Timeline of Southampton
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Prior to 16th century
- 750 – Market active.[1]
- 837 – Town besieged by Danes.[2]
- 980 – Town "ravaged" by Danes (approximate date).[3]
- 1070 – St. Michael's Church founded.
- 11th century – Southampton Castle built.
- 1124 – St Denys Priory founded.[4]
- 1180 – Bargate built (approximate date).
- 1197 – God's House hostel and Church of St. Julien established (approximate date).
- 1200 – Long House built (approximate date).
- 1220 – Walter Fortin becomes mayor (approximate date).[5]
- 1233 – Franciscan Friary founded (approximate date).
- 1236 – Jews expelled.[6]
- 1239 – Netley Abbey founded near town.
- 1299 – Bowling Green in use.[7]
- 1300 – Population: 5,000 (approximate).
- 1319 – Venetian state fleet visits Southampton.[8]
- 1320 – Holyrood Church built.
- 1338 – Town taken by French forces.[2]
- 1348 – Black plague.[3]
- 1415 – August: Southampton Plot ringleaders executed at Bargate.
- 1461 – Southampton fair active.[1]
16th-18th centuries
- 1550 – Grammar school founded.[4]
- 1552 – Edward VI visits town.[3]
- 1554 – Philip of Spain visits town.[3]
- 1669 – Charles II visits town.[9]
- 1760 – Taunton's School founded.[10]
- 1761 – Assembly rooms built.[9][11]
- 1766 – Theatre built.[11]
- 1772 – Hampshire Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1798 – Thorners Charity built.[9]
- 1799 – Northam Bridge built.
19th century
- 1802 – Salisbury and Southampton Canal begins operating.
- 1822 – Southampton County Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1823 – Public dispensary established.[2]
- 1823 - The Hampshire Advertiser newspaper established (circulated until 1900)[14] from an earlier publication, the Herald.[15]
- 1830 – Southampton Polytechnic Institution established.[10]
- 1831 – Population: 19,324.[16]
- 1836
- Woolston Floating Bridge (ferry) begins operating.
- Police force established.
- Southampton Dock Company incorporated.[17]
- 1839 – Southampton Terminus railway station opens.
- 1841 – Population: 27,744.[16]
- 1842
- Docks built.[2]
- Elliott Brothers (builders merchant) in business.
- 1846 – Southampton Old Cemetery begins operating.
- 1847 – Riding School at Carlton Place completed.[18]
- 1849 – James & Co. bookseller in business.[19]
- 1855 – Southampton School of Art,[10] and prison on Ascupart Street established.
- 1860 – Southampton Times newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1862 – Hartley Institute founded.[2]
- 1872 – Ordnance Survey buildings constructed.
- 1875
- Watts Memorial Hall built.[4]
- Royal Southampton Yacht Club chartered.
- 1876 – Above Bar Church founded.
- 1879 – Southampton Tramways Company begins operating.
- 1884 – St. Mary's Church built.
- 1885 – St. Mary's Young Men's Association Football Club, and Hampshire Field Club[20] established.
- 1889 – Southampton Free Public Library established.[19]
- 1889 – St Mary's Road drill hall completed.[21]
- 1890 – September: Southampton Dock Strike of 1890.
- 1891
- Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway begins operating.
- Southampton Docks acquired by the London and South Western Railway company.[22]
- 1895
- Bitterne (portion), Freemantle, Millbrook, and Shirley become part of Southampton.[22]
- Southampton West railway station opens.
- 1898
- Southampton Football Club founded.
- The Dell (stadium) opens.
- 1899 – David Holmes bookseller in business.[19]
20th century
- 1901 – Population: 104,824.[4]
- 1905 – Southampton Record Society founded.[23][24]
- 1907 – White Star Line relocates to Southampton from Liverpool.
- 1912
- Tudor House Museum established.
- 10 April: RMS Titanic departs Southampton; later sinks.[25]
- 1913 – Palladium Cinema opens.[26]
- 1914 – Scala Cinema opens.[26]
- 1919
- January: 1919 Southampton Mutiny.
- Cunard Line relocates to Southampton from Liverpool.
- 1920
- Bassett, Bitterne Parish Council, Itchen Urban District Council, and Swaythling become part of Southampton.
