It’s Shorter by Water!

The Gosport ferry, which shuttles people between Gosport and Portsmouth, is by far Britain’s busiest short route with passenger numbers of roughly 4 million per year. This despite a fall in numbers from nearer 10 million in its heyday.

Gosport Ferry Limited can trace its ancestry back to the 1880s.
http://www.gosportferry.co.uk/aboutus.php

A C Smith

Arthur Conan Doyle played under this pseudonym for the amateur pre-runner of Portsmouth Football Club when he lived in the town in the 1880s.