Paulsgrove

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Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Paulsgrove existed as a small hamlet on the old Portsmouth to Southampton road for many years. During the early twentieth century Paulsgrove Racecourse was built north of the village on the slopes of Portsdown Hill. The area was incorporated into the city of Portsmouth in 1920.

Towards the end of World War II it became clear that to the City Council that a massive programme of house building was needed to replace those homes destroyed by bombing. As part of this programme, land in Paulsgrove was purchased and building began in 1945. The initial housing was prefabricated but later houses were built more conventionally.

1 Recent History
2 Roads
3 Churches
4 Schools
5 Sports
6 External links

[edit] Recent History

In August 2000, Paulsgrove made the national and international news as mobs attacked residences of suspected and actual paedophiles.[1][2]

[edit] Roads

Southampton Road was built in 1958. (Previously Medina Road was the road from Portsmouth to Fareham).

[edit] Churches

St Michael and All Angels, the parish church of Paulsgrove was established as a mission centre in 1948, whilst work commenced on building a new parish church. St. Michael and All Angels was formerly constituted as an ecclesiastical parish of the Church of England in the Diocese of Portsmouth when the new parish church was consecrated in July 1957. The parish stands in the anglo-catholic tradition of the Church of England. There have been seven Vicars of the parish since 1957.
The Baptist church was built in 1954. Prior to its building, a Sunday School was run at (then) Paulsgrove Secondary Modern School and there was a regular attendance of about 500 children on a Sunday afternoon. When the Baptist Church opened it was decided to intergate it into the church. Some, if not all of the Sunday School leaders became founder members of the church.
St Paul's church was built in 1970.

Photos (from left) looking towards: St Michael's Parish Church, The Chalkpits, The Green, The Inside-Outside Playground.

[edit] Schools

Paulsgrove primary schools (originally there were 2 of them) opened in 1952. Paulsgrove Secondary Modern schools also opened in 1952. They became King Richard school in 1975.