Take a look at our selection of old historic maps based upon Hilsea in Hampshire. Taken from original Ordnance Survey maps sheets and digitally stitched together to form a single layer, these maps offer a true reflection of how the land used to be.

For over a century, the Ordnance Survey’s County Series maps have revealed the changing face of Britain in compelling and painstaking detail and now provide immaculate records for 21st-century researchers and historians. The County Series maps most areas of England and Wales.

A map of Hilsea from 1833 Located at the Northern end of Portsea Island , for most of its history, Hilsea was a small hamlet on the Portsmouth to London road. The name "Hilsea" probably means 'holly island'. [ 2 ]

Detailed map of Hilsea & Tipner; Hants 75.16. Historical introduction by Alan Godfrey.

Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952 The most comprehensive, topographic mapping covering all of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s. Two editions for all areas, and then regular updates in the 20th century for urban or …

Browse our selection of vintage and retro black & white photographs of Hilsea, along with old maps, local history books, and fascinating memories that our visitors have contributed.

HILLSEA, a hamlet in Wymering parish, Hants; 3 miles NNE of Portsmouth. It has a post office under Portsmouth, extensive infantry barracks and a lunatic asylum. Hilsea is now part of Portsmouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how …

This detailed map covers the northern part of Portsmouth, with Hilsea covering the eastern half of the map, and coverage extending westward to Tipner and Horsea Island.

Hilsea became part of Portsmouth in 1904, but it was only in the 1930s that civilian housing began to be built here. Another feature was Portsmouth airport, which operated from 1932 and 1973 and is now built over.