Portsmouth anniversary in 2016. In literature, Portsmouth is the chief location for Jonathan Meades' 1993 novel "Pompey", in which it is inhabited largely by incestuous and necrophiliac criminals. Since the release of his novel, Meades has presented a TV programme documenting Victorian architecture in Portsmouth Dockyard. In Jane Austen's novel "Mansfield Park", Portsmouth is the hometown of the main character Fanny Price, and is the setting of most of the closing chapters of the novel. In Charles Dickens' novel "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby", main protagonists Nicholas and Smike make their way to Portsmouth and get involved in a
King James's and Landport Gates King James's and Landport Gates King James's and Landport Gates are two English Heritage gateways in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Earthen ramparts protecting the land side of the port containing munitions, international goods storage, warehouses, shops and homes were constructed in the 14th century which were strengthened by order of Henry VIII in the 16th. Four ornate gateways were originally access points to Portsmouth through the town walls. The majority of the town walls were demolished in 1860. <br> King James's Gate was built in 1687, probably as a reconstruction of the older Point gate on the same site, to control