- The Cenotaph (war memorial) unveiled in Watts Park.
- 1925 – Southampton Above Bar Musical and Dramatic Society active.
- 1928 – Empire Theatre opens.
- 1932 – Southampton Municipal Airport established.
- 1933 – King George V Graving Dock opens.
- 1937
- Southampton Guildhall opens.
- Foster, Wikner Aircraft company relocates to Southampton.
- 1939 – Southampton City Art Gallery opens.[27]
- 1940 – November–December: Aerial bombing by German forces.
- 1952 – University of Southampton chartered.
- 1954 – Northam Bridge rebuilt.
- 1961 – Museum of Archaeology opens in God's House Tower.
- 1962 – City of Southampton Society founded.[28]
- 1964 – Southampton becomes a city.
- 1965 – Wilton Royal factory opens near city.[29]
- 1966 – Southampton Maritime Museum opens in The Wool House.
- 1968 – Southampton Boat Show begins.
- 1969
- Southampton Technical College established.
- Television Centre built.
- 1979 – John Hansard Gallery established.[30]
- 1984
- Southampton Institute of Higher Education established.
- Solent Sky aviation museum opens.[31]
- 1985 – Medieval Merchant's House restored.
- 1986
- Ocean Village (marina) area redeveloped.
- Southampton Citybus in operation.
- 1989 – Bargate Shopping Centre built.
- 1991 – Marlands Shopping Centre in business.
- 1996 – Southampton Oceanography Centre opens.
- 2000
- WestQuay shopping centre in business.
- Chamberlayne Leisure Centre opens in Mayfield Park.
21st century
- 2001 – Population: 217,400.[32]
- 2009 – Carnival House office building opens.
- 2011 – Population: 236,900.[32]
- 2012 – SeaCity Museum opens.
- 2016 West Quay Watermark opens
See also
- History of Southampton
- Timelines of other cities in South East England: Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading
References
- Samantha Letters (2005), "Hampshire", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
- George Henry Townsend (1867), "Southampton", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
- "Borough of Southampton". History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Sheffield: William White. 1878.
- "Southampton", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Southampton Mayors". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- Lipman, Vivian David, and William D. Rubinstein. "Southampton." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol. 19. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 60-61. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Oct. 2013
- Bamber Gascoigne. "Timelines: Southampton". History World. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- Alwyn A. Ruddock (1946). "Alien Merchants in Southampton in the Later Middle Ages". English Historical Review. 61 (239): 1–17. JSTOR 554835.
- A.E. Richardson (1920). "Southampton". Town Planning Review. 8 (2): 69–78. doi:10.3828/tpr.8.2.b071g257qk17168p. JSTOR 40100721.
- Directory of Southampton. London: George Stevens. 1884.
- Samuel Tymms (1832). "Hampshire". Western Circuit. The Family Topographer: Being a Compendious Account of the … Counties of England. 2. London: J.B. Nichols and Son. OCLC 2127940.
- Frederick Augustus Edwards (1890), Early Hampshire Printers
- "Southampton (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- Hampshire Archive
- "Death of Edward Langdon Oke". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton, UK. 26 September 1840.
- "Southampton". Slater's Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of … Hampshire. Manchester: Isaac Slater. 1852.
- L.E. Tavener (1950). "Port of Southampton". Economic Geography. 26 (4): 260–273. doi:10.2307/141262. JSTOR 141262.
- "Riding School". Sotonopedia. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- James Clegg, ed. (1906), International Directory of Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual
- Papers and Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club, 1, 1885
- "Southampton". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- J.G. Bartholomew (1904), "Southampton", Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, London: G. Newnes
- Publications of the Southampton Record Society 1905-
- "Southampton Records Series". University of Southampton. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "World Wars". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Movie Theaters in Southampton, England". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Arts and Heritage". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "About Us". City of Southampton Society. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- Steven P. Pinch, Colin M. Mason and Stephen J. G. Witt (1989). "Labour Flexibility and Industrial Restructuring in the UK 'Sunbelt': The Case of Southampton". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 14 (4): 418–434. doi:10.2307/623009. JSTOR 623009.
