Southampton
The Royal Pier Southampton
The Royal Pier at Southampton gave access to the ships that the travel hungry Victorians expected. Its wooden structure however meant it was far from an ideal or practical piece of engineering.
Read MorePreparing Southampton for D-Day
The city of Southampton and its docks were critical to the success or failure of Operation Overlord and D- Day. The city that had been devastated by air raids, somehow managed to become the greatest naval and military port the world had ever seen.
Read MoreSt Dionisius’s Priory Southampton
A old 1784 image of St Dionisius’s Priory Southampton Hampshire, founded by King Henry I in the 1120’s.
Read MoreSouthampton Toast Rack Tram 1916
The Southampton Toast Rack 1916 was a single height open top tram car that could pass through Southampton Bargate
Read MoreHampshire and the Mulberry Harbour
Hampshire played a vital role in many aspects of Operation Overlord, not least in the design, development and deployment of the Mulberry Harbour.
Read MoreSouthampton Docks 1902
A scene from a postcard of Southampton Docks 1905.
Read MoreThe Tournai Fonts in Hampshire
The Tournai fonts in Hampshire are fine examples of the work of the Belgian Tournai stone masons, who carved wonderful scenes from this dense black stone.
Read MoreTournai Font St Michael’s Southampton
Tournai font St Michael’s Southampton is one of four Belgian black marble fonts that can be found in Hampshire. It is carved with images of fierce some creatures
Read MoreBugle Street Southampton
Bugle Street Southampton has some wonderful old merchants houses It is not just the Tudor House or the Medieval Merchants House that are worth looking at in the area around St Michael’s Square in Old Southampton. Cast your eyes around many old merchants houses to get a full flavour of the area when it fizzed…
Read MoreThe Tudor House Southampton
The Tudor House Southampton The Tudor House is one of the oldest and most spendid, buildings in Southampton built in approximately 1495 when King Henry VII was on the thrown and was commissioning the world’s first dry dock in nearby Portsmouth. The site originally belonged to John Whytegod, a wealthy merchant and property owner, who,…
Read MoreThe Southampton Plot
The Southampton Plot was a conspiracy against King Henry V, concocted elsewhere in England but whose final blows were to be dealt in the city of Southampton The Southampton Plot was an intrigue that occurred in Southampton in July 1415. Southampton in 1415 was for a city preparing for war. The Hundred Years War had…
Read MoreBlue Anchor Lane
Blue Anchor Lane in Southampton is a gloriously evocative reminder of the richness of Southampton’s Medieval past
Read MoreThe Dolphin Hotel Southampton
The Dolphin Hotel Southampton is one of England’s oldest and most historic hotels. The core of the Dolphin Hotel Southampton, dates back to the mid C13th when Southampton was a thriving merchant city, full of tradesmen and visitors putting into port. The Dolphin Hotel at this point was probably a merchant’s house, its cellars full…
Read MoreMedieval Merchant’s House Southampton
The Medieval Merchants House in Southampton is a fascinating C13th building that has seen its fortunes wax and wane. Part of the intriguing history of Hampshire England.
Read MoreWho was on the Mayflower in 1620?
Who was on the Mayflower as it set sail from Southampton Hampshire in 1620 and why did it have to return to Plymouth? The sailing of the Mayflower from Southampton is one of Hampshire’s most iconic historical moments.
Read MoreSouthampton Castle
When Winchester was the royal capital of England, Southampton, close by on the southern coast of England, was its chief port and trading centre. It was an obvious magnet for Danish and French raiding party’s and its defense became an issue. The castle was constructed first out of timber and then stone and its great city walls threw up a considerable obstacle to attack
Read MoreHamwic, Hampshire’s Anglo Saxon Port
Hamwic was one of the principal trading towns in north west Europe through Anglo Saxon times and beyond
Read MoreKing Alfred’s Navy
King Alfred left many enduring marks on the county of Hampshire and England. One of his legacies is that of a navy. He designed ships to out do the Danish ships that threatened the southern coast of England.
Read MoreSouthampton 1337 The 100 Years War
The fortunes of C14th Southampton waxed and waned as the 100 year war between England and France unfurled
Read MoreHampshire Old Map Southamtoniae 1575
Map of Southamtonaie (Southampton) the old spelling and what was the original basis of the County Area, which was enlarged to Hampshire as we know it today over time.
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