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Portsmouth, diocese of

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Portsmouth, diocese of. The see, comprising south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, was carved, with Guildford, out of the Winchester diocese in 1927. It has a close association with the Royal Navy. The cathedral, the former parish church of St Thomas of Canterbury, originally built c.1190, has an Early English east end and a late 17th-cent. nave and tower (1683–95). Further extensions were completed in 1992.

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Portsmouth, diocese of

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Portsmouth, diocese of The see, comprising south‐east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, was carved, with Guildford, out of the Winchester diocese in 1927. The cathedral, the former parish church of St Thomas of Canterbury, originally built c.1190, has an Early English east end and a late 17th‐cent. nave and tower (1683–95).

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