HRA often looks at Planning from a building perspectve, what about trees?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 21, 2020 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments HRA often looks at planning from a building perspective but what about trees? This is an interesting article by Nicole Hillier from The Woodland Trust about protected trees and how to know which trees are protected. It describes the different types of Tree Preservation Orders (TPO). See article here. Information provided by HRA Secretary, Barbara Claridge....
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A very old view of The Avenue with no cars!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 18, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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.
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More history of Asylum Green, The Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 18, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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.
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Christchurch in Portswood – Highfield Church and some history!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 18, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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 who lived in nearby Wellbeck Avenue. Councillor Kimber was the driving force behind the building of the Civic Centre and the Sports Centre. The west...
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St Denys Priory. All that remains is an arch in the garden of Tudor House and a wall in a garden in Priory Avenue…

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 15, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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 wall in a garden in Priory Avenue.
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The City’s 2nd Donkey Derby 18 July 1970 – on The Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 13, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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: When donkeys raced through the Common – do you remember it?
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Monument dedicated to Royal Mail steamers the Rhone and the Wye in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 10, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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 Islands. On the monument in the Old Cemetery there are carved representations of both ships and the names of those...
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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

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 10, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 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 burials was St Mary’s churchyard, apart from a few small plots adjoining the other churches and the Quaker graveyard on the Avenue. In 1821 All Saints...
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