ BAAAGBXJ BAAAGCAP BAAAGGAL | | 1653 | | Strengthening of the Navy against the Dutch threat with 80 warships assembled at Portsmouth under the joint command of Generals-at-Sea Blake, Monck and Deane | | BAAAGEKB BAAAGBFI BAAAGEKG | | 1662.May.22 | | Marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza at the Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth | | BAAAGCLL | | 1824.Nov.22 | | The 80-ton sloop Ebeneezer, on a voyage from Plymouth to Portsmouth with government stores, cast ut near the crest of Chesil Beach by the Great Gale
The captain lost his life but the rest of the crew survived. Later hauled into the Fleet, the Ebeneezer floated sufficiently to be towed to Portland for repairs | | BAAAGCQX BAAAGCKN BAAAGCQY BAAAGCQU BAAAGCRN BAAAGDZE | | 1939 | | Schoolchildren evacuees from Portsmouth and Southampton arrive in Bournemouth
Bournemouth did not escape German bombing during WW II - 219 people were killed by bombs | | BAAAGCGT BAAAGGAL | | 1954.Oct.14 | | Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie arrives in Portsmouth on the cruiser the Gambia on a visit to the UK as part of a world tour | | |
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| | | TOWNS & VILLAGES | | Badbury
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 91.8 km NE | | Chiseldon
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 91.7 km NE | | Hodson
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 93 km NE | | Medbourne
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 92.2 km NE | | Wraxall
Dorset, England | 94.3 km NE | | Wroughton
Swindon,
Wiltshire, England | 95 km NE | | Tockenham
Wiltshire, England | 99.6 km NE | | Bradenstoke
Wiltshire, England | 101.7 km NE | | Overtown
, Wiltshire, England | 92.6 km NE | | | | | OTHER PLACES | | Barbury Castle
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
The Iron Age hill fort on the ridgeway dominates the
downland to the south or Swindon and Wroughton | 90.4 km NW | | Liddington Castle
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
The Iron Age hill fort which overlooks the M4 motorway and modern
Swindon is within sight of nearby Barbury Castle | 90.5 km NW | | Coate Stone Circle
Coate,
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 94.3 km NW | | Coate Water
Country Park
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Built
as a reservior to supply the Berks and Wilts Canal, Cote Water was inhabitted in
the Stone Age | 94.3 km NW | | Science Museum Wroughton
Wroughton Airfield, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 9NS
The Science Museums large exhibits including aircraft are stored and displayed at Wroughton | 95 km NW | | Old Town Museum and Art Gallery
Bath Road, Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 4BA
Museum of local history; industry and art gallery. | 98.2 km NW | | Lydiard
Park & House
Swindon, Wiltshire, England | 100.2 km NW | | Cricklade Museum
Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Swindon, Wilts. SN6 6BB
The collection represents the towns social history from Roman to modern times, and includes a large number of maps, photographs, and archives. | 108.1 km NW | | Cricklade Museum
Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Swindon, Wilts. SN6 6BB
The collection represents the towns social history from Roman to modern times, and includes a large number of maps, photographs, and archives. | 108.1 km NW |
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