- John Hansard Gallery. "About Us". University of Southampton. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "The Museum". Solent Sky Museum. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Southampton's Census population". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Further reading
Published in the 18th century
- Stephen Whatley (1751). "Southampton". England's Gazetteer. London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton.
- Southampton Guide. Southampton: James Linden. 1768.
- Nathaniel Spencer (1772). "County of Hants: (Southampton)". Complete English Traveller. London: J. Cooke.
- Daniel Defoe; Samuel Richardson (1778), "(Southampton)", A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain (8th ed.), London: J.F. and C. Rivingdon
- J. Hassell (1798). "Tour of the Isle of Wight: (Southampton)". In William Mavor (ed.). British Tourists; Or Traveller's Pocket Companion. 5. London.
Published in the 19th century
1800s-1840s
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1805), "Southampton", Beauties of England and Wales, 6, London: Vernor & Hood, hdl:2027/yale.39002040781875
- Henry Englefield (1805), A Walk through Southampton (2nd ed.), Southampton: Baker and Fletcher, OCLC 422509, OL 7227217M
- James Dugdale (1819), "Hampshire: Southampton", New British Traveller, 4, London: J. Robins and Co.
- "Southampton". Rees's Cyclopædia. 1819.
- John Bullar (1820). Historical Particulars Relating to Southampton. Southampton: Baker.
- Southampton Guide (26th ed.). Elizabeth Skelton. 1823.
- Robert Watt (1824). "Southampton". Bibliotheca Britannica. 4. Edinburgh: A. Constable. hdl:2027/mdp.39076005081505. OCLC 961753.
- Kidd's picturesque pocket companion to Southampton. W. Kidd. 1830.
- David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Southampton". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. 17. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t82j6q872.
- "Southampton", Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of England and Wales (7th ed.), London: Leigh and Son, 1839
- "Southampton". London and Southampton Railway Guide. London: James Wyld. 1839.
- John Duthy (1839). "Southampton". Sketches of Hampshire. Winchester: Jacob and Johnson.
- "Southampton". Hampshire. Journey-Book of England. London: Charles Knight & Co. 1841. hdl:2027/njp.32101072870619.
- "Southampton Station", Mogg's Southampton Railway, and Isle of Wight Guide, London: Edward Mogg, 1845
- Samuel Lewis (1848), "Southampton", Topographical Dictionary of England (7th ed.), London: S. Lewis and Co.
1850s-1890s
- "Southampton". Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire. Kelly and Co. 1855.
- Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Southampton". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064810.
- "Southampton", Black's Guide to Hampshire, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1872
- Henry March Gilbert (1872), "(Southampton)", Bibliotheca Hantoniensis, Southampton: Ye Olde Booke Shoppe
- "Southampton", Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight (3rd ed.), London: John Murray, 1876
- "Southampton". Kelly's Directory. 1880.
- G. Phillips Bevan (1881), "Southampton", Tourist's Guide to Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight, London: Edward Stanford
- John Parker Anderson (1881), "Hampshire: Southampton", Book of British Topography: a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, London: W. Satchell
- Thomas William Shore (1882). Guide to Southampton and Neighbourhood. Southampton.
- J. Silvester Davies (1883), History of Southampton, Southampton: Gilbert & Co., OL 7022835M
- "Southampton". Official Guide to the London and North Western Railway. London: Cassell & Company. 1894.
- "Southampton", Great Britain (4th ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1897, OCLC 6430424
- Charles Gross (1897). "Southampton". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Southampton ; an historical guide to the places of interest in the town and neighbourhood. Southampton: John Adams. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
- "Southampton". List of Works Relating to British Genealogy and Local History. New York: New York Public Library. 1910.
- "Southampton". England. Blue Guides. London: Macmillan. 1920.
- Ruth Hutchinson Crocker (1987). "Victorian Poor Law in Crisis and Change: Southampton, 1870–1895". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 19 (1): 19–44. doi:10.2307/4049658. JSTOR 4049658.
External links
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- "Southampton's Local History". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- Hartley Library, Special Collections. "Guide to the Cope Collection and the Local History subject guide". University of Southampton.
- "Southampton: Timeline". Port Cities UK. UK: New Opportunities Fund.
- "Hampshire", Historical Directories, UK: University of Leicester. Includes Southampton area directories, various dates.
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