Looking to head to some of the Best Pubs In Portsmouth ? Here at Love Your Pub we know all the best places around you need to visit. Why not head down to The Shepherds Crook who now are offering Food deliveries in partnership with the incredible new wood fired kitchen at Drift Southsea; Eat in at the Crook! Aswell as that Thursdays are all about quiz nights at The Shepherds Crook! Registration is at 7pm (the quiz begins at 8pm) and is only £2 per entry – winner takes home the pot! And with local comedian Dan Churchley hosting, you will be sure to have an evening full of laughter and fun and now you can add a bite to eat! Good luck!
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The Shepherds Crook Portsmouth has been a local Milton Village community Pub since 1912, serving Pompey fans on a match day and local regulars the rest of the week, over the years Landlords and owners have come and gone, but the loyal punters are the ones that have always kept the pub a local community pub.
The Pub is also the nearest to Fratton Park and on a match day is packed to the rafters with Pompey fans.
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The Shepherds Crook Portsmouth is located on the corner of Goldsmith Avenue and Winter Road, opposite the entrance to Milton Park. It is the nearest Public House to Fratton Park, the home of Portsmouth Football Club since 1898. The construction of the Pub started in 1908 by its original owner, James Goldsmith, and it was designed by A E Cogswell. The Pub opened in 1912.
James Goldsmith, was a prominent businessman and landowner in the Milton area of Portsmouth towards the end of the 19th century. He came from a long line of Goldsmiths all with the same christian name who each succeeded each other by taking over the family estate .
Despite the rapid emergence of Portsmouth as a major naval base and urban area, new development largely passed the Milton area by, it remained predominantly agricultural until the beginning of the 20th century, and even now has more of a village feel than most parts of Portsmouth.The lack of development was largely due to the Goldsmith family who from the 16th century had owned land in the Milton area. The first James Goldsmith was recorded as owning land near Locksway road (Milton road) and Hill Lane (Priory Crescent) in 1750. In 1808 he then acquired Purnell farm, later named Middle farm, which is the today the location of Milton Park. The second of the of the James Goldsmith’s was to acquire large swaithes of land in the 1850’s as he was not keen on the emergence of new urban developments in the area that he lived. At the time of the purchase the land was advertised for urban development, so he effectively put a stop to any urbanisation of the Milton area. He passed away in 1858 to be succeeded by the his son the third James Goldsmith who passed away in 1911 during the construction of the Shepherds Arms Pub (now called the Shepherds Crook), which he commissioned At the time of the death of the last James Goldsmith, Milton was still very much a village and large parts of the Goldsmith estate were kept as parkland, giving it a much greener feel than the rest of Portsmouth.
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