Pointout Road, Bassett: then and now….

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Then (1930s) and now… SEE Southampton 9tSponscoremfdh  · A very muddy Pointout Road in Bassett in the 1930s and today.
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The Belgian War Graves plot in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Bevois Mount History Southampton 2t7mdSp ronFnegbrmumdisShanirye oSahhotae 18:rfed12d  · The monument at the Belgian War Graves plot in the Old Cemetery was created by Garrett and Haysom. The graves all date from WW1.
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White & Co the removers, 69, The Avenue!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Once at 69 The Avenue! SEE Southampton YeustfteSraday SogadStp om0esr6nlc:sonod0rn1eted  · White & Co. the removers. An early advert.
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A collection of historical pictures of the Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments A remarkable Avenue collection. SEE Southampton YeSstterodSgpaonrsyf ceidsaglgtd 06or:edeec0rl0h  · The Avenue. A selection.
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Brickworks of St Sidney Kimber and Highfield Farm

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 24, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments The Brickworks of Sir Sidney Kimber (before 1914) is in the picture below, on the site of what was once part of Highfield Farm, and later became part of the University Site. SEE Southampton 23 h  · Would anyone like to have a stab at were these images were taken. I don’t know the date of the horse pulling the plough, but I do know the second is before 1914. Both are the same location. Answer at...
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The Avenue c. 1850 with Archer’s Lodge on right

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 22, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Hardly recognizable! Bevois Mount History Southampton YetSSpstecasenrdaygo natriefs 07S:oagauur4telde0  · Philip Brannon’s print of The Avenue c. 1850 shows Archer’s Lodge on the right hand side. The house was a ‘superior school for young ladies’ from 1881 but was destroyed by bombing in 1940.
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A brief historical snapshop of the Cowherds

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 22, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments A brief historical snapshot of the Cowherds. Bevois Mount History Southampton d2e0dotc fFuSpebrfocuirsnsohatrrtySe haodt t08u:5u8  · It was the cowherd’s house then the Southampton Arms and finally The Cowherds Inn.
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Not such a problem crossing The Avenue then!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 22, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Not such a problem with crossing then! Bevois Mount History Southampton d2e0dotc fFuSpebrfocuirsnsohatrrtySe haodt t10u:4u3  · The cross roads at the top of the Avenue.
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