Did you know B&Q originated in Portswood?
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 26, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Article courtesy of the Daily Echo, 24 April 2024. B&Q origins in Portswoodread more
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The Yoda mosaic, by local artist Will Rosie, on Southampton Common
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 18, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Photo by a HRA member – March 2024read more
Remembering the University of Southampton’s South Stoneham Tower. Info courtesy of The Daily Echo, Group Heritage Writer Ian Crump, 3.3.24
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Student accommodation South Stoneham Tower hard to pull down https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24158655.student-accommodation-south-stoneham-tower-hard-pull/?ref=ebmpn&nid=1094&u=b84eb5b77cb441a6e6ae451222b3d5d7&date=030324&fbclid=IwAR0SdG12tgF1BhIOrFnkOhLp8jZecKwx6ch5DeqnGimHKxP3P_w2BhcC_n4read more
The Friends of Portswood Library Summer Evening Talks 2024 are already lined up! See programme below
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 21, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Starting March 13 with Godfrey Collyer – ‘Southampton and the Titanic’. Free and all welcome. Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.read more
When Portswood was a village – in 1450
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 10, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of: SEE Southampton A MAP FROM 1450 The boundary marker stones are shown.read more
1900s Fairground family waiting to go on to Southampton Common
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 16, 2022 in Local History | 0 comments With the Southampton Fair on The Common, here is a picture of members of the ‘Matthews’ fairground family, in the early 1900s, waiting to go on to Southampton Common. Picture by Joyce Crutcher, courtesy of William Burns from Southampton Sotonians and Friends. Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends As we near the traditional time of a fair on the common we share...read more
Court-leet
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 14, 2022 in Local History | 0 comments Courtesy of John Trinder from Southampton Sotonians and Friends: Below is a very interesting historical account of the ancient site of Cutthorn which stands at the northern end of the Southampton Common, just a little to the east of the Avenue at the Burgess Road junction. It is the site of the Court – Leet, an ancient law court. John TrinderSouthampton Sotonians and Friends 3 h · This...read more
