Dr Fiona McCall teaches a third year special subject on the British Civil Wars. Below she looks at events in Portsmouth which give it a good claim to be considered the place where the Civil War broke out. Hampshire saw considerable action during the First Civil War (1642-6), being sandwiched between the area of Parliamentary […]
![Portsmouth and the English Civil Wars View of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, etching by Wenceslas Hollar, 1643, British Museum Print Q, C.100](https://i0.wp.com/history.port.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/View-of-Portsmouth-by-Wenceslas-Hollar-BM-Print-Q-C.100-e1513240938942-100x100.jpg)