Exploring 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...
read moreThis is tomorrow evening, Wednesday 8 May at 7.30pm – one of the summer evening talks at Portswood Library!
read moreSwiss Cottage in Portswood Road has been completely restored after the fire on 8 July 2022. See pictures!
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,...
read moreThis is a detailed and fascinating history of the Vine Inn, which once sat at 370 Portswood Road, and its demise after 150 years in 1999
Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends “Pubs and Their Landlords Vine Inn – Portswood Road ‘The Yeoman of Portswood’ As a member of the Vine’s darts team for a few years this old pub is one...
read moreThe ‘Dutch House’ in Brookvale Road
Some interesting background on this Grade II listed house in Brookvale Road. Info courtesy of: SEE Southampton “The Dutch House in Brookvale Road, Portswood is Grade II listed and was built around 1909-10 by R.M. McDonald Lucas in the...
read moreDid you know B&Q originated in Portswood?
Article courtesy of the Daily Echo, 24 April 2024. B&Q origins in Portswood
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