Stuart Period
During the English civil war, the city was initially held by the royalist faction before falling to parliament after the Siege of Portsmouth.
In 1665, Charles II of England ordered Bernard de Gomme to begin the reconstruction of Portsmouth's fortifications a process which was to take many years.
Portsmouth's overland links to London started to be improved with an early turnpike trust being set up to improve the road where it passed Butser Hill.
In 1714, the crown purchase the two mills at the entrance to the millpond.
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