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Southampton [a] is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest of London, 20 miles (32 km) west of Portsmouth, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Salisbury.
Southampton was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and contained the parishes of All Saints, Holy Rood, St John, St Lawrence, St Mary, St Michael, and part of South Stoneham. The painter John Everett Millais was born in the city in 1829. Southampton Solent University's art gallery is named Millais Gallery in his ...
1962 – The City of Southampton Society founded, and then Southampton becomes a city in 1964. [29] 1964 – Southampton is awarded city status by the Letters Patent and Queen Elizabeth II. 1965 – Wilton Royal factory opens near city. [30] 1966 – Southampton Maritime Museum opens in The Wool House.
Southampton City Centre is the commercial and organisational centre of the City of Southampton, and the transport hub of the city. Because Southampton is on the South Coast of England, the city centre is not at the geometric centre of the city, but at the southern extremity. The traditional heart of the city is the High Street, which runs from ...
The City of Southampton shown within Hampshire. Southampton was an ancient borough, with the earliest known borough charter dating from 1154. [4] Southampton City Council has records in its archives of council meetings as early as 1199. [5] The borough was led by a mayor from the 13th century. [6]
One of the two remaining medieval churches in the city. Parts of the building date from the Norman period and the chancel arch is 12th century. The church lies in a secluded position off Wessex Lane, near the north-eastern edge of Southampton and is almost hidden in the Southampton University accommodation campus. St. Michael's Church: I: ca. 1070
The Southampton Central Parks are a set of five parks, which collectively make a central public park, in the heart of the city of Southampton. Created between 1854 and 1866, they have gained Grade II* listed status, as well as being part of the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The parks are legally Common Land. [1]
Southampton Archives holds the archives for the City of Southampton. [1] The archives are held at the Civic Centre, Southampton. [ 2 ] The collections reflect the maritime history of this port city as well as its civic and political history.