Commemorative plaque 41270
Overview
Commemorative plaque 41270 is recorded as Blue plaque in England Gosport. This blue commemorative plaque records: This building is on the site of the fort built by order of King Charles I I in 1678 as part of the Gosport Lines. In 1782 there was a beer house within the abandoned fort, run by Thomas Whitcomb.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: This building is on the site of the fort built by order of King Charles I I in 1678 as part of the Gosport Lines.
People and events
The saved account records: In 1782 there was a beer house within the abandoned fort, run by Thomas Whitcomb.
How it worked
The saved account records: Later he moved to The Castle Tavern which he built adjacent to the south outer western wall.
What remains
The saved account records: From 1824 to 2005 the site of the fort was occupied by world famous yacht builder Camper & Nicholsons.
Why it mattered
Commemorative plaque 41270 matters because the source ties blue plaque to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: A gun platform from which the Parliamentarians bombarded the Royalists at Portsmouth into surrender in 1642 was nearby.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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