Landport Commercial Road, which was the birthplace of English novelist Charles Dickens born February 7th, 1812. His former home is now the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum in Buckland. The area is home to St Agatha's church which was originally constructed under the then mission incumbent Robert William Radclyffe Dolling. Landport Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth, England. The district contains the main shopping area for Portsmouth. Before World War II the district was also a residential area, mainly catering for employees of the naval dockyard and their families.
Old English literature Conquest, died as old men. The most widely known secular author of Old English was King Alfred the Great (849–899), who translated several books, many of them religious, from Latin into Old English. Alfred, wanting to restore English culture, lamented the poor state of Latin education: Alfred proposed that students be educated in Old English, and those who excelled should go on to learn Latin. Alfred's cultural program produced the following translations: Gregory the Great's "The Pastoral Care", a manual for priests on how to conduct their duties; "The Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius; and "The Soliloquies" of Saint Augustine.