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Wesley Centre, 128 Fratton Road, Fratton, City of Portsmouth, England. Methodist worship on this site has a long history: the site was bought in 1886 and the first chapel opened three years later. It was demolished in 1899 and a new, larger Central Hall opened in 1900.
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One mile to the east of Fratton railway station is Fratton Park, built in 1899 as the home football ground of Portsmouth F.C. Fratton Park's naming was purposely influenced by its proximity to the convenient Fratton railway station, although the stadium is actually located in the Milton district of Portsmouth. Today, Fratton station is located ...
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]
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the Southsea Railway. East Southsea was the name of two terminus railway stations of the 1.25 mile [1] Southsea Railway, which linked the Southsea seaside resort with the Portsmouth Direct Line at Fratton railway station. [2]
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A political map of Portsmouth clearly defines the border between the Fratton and Milton areas with a line drawn from Fratton Bridge, along the Portsmouth Direct line railway up to St. Mary's Bridge. Fratton is located north of the line with Milton to the south. Fratton Park is south of the railway line, and thus is in Milton.
In Portsmouth Harbour, a road bridge connects Portsea Island to Whale Island, a restricted Royal Navy shore base establishment. Portsea Island has four railway stations (Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea, Fratton and Hilsea) connected by an island branch line to the mainland railway network via a short railway bridge over Portsea Creek.