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From 1879, a route of Southampton Corporation Tramways operated from Southampton via Fourposts Hill along Shirley High Street. [41] Substantial further development was proposed in 1899. [42] It ran until 1949 as far as what is now the current Shirley Precinct. This stop is still known as "Shirley Terminus" to some residents when using bus services.
The gateway to Shirley high street was once marked by the 'Powergen’ office building; a 1960s building by Birmingham architect John Madin who also designed the former Birmingham Central Library. [11] In 2015 it became the filming location for a zombie movie starring Glenn Close, ‘The Girl with all the Gifts, before it was demolished in 2017.
The former premises of the National Provincial Bank, situated in the High Street, opposite Holyrood Church, were designed by John Gibson in the Italianate style. The facade has a round-headed recessed entrance flanked by Ionic columns supporting entablature hood on scroll brackets with large sculptured coat of arms above incorporating statuary ...
It is this area which is now generally known as Regents Park, although the description is a loose one and is also taken to include the housing between Oakley Road and Shirley High Street / Romsey Road, which is also the location of the former Regents Park girls school, now Regents Park Community College.
Shirley Oaks Hospital, built on the site of the former Children's Home. Shirley Oaks is situated north of central Shirley, abutting Monks Orchard. [2] The land here was traditionally the property of the Archbishop of Canterbury. [2] The area gets its name from Oaks Farm, which lay here circa 1800. [2]
The Shirley Village Historic District encompasses the main commercial and industrial village of Shirley, Massachusetts.It is located in the southern part of the town, and grew up around a series of mills that were located along Catacoonamug Brook, and then the railroad, which was built through the area in the 1840s.
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This was done in order to alleviate traffic congestion at Shirley station, by encouraging commuters to drive to Whitlocks End, which had space for proper park and ride facilities. [2] The 1907 built signalbox that stood on the Stratford-upon-Avon bound platform became redundant, and was demolished at the end of 2010, despite a local campaign to ...
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