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Shirley, Southampton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shirley, Southampton

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Shirley, Southampton history

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Shirley is recorded as a manor with a mill in the Domesday Book. The place-name Shirley commonly means “bright clearing”, from the Old English very similarly pronounced scir (bright) and leah (cleared land in a wood) In 1228, Nicholas de Sirlie, lord of Shirley, surrendered rights to Southampton Common in return for a small payment and the agreement that the Burgesses of Southampton had no rights of common over the land that would later become Shirley Common. Shirley Mill had three large ponds, to the north of Winchester Road.

Shirley and Freemantle Local Board of Health

Shirley and Freemantle Urban District Council was formed on 2 January 1895. It was abolished on 8 November 1895 when the district became a suburb of Southampton. The Board originally met in Church Street but moved to Ravenswood in July 1885. It later became the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Transport

In the late 1800s the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway planned to build a railway through Shirley, to a new station near Southampton’s Royal Pier. In the event the line was only built as far as Winchester Chesil Station. A story grew up that St James’ Park, Southampton, in Shirley was to have been a local railway station on this route.

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Best Shirley, Southampton places to visit

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Shirley, Southampton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shirley, Southampton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shirley, Southampton’s information audio spots:

R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel The R. J. Mitchell Wind Tunnel is part of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. It is the largest wind tunnel in University ownership in the UK.

St. Alban’s Church, Southampton St. Alban’s Church, Swaythling, Southampton, stands on Tulip Road, just off the main Burgess Road. The church, and its associated hall, is a Grade II listed building.

Clausentum Clausentum was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. The site is believed to be located in Bitterne Manor, now a suburb of Southampton.

Old Farmhouse, Southampton The Old Farmhouse was originally a farmhouse and dates back to at least 1560. It was rebuilt in 1611 and converted to its current usage in 1843. It is situated adjacent to the Mount Pleasant level crossing on the South West Main Line.

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett St. Michael and All Angels Church, in Bassett, Southampton, is an Anglican parish church which dates from the late 19th century.

Hollybrook Cemetery Hollybrook Cemetery is one of the main cemeteries in Southampton. It contains around 53,000 graves as of August 2012 and still open to new burials as of March 2016.

Southampton Cenotaph The Southampton Cenotaph was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form. It is a tapering, multi-tiered pylon which culminates in a sarcophagus which features a recumbent figure of a soldier. The names of the dead are inscribed on three sides.

Watts Park Watts Park is named in honour of Isaac Watts, a Congregationalist minister and hymn writer. It was built between 1854 and 1866 and was designated Grade II* in 1995.

Southampton Tunnel Southampton Tunnel is a 528-yard railway tunnel that runs close to the Civic Centre in the centre of the city of Southampton. It was constructed by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway to join the London and Southampton Railway. The tunnel suffered a collapse during construction, and subsequent movement of the structure delayed its opening until two months after that of the rest of the line.

Above Bar Church, Southampton Above Bar Church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building is on the corner of Above Bar Street and Ogle Road in Southampton City Centre.

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