Hawthorn Cottage, built in 1818 on Southampton Common, once stood on the land now occupied by The Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre
Info courtesy of Paul Lipscombe, Southampton History Photos. “Very few people remember the Hawthorn cottage that graced Southampton common it was built in 1818 by Thomas Ridding, in Georgian style. Although named Hawthorn Cottage it was a...
read moreThe Rise and Fall of Bevois Mount House Stag Gates, article in The Echo by Group Heritage Writer – Ian Crump (14/02/25)
Did you know that the wrought iron gates, when Stag Gates was demolished, found a new home at the entrance to the Old Cemetery? Read the article below:...
read moreHerbert Collins, Worker for Peace, 1885 to 1975
Herbert Collins was a British architect who designed suburban houses in Southampton from 1922. His housing estates had a distincive style, usually with rows of terraced houses set around wide areas of greenery. He lived at 34 Brookvale Road,...
read moreThe site of the old gallows on Southampton Common
The last public hanging on the Common was of William Shawyer on 27th July 1785. Info courtesy of: Secret SouthamptonSouthampton Archaeology Society Map can be seen on Facebook here: eSodpsrnto2g7Ylt9i045cisug2ru1a0:gh6i7h9ea97e8ml8yd0cu8htc The...
read more452-464 Portswood Road 1967 – now demolished.
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...
read moreExploring a Victorian Cemetery: 2pm, Sunday 8th September!
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...
read morePreviously ‘Peter Rhodes Books’
Now the Bookshop Alehouse in Portswood Road. Courtesy of: Bevois Mount History Southampton By Ann Ridley. Now,of course, the Bookshop The Bookshop Alehouse.
read moreThe history behind Stag Gates, along The Avenue
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...
read moreTaken on Southampton Common by one of our members a week or so ago, in the beautiful sunshine! (May 2024)
read moreSt Nicholas School – 3 and 4 Furzedown Road
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...
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