I think you will find the hospital is still standing at Milton Road butw hether any of the old buildings are there I can't say. Put St Mary's Hospital Portsea in Google and it comes up with Milton Road as the address. Chris Terry Ball wrote: > Hi Graham > > There is a good piece on the Portsea Island Workhouse on the Rossbret > Institutions Website at > www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/hants/portsmouth_workhouse.htm. > > > The Portsea Island Union Workhouse and Portsea Island Union Workhouse > Infirmary became known as St Mary's Hospital c1930. It was situated in > Milton Street, Portsmouth but I do not know if it is still standing. > > Regards, > > Terry > > > > >> From: "Grahame McDonald" <glmcdonald@hn.ozemail.com.au> >> Reply-To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >> To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Portsea Island Union Workhouse >> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:18:29 +1000 >> >> Dear List, >> >> >> >> In 1861 my great great grandmother (Jane McDonald) was in the Portsea >> Island >> Union Workhouse. >> >> >> >> As I'll be in Portsea in just over a week I was wondering if anyone >> knows: >> >> >> >> 1. its address >> 2. if the building still exists >> >> >> >> Many Thanks >> >> >> >> Grahame McDonald >> >> >> >> Researching: McDonald, Martin, Knight and Cleife (?) >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005