A tram along Portswood Road
A tram along Portswood Road. SEE Southampton 12 h · A tram in Portswood road but is it going to or from Swaythling?
read moreInteresting information on a couple of Lucy boxes in our area
Interesting information on a couple of lucy boxes in our area. Bevois Mount History Southampton 27 June 2016 · Lucy boxes are something that usually, with their dull green colour and utilitarian design, blend into our urban landscape. Older ones,...
read moreA very old view of The Avenue with no cars!
A very old view of The Avenue with no cars! Bevois Mount History Southampton 2 d · A view of the Avenue with, I think, the entrance to the Common on the left hand side.
read moreMore history of Asylum Green, The Avenue
More history of Asylum Green, The Avenue. Bevois Mount History Southampton 2 h · ‘Canute rebukes his courtiers’ on the Haysom Monument, Asylum Green, the Avenue.
read moreChristchurch in Portswood – Highfield Church and some history!
Highfield Church? SEE Southampton 9 h · Christchurch in Portswood was originally built as a Chapel of Ease for South Stoneham Church. It was designed by Joshua Brandon who died at the age of 25 and is buried in the churchyard, as is Sydney Kimber...
read moreSt Denys Priory. All that remains is an arch in the garden of Tudor House and a wall in a garden in Priory Avenue…
All that remains is an arch in the garden of Tudor House and a wall in a garden in Priory Avenue…. SEE Southampton 1 d · A sketch of St Denys Priory, the ruins in 1820, and the remains now – an arch in the garden of Tudor House, and a...
read moreThe City’s 2nd Donkey Derby 18 July 1970 – on The Common
The City’s 2nd Donkey Derby – 18 July 1970…. dailyecho.co.uk https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18576384.donkeys-raced-common—remember/?Ref=fbpg&fbclid=IwAR3zwuyeBKLwMIeo2YFcocdqpnxROXzOjQ7-tp8EQK9CaiORECQxBwoaH1o PHOTOS:...
read moreMonument dedicated to Royal Mail steamers the Rhone and the Wye in Southampton Old Cemetery
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...
read moreSome 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
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...
read moreDo you recognise anyone in this photo of the carpentry team who worked at Braziers in Portswood Road?
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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