Old Hampshire Mapped
Leland's Hampshire 1635-43
Transcription (35)garrison
Portsea Island
Ports Bridge
Ports Creek
Portsmouth to Ports Bridge
King Henry the vij. of late tyme sette in Portesmuth capitaines, and certen soldiours in garnison.
The town of Portesmuth standith in a corner of an Isle bering the name of Portesmuth.
Minns:- Now known as Portsea Island.
This isle is in length a vj. miles and 3. myles in bredth.
This isle berith good corn and grasse.
The ground is made an isle by this meene: There brekith out an arme of the mayn haven about a 3. miles above Portesmuth, and goith up a 2. miles or more by marisch grounde to a place caullid Portebridge 2. miles from Portesmuth. Then brekith there out a nother creke out of the mayn se or Avant Haven and goith up also to Portebridg, and there is the ground insulatid.
The ground within the Isle of Portesmuth is partely enclosid, frutefull of corn and hath sum wood.
From Portesmuth toun to Portesbridge of 2. arches of stone ij. miles.
This bridge is the limes of the isle.
And heere I markid one arme of salte water ebbing and flowing that cummith owt of Portesmuth Haven up by marsch ground onto Portebridge. And an other creke t[hens] from the mayne se to the same bridge. And these 2. crekes meting at the bridge make the Isle of Portesmuthe.
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