452-464 Portswood Road 1967 – now demolished.

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Sep 30, 2024 in Local History | 0 comments Courtesy of: Southampton Hidden History nepoSrtsdoe2u8etS3he1 :52mm23tr890f5hp92058 gc0u8g2 g8al19bi   452-464 Portswood Road Now demolished, these building were situated on the east side of Portswood Road almost opposite Sirdar Street. Nos 452-458 were built at the turn of the century. 452 was Sanger’s hairdressers; 454 was Locke’s fried fish shop; 458 was Bowey’s signwriters....
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Exploring a Victorian Cemetery: 2pm, Sunday 8th September!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Sep 6, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments All info below courtesy of Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery: “This event is part of Southampton’s Heritage Open Days and is also celebrating 21 years of FoSOC. Come and walk in a ‘Porch of Eternity’, the original part of Southampton’s Old Cemetery (opened 1846), along paths that the Town’s Victorian inhabitants would have trodden. Find out why a burial...
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Previously ‘Peter Rhodes Books’

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 24, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Now the Bookshop Alehouse in Portswood Road. Courtesy of: Bevois Mount History Southampton By Ann Ridley. Now,of course, the Bookshop The Bookshop Alehouse.
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The history behind Stag Gates, along The Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jun 16, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of: Mick AthowHistory Photos World Wide Stag Gates The Stag Gates stood at the entrance to Lodge Road from the Avenue, and originally formed the entrance to Bevois Mount, a large country house and estate created by the Earl of Peterborough in c.1723. Lodge Road was originally one of the carriageways to the house. In 1844 the estate passed to William Betts, who made many improvements to...
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Taken on Southampton Common by one of our members a week or so ago, in the beautiful sunshine! (May 2024)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 14, 2024 in Local History | 0 comments
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St Nicholas School – 3 and 4 Furzedown Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 7, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments This is fascinating. Courtesy of William Burns, Southampton Sotonians and Friends.   Children are seen outside numbers 3&4 Furzedown Road in an image captured no later than 1909. Running off the north side of Highfield Lane, Furzedown Road dates to the early 1900’s. If we look up high there is a sign between the properties which reads “St Nicholas School” as I...
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This is tomorrow evening, Wednesday 8 May at 7.30pm – one of the summer evening talks at Portswood Library!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 7, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments
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Swiss Cottage in Portswood Road has been completely restored after the fire on 8 July 2022. See pictures!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 30, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments On the night of Friday 8 July 2022, a fire ripped through 7Bone Restaurant in Portswood Road. The building was completely gutted and the entire roof collapsed. Swiss Cottage, a two storey, Grade II listed building dating back to the 19th century, which adjoined 7Bone Restaurant, suffered severe fire damage. The roof and the first floor were partly destroyed. This is a photo of 7Bone Restaurant...
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