Many of our city’s streets are named for other areas of the county or for their military locations – which is unsurprising given Portsmouth’s strong military links.
But many are also named after people too – including many who have had a great impact on our city and the country as a whole.
Here are just some of the many streets in Portsmouth with a story to tell:
21. Dorothy Dymond Street
This city centre street is named after historian and educationalist Dorothy Dymond who was was appointed Principal of Portsmouth Training College in 1932. She was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list in 1949 and an honorary D.Litt by Southampton University in 1976. Photo: Google Maps
22. Kipling Road
Rudyard Kipling is just one of a number of writers who have roads named after them, with his street in Hilsea named after the man known by many around the world for The Jungle Book. Kipling was born in Bombay and remained their until he was five at which time he and his sister were sent to Southsea to live with a couple who boarded children of British nationals living abroad. He and his sister lived in the city for six years before he and his mother and sister moved to Essex. Photo: Google Maps
23. Doyle Avene
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is another writer who has one of our city's streets names after him - right next to Kipling Road named after Rudyard Kipling, and along from Meredith Road named after the Portsmouth-born George Meredith. Conan Doyle wrote his first two Sherlock Holmes stories while living in Portsmouth after setting up a doctor’s practice in Elm Grove. His connections to Portsmouth are marked not only by the naming of Doyle Avenue and the adjoining Conan Road and Doyle Close, but also on the blue plaque on Bush House, Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth, where he lived. Photo: Google Maps
24. Fawcett Road
Previously known as Lazy Lane, Fawcett Road and the Fawcett Inn were named after Lieutenant Alexander Fawcett who was shot and died fighting in the First Indian War of Independence in 1858 at the age of 20. There is a memorial to him at St Thomas' Cathedral in Old Portsmouth. Photo: Google Maps