History of Fort Fareham
(location of Cyber Innovations)

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Cyber Innovations, who are located inside one of the historic Forts in the Portsmouth area.

The Construction of Fort Fareham
The 1859 Commission on the ‘Defences of The United Kingdom’ recommended that an outer line of three forts be built between Fareham and Lee Farm two miles in advance of the Fort Elson to Fort Gomer line of works, with an average interval of 1 mile. Of these three forts only Fort Fareham was built. The Defence Committee approved its design in December 1860 and referred it to the Special Committee appointed for the examination of plans of all new works proposed by the Royal Defence Commission. It was often referred to as the ‘Fort near Newgate’ as it stood a mile below the town of Fareham at Newgate. Another name for it was the Fort at Black House after a nearby farm....

For the rest of this facinating history by David Moore (The Palmerston Forts Society) please download the pdf document below.

Fort Fareham History (50Kb)

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For much more interesting information please see the The Palmerston Forts Society web pages here

Fort Nelson pictures here.