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| Church Parade Portsmouth 1904 |
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| Brief Description: Troops marching along Grand Parade Old Portsmouth for church parade at Garrison Church. (Domus Dei),1904. |
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| Subject Date: 1904 |
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| Creator: Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; 1970s-1980s |
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| Owner: Portsmouth City Council Leisure Service (Historical Collections) |
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| Contributor: Portsmouth City Council Leisure Service (Historical Collections) |
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| Full Description: This church is all that remains of the ancient hospice of Domus Dei founded in 1212, and of the house of the Governor of Portsmouth in which King Charles II married Catherine of Braganza, which occupied parts of Governors Green.
After restoration in the 16th century the church of Domus Dei became known as the Royal Garrison Chapel. After the demolition of the Governors house in 1826 the church again fell into a state of disrepair and following further restoration in the late 1800's was reopened in 1869. For the next 73 years the church became the spiritual home of the Portsmouth garrison.
The impressive regular church parades held between 1868 and 1941 where regiments in full dress uniform marched behind bands through the streets were so popular that civilians were only admitted with a ticket.
The church still stands today and can been seen without a roof on the nave which was destroyed during bombing on the 10 Jan 1941.
Copy of a photograph.
Ref: Gates, W. Illustrated History of Portsmouth. |
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| Place: Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth City(UA), Hampshire |
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| Subject: Church parade, church, garrison, army, governors green |
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| Content Type: Photograph |
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| Location: Portsmouth Central Library |
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| Local Ref: 1153 |
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| Unique ID: hs-pl-hs3848-i-00-000.jpg |
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| IPR: Portsmouth City Council |
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