Southampton
"SOUTHAMPTON, comprises the parishes of St. Mary, St. Laurence, All Saints, Holy Rood, St. John, St. Michael, and St. Mary Extra; it is a seaport, market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, and a county of itself, locally in the hundred of Mainsbridge, county Hants, 14 miles S.S.W. of Winchester, 17 N.E. of Lymington, and 11 N.W. of Portsmouth. It is situated on a peninsula at the head of Southampton Water, between the river Test, or Anton, on the W., and the Alre, or Itchen, on the E. It is a constantly and rapidly-increasing place, the population having risen from 7,913 in 1801 to 35,305 in 1851, and 46,960 in 1861, occupying 7,712 houses. About a mile to the S.W. of the present town stood the Roman Clausentum, the site of which is now occupied by Bittern Farm, and is still indicated by a fosse and vallum on the land side."
Cemeteries
- Holybrook Cemetery, Cemetery, Shirley Warren
- Christ Church (Highfield Church), Highfield Lane, Portswood, Church of England
- St Augustine, Northam Road, Northam, Church of England
- St Michael, St Michael's Square, Church of England
- St James, St James Road, Other, Shirley
Church Records
- Central Baptist Church, Devonshire Road, Baptist
- Colne Avenue Baptist Church, Colne Avenue, Baptist
- Freemantle Baptist Church, Testwood Road, Baptist
- Shirley Baptist Church, Church Street, Baptist
- Shirley Warren: SWBC Action Church, Warren Crescent, Baptist
- Thornhill Baptist Church, Woodland Close, Baptist
- Swaythling Baptist Church, Fleming Road, Baptist, Swaythling
- Seafarers Centre, Queens Terrace, Centres for Seafarers
- Southampton Christadelphians, Hanley Road, Christadelphian
- St Peter, Lockerley Crescent, Church of England, Maybush
- All Saints, Sedbergh Road, Church of England, Redbridge
- Christ Church, Paynes Road, Freemantle, Church of England
- Christ Church (Highfield Church), Highfield Lane, Portswood, Church of England
- Holy Rood, High Street, Church of England
- Holy Trinity, North Front, Kingsland, Church of England
- Holy Trinity, Weston Lane, Church of England
- Southampton Common, Cemetery Road, Church of England
- St Augustine, Northam Road, Northam, Church of England
- St Barnabus, Rose Road, Church of England
- St Denys, Dundee Road, Church of England
- St John Mission Hall, French Street, Church of England
- St Jude, Warren Avenue, Church of England
- St Julian, Winkle Street, Church of England
- St Lawrence, High Street, Church of England
- St Mark, Archer Road, Church of England
- St Mary, St Mary Street, Church of England
- St Mary Extra (Jesus Chapel), Pear Tree Green, Pear Tree Road, Church of England
- St Matthew, St Mary's Road, Church of England
- St Michael, St Michael's Square, Church of England
- St Paul, Church of England
- St Peter, Commercial Road, Church of England
- St Alban, Tulip Road, Church of England, Swaythling
- St Christopher, Hinkler Avenue, Church of England, Thornhill
- St Mark, Weston Grove Road, Church of England, Woolston
- Portswood Church, Portswood Road, Evangelical Church
- Gurdwara Nanaksar, Peterborough Road, Gurdwara
- Gurdwara Tegh Bhadar Sahib, Nichols Road, Gurdwara
- Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Cranberry Avenue, Gurdwara
- Vedic Society Hindu Temple, Radcliffe Road, Hindu Temple
- Above Bar Church, Above Bar Street, Independent Evangelical
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Chetwynd Road, Bassett, Jesus Christ LDS
- Northam Methodist Church, Union Road, Northam, Methodist
- St James Road Methodist Church, St James Road, Methodist
- Swaythling Methodist Church, Burgess Road, Methodist, Swaythling
- Woolston Methodist Church, Manor Road North, Methodist, Woolston
- Central Mosque, Northumberland Road, Mosque
- Medina Mosque, St Mary's Road, Mosque
- Shahjalal Mosque, St Mary's Road, Mosque
- Kingdom Hall, Other, Coxford
- Lords Hill Church, Lordshill District Centre, Other, Lords Hill
- Kings Church Centre, Coxford Road, Other, Lordswood
- Chapel, Bracken Lane, Other, Old Shirley
- St James, St James Road, Other, Shirley
- (unknown dedication), Trinity Road, Other
- Chapel, Liverpool Street, Other
- Chapel, Osborne Road South, Other
- Chapel, Randolph Street, Other
- Chapel, Southcliff Road, Other
- Christian Science Church, The Avenue, Other
- Edmund Kell Unitiarian Church, Belle Vue Road, Other
- Elim Christian Centre, Park Road, Other
- Emmanuel Church, Shirley Road, Other
- Freemantle Evangelical Church, Nelson Road, Other
- Gospel Hall, Millbrook Road, Other
- Greek Orthodox Church, Bernard Street, Other
- James Street Church, James Street, Other
- Kingdom Hall, Shakespeare Avenue, Other
- Mercy Vineyard Church, Commercial Street, Other
- Millbrook Christian Centre, Wimpson Lane, Other
- New Community Church, Central Hall, St Mary Street, Other
- New Testament Church of God, Priory Road, Other
- Orchard Lane Church, Orchard Lane, Other
- Riverside Family Church, Northam Road, Northam, Other
- Salvation Army, Victor Street, Other
- Seventh Day Adventist Church, Shirley Road, Other
- Southampton Chinese Christian Church, Portswood Church, Portswood Road, Other
- St John's Centre, Raymond Road, Other
- Chapel, Sirdar Road, Other, Swaythling
- Swaythling Spiritualist Church, Portswood Road, Other, Swaythling
- St Colman, Warburton Road, Other, Thornhill
- Quaker Meeting House, Ordnance Road, Quaker Meeting House
- Immaculate Conception, Portswood Road, Roman Catholic, Portswood
- Christ the King, Bitterne Road East, Roman Catholic
- Holy Family, Redbridge Hill, Roman Catholic
- St Boniface, Shirley Road, Roman Catholic
- St Edmund, The Avenue, Roman Catholic
- St Joseph, Bugle Street, Roman Catholic
- St Patrick, Portsmouth Road, Woolston, Roman Catholic
- St Vincent de Paul, Aldermoor Close, Off Coxford Road, Lordswood, Roman Catholic
- Southampton Spiritualist Church, Cavendish Grove, Spiritual Church
- Shirley Spiritualist Church, Wolseley Road, Spiritualist
- Freemantle URC, Shirley Road, United Reformed Church
- Isaac Watts Memorial URC, Winchester Road, United Reformed Church
- St Andrews, The Avenue, United Reformed Church
- Pear Tree Green URC, Pear Tree Road, United Reformed Church, Woolston
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Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Southampton from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Southampton from
A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Southampton to another place.
History
- The entry for Southampton from British History Online.
Maps
- View maps of Southampton and places within its boundaries.