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Monument dedicated to Royal Mail steamers the Rhone and the Wye in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by on Jul 10, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Monument dedicated to Royal Mail steamers the Rhone and the Wye in Southampton Old Cemetery. Bevois Mount History Southampton 9 hrs   · The Rhone and Wye were two Royal Mail steamers which were lost in 1867 during a hurricane in the British Virgin Islands. On the monument in the Old Cemetery there are carved representations of both ships and the names of those...
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Some interesting history on why and how the Old Cemetery was created from 15 acres of land on the South West corner of the Common in 1846

Posted by on Jul 10, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Some interesting history on why and how the Old Cemetery was created from 15 acres of land on the South West corner of The Common in 1846. SEE Southampton 13 hrs   · The Old Cemetery dates from 1846. Before 1820 the only place in Southampton for burials was St Mary’s churchyard, apart from a few small plots adjoining the other churches and the Quaker graveyard on the Avenue. In 1821 All Saints...
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Do you recognise anyone in this photo of the carpentry team who worked at Braziers in Portswood Road?

Posted by on Jul 4, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Highfield Residents’ Association 20 hrs   · SEE Southampton Yesterday at 09:07  · Do you recognise anyone in this photograph of the carpentry team who worked at Braziers in Portswood Road?
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Burgess Road Library is now community-run but when it first opened in 1935, it was the first library in Southampton to have a specifically designed children’s library

Posted by on Jul 2, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Burgess Road Library is now community-run but when it was first opened in 1935, it was the first library in Southampton to have a specifically designed children’s library. Southampton City Libraries 12 hrs   · This week’s #ThrowbackThursday we look at Southampton’s first library to have a specially designed children’s library! Opened to serve the new housing estates in the Swaythling...
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The view from Northlands Road towards The Common and The Avenue in about 1910

Posted by on Jul 1, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments The view from Northlands Road in 1910. SEE Southampton 13 hrs   · The Avenue and the Common entrance as seen from Northlands Road in about 1910.
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Hill Lane, early 1900s

Posted by on Jul 1, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Gosh, where are all the houses? SEE Southampton Yesterday at 09:35   · Hill Lane, Shirley – early 1900s
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A great explanation of the design of The Avenue

Posted by on Jul 1, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments A great explanation of the design of The Avenue. Bevois Mount History Southampton 2 hrs   · It is not clear whether this car was entitled to park here (no such thing as yellow lines in those days) but it perfectly illustrates the fact that the left hand lane of the Avenue was for both north and south traffic with tramlines in the middle. The right hand lane was a private access road –...
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Where the name ‘Bassett Avenue’ might come from

Posted by on Jun 29, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Where the name ‘Bassett Avenue’ might come from… SEE Southampton 8 hrs   · Streetwatch : Next section of Bassett Avenue BASSETT AVENUE. Bassett was formerly a part of part of North Stoneham. The name may derive from a family name (a Bassett family is known to have been in South Stoneham in the early 15th century) or from the Old French word for an outcrop of land. In the early...
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