Fratton
Fratton | |
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The Froddington Arms, Fratton | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 15,314 (2011 Census. Fratton Ward)[1] |
OS grid reference | SU655005 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PORTSMOUTH |
Postcode district | PO1 |
Dialling code | 023 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Fratton is a
History
The name Fratton was once Froddington, a Saxon name which originally meant "Frodda's Farm" or "Frodda's village". A pub on Fratton Road is still named "The Froddington Arms".[3]
There is a commemorative plaque by the petrol station near Fratton Asda, marking where a bomb shelter was hit by a bomb on 10 January 1941, killing 80 people.[4]
Goldsmith's Farm and Fratton Common were part of the original small rural village originally called Froddington, the only visible evidence of this being the presence of a public house, "The Froddington Arms" on the western side of Fratton Road. Froddington was one of the three small settlements on Portsea Island mentioned in the Domesday Book. Due to developments during the industrial age, more of the surrounding land was absorbed by Portsmouth in the 1870s and 1880s, principally by new housing developments.
Politics
In the
In local government, Fratton is a
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2002
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | Philip Shaddock (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2003
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | Philip Shaddock (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2004
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | Philip Shaddock (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2006
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | Philip Shaddock (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2007
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | Philip Shaddock (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2008
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2010
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | David Fuller (Con) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2011
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | David Fuller (Con) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2012
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Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2014
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Julie Swan (UKIP) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Eleanor Scott (Lib Dem) | |||
2015
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Julie Swan (UKIP) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Dave Ashmore (Lib Dem) | |||
2016
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Julie Swan (UKIP) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Dave Ashmore (Lib Dem) | |||
2018
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Tom Coles (Labour) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Dave Ashmore (Lib Dem) | |||
2019
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Tom Coles (Labour) | David Fuller (Lib Dem) | Dave Ashmore (Lib Dem) |
indicates seat up for election.
Trivia
This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (March 2022) |
- Fratton has been adopted in navy and local slang as a euphemism for the withdrawal method of contraception, "getting off at Fratton", due to Fratton railway station being the last stop before Portsmouth's busiest and largest station - Portsmouth & Southsea railway station.[5]
- Despite its well known name, Portsmouth Direct Linerailway line. Fratton Park is located south of the railway line and is therefore within the Milton district.
- Fratton Park's name was deliberately (and misleadingly) chosen in 1899 to persuade users of Fratton railway and tram station that Portsmouth FC's football ground was nearer to convenient transport links than it actually was. Fratton railway station is approximately one mile[citation needed] away from Fratton Park, about a ten-minute walk along Goldsmith Avenue.
References
- ^ "Portsmouth Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "A History of Fratton, Portsmouth". 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Besant Road Air Raid Shelter". 11 June 2021.
- ^ "QI : Quite Interesting". qi.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.