A TIMELINE OF GOSPORT
By Tim Lambert
c. 1204 A new port is founded at Gosport. Many of the townspeople are fishermen.
1545 Haselford Castle is built
1642 During the Civil War guns at Gosport fire at Portsmouth
1645 A royal army sacks Gosport
1677 King Charles II decides to fortify Gosport
1694 The Church of the Holy Trinity is consecrated
1717 Gosport has 3 weekly markets and 2 annual fairs
1746 Haslar Hospital is founded
1759 The A fort is built on land purchased from Jane Priddy
1763 A body of men are given powers to pave the streets of Gosport
1777 Gosport has a population of about 5,000
1796 Gosport gains its first theatre
1807 Forton Barracks is built
1821 Gosport has a population of 10,342
1834 Gosport gains gas street lighting
1841 The railway reaches Gosport
1848 Cholera kills 638 people in Gosport
1851 Gosport has a population of over 16,000
1858 Fort Gilkicker and Fort Elson are built. Gosport gains a piped water supply.
1862 Fort Rowner, Fort Brockhurst and Fort Grange are built
1870 Horse drawn trams run in Gosport
1887 Smallpox strikes Gosport
1891 Gosport Park is laid out. Gosport gains its first public library.
1894 The main gate and parts of the ramparts around Gosport are demolished
1900-1904 A network of sewers is dug
1903-06 Gosport trams are converted to electricity
1910 Gosport gets its first cinema
1922 Gosport becomes a borough
1923 War Memorial Hospital opens
1929 The last trams run in Gosport
World War II In Gosport 111 people are killed
1966 A new Town Hall is built. A precinct is built off South Street.
1972 A new bus station opens
1973 Gosport Museum opens
1978 Fort Brockhurst opens to the public
1979 The South Relief Road is built
1987 Gosport Sixth Form College opens
1993 Haslar Marina opens
2005 Gosport library re-opens as Gosport Discovery Centre
2009 Haslar Hospital closes completely