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Southampton is a city in Hampshire, England.The area has been settled since the Stone Age. Its history has been affected by its geographical location, on a major estuary on the English Channel coast with an unusual double high tide, and by its proximity to Winchester and London; the ancient and modern capitals of England.
Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England.Established as Southampton's first museum in 1912, the house was closed for nine years between 2002 and 2011 during an extensive renovation.
RMS Queen Mary in Southampton, June 1960. The Port of Southampton is a major passenger and cargo port located in the central part of the south coast of England. It has been an important port since the Roman occupation of Britain nearly two thousand years ago, and has a multifaceted history.
The church was built to serve that part of the parish of St. Mary, Southampton ("St. Mary Extra") which lay on the south side of the River Itchen. It was the first church to be consecrated in Southampton after the Reformation. The church was extensively rebuilt throughout the 19th century, with the addition of a west porch and south transept ...
Southampton as a port and city has had a long history of administrative independence of the surrounding County; as far back as the reign of King John the town and its port were removed from the writ of the King's Sheriff in Hampshire and the rights of custom and toll were granted by the King to the burgesses of Southampton over the port of ...
Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century.
Pages in category "History of Southampton" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Following the establishment of Southampton's police force in February 1836, the upper room was used as a prison [17] The current guildhall within the Bargate was constructed in 1852 and was designed to be used as a criminal court. [18] In addition to this the Bargate continued to be the site of meetings of Southampton's court leet until 1856. [7]