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Local Studies at Fareham Library

The Fareham Local Studies Collection is housed in Fareham Reference Library on the first floor. Opening hours are as for Fareham Library. It offers a centre for local research covering Fareham Borough area and the immediate surrounding area, plus general information on the County of Hampshire.

You can find out more about your home, your ancestors, your old school or your local community.
Local publications are available for sale.

Newspapers and Periodicals

• Portsmouth Evening News 1940 to date (incomplete)
• Fareham Past and Present 1965 to date
• Fareham Society Newsletter 1976-1996 (incomplete)
• Hampshire Family Historian 1977-1985 (incomplete) 1985 to date
• Hampshire Life Oct. 1998 to date
• Hampshire Magazine 1960 to date
• 19^th Century Newspapers Online – Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph 1800-1900
• Index to Hampshire Telegraph lists of  Prizewinners 1836 - 1855 from South East Hants Association for the Encouragement of Industrious and Meritorious Agricultural Labourers
• Portsmouth Evening News Oct. 1999 to date (on microfilm)
• Fareham Library also holds a selection of local and parish magazines and newsletters indexed by place

Directories and Registers

Date	Title	Format	Indexed
1784	The Hampshire Directory	fiche	no
1792	Hampshire directory	fiche	no
1823-4	Pigot’s Hampshire	fiche	no
1828	Hampshire	fiche	no
1830	Pigot & Co’s National Commercial Directory	fiche	no
1844	Hampshire	fiche	no
1847	Post Office Hampshire Trades Directory	fiche	no
1852-3	Slater’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1855	Post Office Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1859	White’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1859	Post Office Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1867	Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1867	Smith & Co’s Hampshire Directory	photocopy	no
1875	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1878	White’s Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1878	White’s Hampshire	fiche	no
1880	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1885	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1889	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	fiche	no
1895	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1898	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1899	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1903	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1907	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1911	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	no
1915	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1920	Kelly’s Directory of Gosport	photocopy	no
1923	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire	photocopy	tradesmen
1925	Kelly’s Directory of Gosport	photocopy	no
1934-5	Kelly’s Directory of Gosport	photocopy	tradesmen
1935	Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire & IOW	original	no
1940-41	Kelly’s Directory of Gosport	photocopy	tradesmen
1959	Fareham and Portchester Directory	original	tradesmen
1964-5	Stubbs Hants and IOW Trade Guide	original	tradesmen
1966-7	Stubbs Hants and IOW Trade Guide	original	tradesmen
1970	Stubbs Hants and IOW Trade Guide	original	tradesmen

Maps and photographs

• Large-scale Ordnance Survey maps of Fareham Borough and surrounding area, plus various incomplete series of historical Ordnance Survey maps, indexed by date and street
• Planning maps of Fareham Town Centre and Shopping Precinct
• Goad maps for the High Street and Shopping Precinct from 1992
• Plans for the M27/M271 motorway and proposed South Hampshire Rapid Transport System
• Geological maps of Hampshire.
• Selection of Admiralty charts for local waters
• Large collection of photographs concentrating on the Fareham Borough Council area and the immediate environs, e.g. Bishops Waltham, Whiteley and Wickham. The collection is indexed by place/street name.
• The collection includes a large number of prints showing construction of the M27/M271 motorway in the Fareham and Portsmouth area.

Census and International Genealogical Index

Date	Format	Notes
1841	No returns held	Street index for Fareham Gosport Portsmouth Havant and Hayling Island available on cdrom.  Please ask at the Fareham Ist Floor Enquiry Desk
1851	No returns held	Index to Hampshire in booklet form shelved at RH929.3094227; arranged by parish and then by surname, with parish codes listed at end of each section.Surname index to whole of Hampshire on ficheLocal street index, as above
1861	Microfilm Fareham area	Local street index, as above
1871	Microfilm Fareham area	Local street index as above
1881	Microfiche Fareham area + whole of Hampshire	Index to Hampshire on fiche by place, birthplace and surnameLocal street index as above
1891	Microfiche Fareham area	Surname index compiled by Keith Hayward in printLocal street index as above
1901	Microfiche Fareham area	Online via ancestry.co.uk
1911	No returns held	Online via www.1911census.co.uk: pay site, vouchers can be bought at the library

General

• There is a small collection of ephemeral material, leaflets, posters and articles relating to the area.
• Fareham Borough Council Minutes 1969 – 2002
• 2003 to date can be found on the Fareham Borough Council website.

Cemetery registers

Fareham Local Studies Collection holds Monumental Inscriptions for graveyards and cemeteries in Fareham and Gosport as well as the surrounding area. Amongst our holding are:

• Crofton Old Church 1733-1970
• Holy Rood Church 1885-1982
• Holy Rood, Crofton 1852-1982
• St. Peter’s Church, Titchfield c.1300-1986
• Hook and Warsash Methodist Cemetery 1876-1952
• St. Mary’s Portchester 1717-1986
• Priory of St. Mary, Portchester 1697-1978
• Crofton Cemetery 1956-1982
• Hampshire Burial Index (on cdrom)

Parish registers (on microfiche)

• Crofton 1871 – 1940
• Holy Trinity 1836 – 1964
• Locks Heath 1893 – 1979
• Portchester 1684 – 1982
• St Johns 1955 – 1973
• St Paul’s (Sarisbury) 1967 – 1978
• St Peter and St Paul 1558 – 1970
• St Peter’s (Titchfield) 1590 – 1947
• Boarhunt 1654 – 1988
• Wickham 1556 – 1983
• Southwick 1584 - 1979

(Please note that not all dates or events are included)

School records  

• Fareham County Primary School archive of selected documents and photographs of school activities. Includes the school’s centenary celebrations in April 1977.

Room hire

A large meeting room able to accomodate 20-25 people for a conference type event or 30-40 people for a seminar type event.

There are no IT facilities but power is available in the room. A projector (plus screen if required) is available for use in the room - this will need to be requested in advance when the room is booked

The room is situated on the first floor of the library - a lift is available.

There are no toilets available in the library but facilities are situated just outside the library.

Coffee machine available on the ground floor

Pay and Display car parking situated close to the library

For bookings and enquiries please telephone 01329 284902

Charges

• Standard: £15 per hour or £110 per day

• Community: £10 per hour or £70 per day

Facilities

• 26 public computers
• free internet, free Wi-Fi
• colour printing (charges apply)
• scanner
• self-service technology
• Latitude Mapping Service
• photocopying - black and white, colour, A4, A3 and double-sided (charges apply)
• DVDs, CDs, video games, audio books
• exhibition facilities

Access

• hearing loop

• tv magnifier

• parking nearby - 4 designated bays for Blue Badge holders

• wheelchair access

• lift

• toilets and Shopmobility available in Fareham Shopping Centre

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