Nice view of old Highfield Lane, provided by SEE Southampton
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 14, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Agree! SEE Southamptonread more
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The Albany Hotel which used to be in Winn Road
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 11, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Used to be in Winn Road… Bevois Mount History Southampton The Albany Hotel opened in 1925 as the Stafford House Hotel.read more
1624 – the first recorded mention of a house on the current site of the Cowherds
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 15, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Quite a history. Bevois Mount History Southampton 2tsSuponso1sghrhed · This day in 1624 saw the first recorded mention of a house on the current site of the Cowherds.read more
Japanese knotweed
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 14, 2021 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Recently an HRA member had contacted the secretary to report Japanese knotweed in a local garden. The knotweed is an invasive species and if the plant remains in that garden, nothing has to be done by law to eradicate it. However, if the weed spreads onto any other garden, the public highway or the wild, then the property owner is responsible and would bear costs for its removal. This is The...read more
Prisoners of war in a compound situated near to or where IKEA is now situated
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 13, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Picture provided by Ken of prisoners of war in a compound situated where or near IKEA is now.read more
May 2021 Planning Report
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 10, 2021 in HRA Planning Reports | 0 comments May 2021 HRA planning reportread more
The first horse drawn tram routes in Southampton ran to Portswood
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 5, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments The first horse drawn tram routes in Southampton (circa 1879) ran between the Floating Bridge and The Avenue and via Stag Gates to Portswood. Info courtesy of SEE Southampton. Marie Keates 7ntSponsohreodh · On 5 May 1879 the Southampton Tramways Corporation ran it first horse drawn trams. For the first time people in the suburbs had a regular, fast and cheap form of transport and trams were an...read more
