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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.
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 ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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 in the second world war. During the night of 30 November 1940, the centre of Southampton became the target for German bombers, when 800 high explosive bombs and 9,000 incendiaries were dropped on the town centre. In this attack, and that a week earlier, 214 people were killed and nearly 500 properties were totally destroyed.
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 Southampton Pier Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. i) authorised the pier, and the construction was funded through a mortgage. [3] The pier was designed by Edward L. Stephens, a royal navy officer. [4] Soon after its completion, the pier started to suffer from damage caused by gribble worms resulting in the foundations needing to be rebuilt in ...
Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the English and after 1707 British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton , it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election .