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1624 – the first recorded mention of a house on the current site of the Cowherds

Posted by 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.
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Japanese knotweed

Posted by 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...
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Prisoners of war in a compound situated near to or where IKEA is now situated

Posted by 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.
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May 2021 Planning Report

Posted by on May 10, 2021 in HRA Planning Reports | 0 comments May 2021 HRA planning report
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The first horse drawn tram routes in Southampton ran to Portswood

Posted by 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...
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The post card says ‘Old Portswood….Nr Southampton’!

Posted by on Apr 30, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments SEE Southampton chdYretsStnpeugrdolanyg aot fthfi11sgor:ae5doc7  · Portswood Road.
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A historical view of Highfield Lane taken from the Portswood end

Posted by on Apr 30, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Courtesy of SEE Southampton. SEE Southampton chdYretsStnpeugrdolanyg aot fthfi11sgor:ae5doc5  · Highfield Lane and church.
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The old Highfield Hotel

Posted by on Apr 28, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Highfield Hotel was bombed in WW2 and rebuilt set back from road. SEE Southampton YmeSsterday aotSotffSrf 0o6p:oihoanoSsforge4dn7h  · The Highfield Hotel in Highfield Lane.
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