The Avenue in the snow a long time ago

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 12, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Indeed, one person on horseback in the snow..! Bevois Mount History Southampton YfesimttesrSsdapsdyodn atshSol e1curi2e:5ddm3do  · An Avenue picture in keeping with the temperature if not the precipitation.
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Snow along The Avenue -1952

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 10, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Snow along The Avenue – 1952 Bevois Mount History Southampton YetsStueproday nscctfraaShutnce mno0r9a:e3de5fn  · The Avenue in 1952.
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January/February 2021 Planning Report

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 8, 2021 in HRA Planning Reports | 0 comments January February 2021 HRA Planning Report
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Close up view of a tram at the top of The Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Good close up view! Bevois Mount History Southampton 31tmtm nSJctaphnouaroiynscore afnht d1rs0oh:1o8eie  · A tram at the top of the Avenue.
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Cemetery Road – so different today

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 26, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments So true… Bevois Mount History Southampton lt5Spoounsorehd  · Although that must be Cemetery Road to the left and we can see the public conveniences through the trees (no longer there), the scene looks so different now.
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This one penny tram ticket took you through Portswood Junction!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 22, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments This one penny tram ticket took you through Portswood Junction. Bevois Mount History Southampton 1tSphoensSor9hemnd  · A one penny tram ticket. Many of the local tram stops are the same as current bus stops e.g. Spring Crescent, Cedar Road.
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99-111 Portswood Road; the 9 Myrtle Cottages

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 22, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments 99-111 Portswood Road (situated on the west side of Portswood Rd, just to the south of Gordon Avenue). These seven cottages were built between 1845 – 1878, and were known as Myrtle Cottages in the late 19th century. SEE Southampton 21 m  · 99 – 111 Portswood Road. These cottages are situated on the west side of Portswood Road, just to the south of Gordon Avenue. The south wall of the...
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Padwell Cross Pond on the grassed area of the Avenue, known as Asylum Green

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 20, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments SEE Southampton htSpo13nsonhremSd  · On the grassed area known as Asylum Green on the Avenue was Padwell Cross Pond used by thirsty animals going to the Common. By 1850 this pond contained dead putrid animals and other unwholesome material. Following the 1849 Cholera outbreak in Southampton there was an enquiry into local sanitary conditions. The Ordnance Survey, on the other side of the road to...
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