Geograph Britain and IrelandLatest Images by David Mainwood
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2024-03-19T04:11:24+00:00text/html2005-07-06T15:46:35+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.905943 -1.402621SU4212 : East Park
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24298
In the city centre. Between the shopping centre and the Institute.text/html2005-07-06T15:31:33+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.909547 -1.403997SU4212 : East Park, Southampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24288
North end of East Park looking towards one of the new hotelstext/html2005-07-06T15:18:08+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.914942 -1.403928SU4213 : St Edmund's Church
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24280
St Edmunds Roman Catholic Church, The Avenuetext/html2005-07-06T15:07:41+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.915842 -1.403917SU4213 : The Avenue
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24276
The busy tree-lined entrance to Southamptontext/html2005-07-04T14:36:20+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.924782 -1.393843SU4214 : Mecca Bingo Hall, Portswood Road
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23748
text/html2005-07-04T14:30:33+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.923890 -1.395277SU4214 : Portswood Road
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23745
Portswood Road looking north with the entrance to Brookvale Road on the lefttext/html2005-07-02T17:46:35+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.910483 -1.411097SU4112 : Titanic Musicians' Memorial
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23240
The original memorial was destroyed during the war. This one was unveiled in 1990.text/html2005-07-02T17:24:24+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.909555 -1.405419SU4112 : RMS Titanic Engineers Memorial, Southampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23237
The Inscription reads " Greater Love hath no man than this. That a man lay down his life for his friends."
"To the memory of the engineer officers of the RMS Titanic, who showed their conception of duty and heroism by remaining at their posts 15th April 1912."
"Erected by their fellow engineers and friends on 22nd April 1914."text/html2005-07-02T17:11:39+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.909555 -1.405419SU4112 : RMS Titanic Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23233
Unveiled 22 April 1914 before a crowd of 100,000 people. Many of the crew were Southampton residents and the loss was felt throughout the city.text/html2005-07-02T13:49:05+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.892276 -1.368673SU4410 : The Obelisk Public House
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23204
named after the Obelisk in Mayfield Parktext/html2005-07-02T13:30:30+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.892198 -1.354456SU4510 : Millers Pond, Sholing Common
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23202
Named after the mill that once stood next to the pondtext/html2005-07-02T13:25:08+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.895636 -1.358247SU4510 : Botany Bay Road, Sholing, Southampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23201
The road runs next to the Common. Convicts were kept here before being transported to Australia.text/html2005-07-02T13:17:11+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.895901 -1.357248SU4510 : Spike Island - Botany Bay, Sholing Common, Southampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23197
Apparently the name comes from the early 19th century when convicts were kept here before being transported to Australia. According to legend they were chained to spikes to prevent their escaping thus "Spike Island". The road which runs next to the common is called Botany Bay Roadtext/html2005-07-01T22:46:48+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.865223 -1.354828SU4507 : Entrance to the Royal Victoria Country Park
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23073
The old Royal Victoria Hospital grounds are now a country park.text/html2005-07-01T21:49:29+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/998David Mainwood50.881087 -1.395405SU4209 : The Queen Mary 2
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23057
The QM2 setting out from her home port. As seen from the top of Weston Shore opposite the docks.