The only Titanic passenger to be remembered on a grave in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments With the approaching anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Bevois Mount History tell the story of the only Titanic passenger to be remembered on a grave in Southampton Old Cemetery – Henry Price Hodges, a well-known dealer in musical instruments. Bevois Mount History Southampton tS3Sponfsoahred  · The only Titanic passenger to be remembered on a grave in Southampton Old Cemetery is...
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Remembering Wadham Stringer – now Lidls..

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 31, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Remembering Wadham Stringer! Thanks to Bevois Mount History. Bevois Mount History Southampton 2toSt8 pMcofdnarcSmruohSh atre n1smhS6o:0r9eed  · Now Lidls.
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Lively picture of trams on Portswood High Street. Thanks SEE Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 29, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments SEE Southampton 1fhtSSpons1orehlad  · Scrambling to get on the tram in Portswood.
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The Brutalist design University Faraday Tower on a 5p stamp in 1971!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 29, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments SEE Southampton tSpo2gahnseored  · Did you know? In 1971 the University of Southampton was on the 5p stamp. The Brutalist design Faraday Tower is featured.
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The grave, in the Old Cemetery, of Lt. Col. Sir Henry James, Director General of the Ordnance Survey.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 28, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Courtesy of Bevois Mount History Bevois Mount History Southampton tSph2onso1harcehd  · The grave, in the Old Cemetery, of Lt. Col. Sir Henry James, Director General of the Ordnance Survey. The house where he lived in the Avenue is still referred to as the Director General’s House.
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1889. Old Portswood Road courtesy of SEE Southampton.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 28, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments  A far cry from today! SEE Southampton t8nSponsorhamed  · 1889. Old Portswood Road. An idyllic scene by J. Arnold. Copyright 2003 Southampton City Art Gallery.  
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Sitting in the middle of the Avenue in 1883!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 23, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Published in The Graphic in 1883. Sitting in the middle of The Avenue is certainly in a bygone age! Bevois Mount History Southampton htsYSpeonstermdfayhon fagfSthts o1sreh0ad:35fnt  · A romantic and gentrified view of the Avenue published in The Graphic 1883.
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How Southampton Old Cemetery came into being…

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 23, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments How Southampton Old Cemetery came into being. Courtesy of SEE Southampton: By 1833, the number of people working in agriculture was falling and numbers moving to towns was increasing, Southampton’s population had reached approximately 29000, a fourfold increase in just over thirty years. This population increase raised the demand for space for burying an increasing number of the...
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