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Cosham

Cosham
Cosham is located in Hampshire
Cosham
Cosham
Cosham shown within Hampshire
Population 13,830 (2011.Ward)
OS grid reference SU657052
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PORTSMOUTH
Postcode district PO6 2 & PO6 3
Dialling code 023
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°50′33″N 1°03′58″W / 50.8424°N 1.0660°W / 50.8424; -1.0660Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 1°03′58″W / 50.8424°N 1.0660°W / 50.8424; -1.0660

Cosham (/ˈkɒsəm/) is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering (mainland) and Bocheland (Buckland), Frodington (Fratton) and Copenore (Copnor) on the island.

The name is of Saxon origin (shown by the -ham suffix) and means "Cossa's homestead". Although correctly pronounced /ˈkɒsəm/, the latter half of the 20th century saw the incorrect variant /ˈkɒʃəm/ become more widely used. Until the 1920s it was a separate small village surrounded by fields (including on the north end of Portsea Island).

Extensive suburban growth then expanded around the village and both east and west along the slopes of Portsdown Hill. It has been for many years a local route centre as a pinch point for buses travelling in and out of Portsmouth and offers three railway routes to London. Cosham railway stationwas until 1935 the terminus for City trams and trolleybuses from the south and Ports down and Horndean Light Railway trams to the north. The High Street is a significant local shopping centre. Few traces of the original village now remain; the oldest houses (Chalk Cottage of 1777 and Mile Stone Cottages of 1793) were demolished in the 1960s and replaced by a car park, but the old milepost showing mileage to London, Petersfield and Portsmouth remains. The interior of St Philip's Church (1938) in Highbury is cited as a fine example of Ninian Comper's work. Indeed, "England's 1000 Best Parish Churches" (author Sir Simon Jenkins) regards St Philip's as the only parish church within Portsmouth worth visiting on architectural merit.


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