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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Tram sidlings were built in the woods to the north of The Common to act as a camouflage from bombings

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 20, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Tram sidings built in the woods to the north of the Common to act as a camouflage from bombings. Bevois Mount History Southampton mtmsm1ShupeS8 oJumtnasniualory sslatro n1r0:1d5ed  · Tram sidings were built in the woods to the north of the Common to camouflage them from bombing. This photo is from 1942. The sidings followed the line of Burgess Road to the east and west of the Avenue, at the top...
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The Atlantes figures outside the Hartley Institute, now outside the Hartley Library on the University Highfield Campus

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 15, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments The Hartley Institution – in Southampton High Street, predecessor to the University of Southampton, complete with its Atlantes figures in their original position. They are now outside the Hartley Library at the UOS Highfield Campus. SEE Southampton 1agtSSpondsor5ehed  · Southampton High Street, showing the Hartley Institution, complete with its Atlantes figures in their original position....
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Entrance to the Avenue around 1910…

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 11, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Entrance to the Avenue in about 1910… SEE Southampton 3tSpomnshmaoored  · A coloured postcard showing the entrance to the Avenue in about 1910.
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Highfield Church Centre – 1910 and now…

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 11, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Highfield Church Centre – 1910 and now… SEE Southampton 3tSpomnshmaoored  · The Church Institute in Highfield Lane in 1910 and today.
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A decidedly sparse and snowy Lovers’ Walk, around 1909

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 7, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments A decidedly sparse, and cold, Lovers’ Walk, around 1909! SEE Southampton StnYegcdSsspoteSrdansrgyo astl 07:recoedr3eud6s  · Lovers’ Walk in the snow.
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Does anyone remember Evelyn’s toy shop along Burgess Rd which closed around 1977?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 6, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Does anyone remember Evelyn’s toy shop along Burgess Road in Swaythling? Apparently it closed around 1977 or possibly earlier. SEE Southampton 4 h  · Do You Remember EVELYN’S TOY SHOP In Burgess Road, Swaythling? The doctors surgery was on the corner of Bealing Close and I think the toy shop was on the left. It must have closed about 1977 or...
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