c. AD 150 Across the Itchen from Bevois Mount, the original Roman trading post of Clausentum had become
a thriving township.
c. 450 Clausentum has dwindled to a small township constantly under attack from Saxons and Jutes.
c. 700 Town of Hamwic established in the present day St. Mary’s.
c. 840 Ealdorman Wulfheard fought off 33 ships of Danes/pirates at Hamwic.
c. 850 The Saxon town of Hamwic (situated at present day St Mary’s) was one of the busiest ports in Europe.
1066 The Norman conquerors chose to site their town and castle on a small cliff to the west of Clausentum.
1124 St Denys Priory founded by Henry I.
c. 1330 Date of the oldest surviving English copy of Bevis of Hampton.
1338 October 4th The French Raid – much of the town destroyed by French and Genoese pirates.
1611 Alderman of Portswood fined 5/- for failing to bring roll of names of the inhabitants to court leet.
1620 The Pilgrim Fathers left Southampton for America on the ships Speedwell and Mayflower.
1705 Barcelona taken by Earl of Peterborough during War of the Spanish Succession.
c. 1722 Secret marriage between the 3rd Earl of Peterborough and Anastasia Robinson, opera singer.
First ever marriage between an aristocrat and a stage performer.
1723 The Earl of Peterborough created the Bevois Mount Estate.
1735 Death of the 3rd Earl of Peterborough.
1735–1755 Anastasia Robinson continued to live at Bevois Mount House until she died.
1755–1780 General Sir John Mordaunt, nephew of the Great Earl, lived at Bevois Mount House.
1759 Tommaso Traetta wrote the opera Buovo D’Antona (Bevois of Southampton) first performed in Venice.
1765 Spear Hall built.
1775 Sir John Mordaunt erected a mural tablet to the memory of his uncle, the Great Earl. This can now be
viewed at the Tudor house Museum.
1780 William Sotheby, poet (1757–1833) moved to Bevois Mount House.
1782 Rear Admiral Charles Sotheby born at Bevois Mount, was midshipman at The Battle of the Nile.
1791 William Sotheby wrote the poem “Farewell to Bevois Mount”.
1791 The first Bevois Tokens made for circulation in Southampton.
1798 Artist Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), patron George IV, lived at ‘Bever’s Hill’.
1820 George Fiott Day, born at Spear Hall. He was the first Sotonian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
1843 Bevois Inn first leased by Dorchester Brewery. It then became The Bevois Castle and is now
The Rockstone.
1844 Part/half of estate land sold by new owner William Betts.
1845 Stag Gates built by William Betts. The metal gates were soon moved to become cemetery gates on Hill
Lane leaving the stags and their pillars.
1853 A Memoir of Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth by George Warburton.
1854 Battle of Alma, first battle of the Crimean War.
1855 William Betts sells the rest of Bevois Mount Estate.
1861 Bevois Valley Methodist church built.
1869 West wing and conservatory removed from Bevois Mount House.
1870 Bevois Mount House became a ‘ladies school’.
1870 Honest Lawyer (now Lime Bar) built.
1870 First Southampton Women’s Suffrage Society founded, secretary Mrs. Jemima Sawyer,
Bevois (now Lodge Road).
1874 Bevois Town School built.
1879 Horse drawn tram route via Lodge Road commenced.
1883 Bevois Town church/St Faith’s Mission Hall built by Miss Pickard in memory of her sister.
1884 Geoffrey Orman was landlord of the Valley Inn (now The Guide Dog).
1887 Albert Durer Lucas recorded as living at 50, Padwell Road until his death in 1918.
1889 Horse drawn trams ran via Lodge Road, Spear Road and Avenue Road.
c. 1890 Spear hall and Bevois Hill house demolished.
1893 Cedar at Bevois Mount Where Pope Sat painting by Albert Durer Lucas.
1898 Avenue Congregational Church built.
1900 Trams travelling via Lodge Road electrified.
1900 Hartley College (now Southampton University) rented Bevois Mount House to use as a hostel
for women students.
1903 St Barnabas Church built in Lodge Road – destroyed by bombing in WWII.
1912 15th April Sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage. 18 of the crew were residents of Bevois Mount.
1914–1918 Bevois Mount House utilised as transit camp for German officer prisoners of war.
1919 The stags and pillars removed from the entrance to Lodge Road to enable road widening for trams.
1925 92–112 Lodge Road built, designed by architect Herbert Collins.
1931 Eric Meadus, Southampton artist, was born in Rigby Road.
1935 Ascupart House built, designed by Herbert Collins.
1939–1945 Thirteen civilian residents from Bevois Mount were killed during WWII.
c. 1940 Bevois Mount House demolished due to delapidation.
1940 St Barnabas church destroyed in bombing.
1940 November 30th Bevois Town School was destroyed by ‘fire bombs’.
1941 16th April Heinkel III crashed in Padwell Road destroying two houses. Two of the crew died and
two survived and were taken prisoner.
1945 By this time over 150 Bevois Mount buildings had been destroyed by bombing.
1948 Tram route via Lodge road from Swaythling closed.
1952 Hartley College given University status by Royal charter.
1956 St Barnabas church rebuilt and opened.
1961 Merchant Navy Hotel built and now has become The Travelodge.
1964 Southampton became a city.
1971 Bevois Valley church became a Gurdwara.
1973 Brian Coffey poet, philosopher, teacher and scientist, moved to Alma Road.
1975 The Avenue Conservation Area was formed.
1976 Saints won the FA Cup.
1977 Rockstone Lane was included in Cranbury Place conservation area.
1986 No. 11, The Avenue once the home of Sir James Lemon, twice mayor of Southampton (1891 & 1892),
was demolished.
2005 Southampton Institute of Higher Education given university status becoming Southampton
Solent University.
September 26th 2013 Launch of Bevois Mount History Facebook page.
2023 300th anniversary of Bevois Mount.
© Bevois Mount History
a thriving township.
c. 450 Clausentum has dwindled to a small township constantly under attack from Saxons and Jutes.
c. 700 Town of Hamwic established in the present day St. Mary’s.
c. 840 Ealdorman Wulfheard fought off 33 ships of Danes/pirates at Hamwic.
c. 850 The Saxon town of Hamwic (situated at present day St Mary’s) was one of the busiest ports in Europe.
1066 The Norman conquerors chose to site their town and castle on a small cliff to the west of Clausentum.
1124 St Denys Priory founded by Henry I.
c. 1330 Date of the oldest surviving English copy of Bevis of Hampton.
1338 October 4th The French Raid – much of the town destroyed by French and Genoese pirates.
1611 Alderman of Portswood fined 5/- for failing to bring roll of names of the inhabitants to court leet.
1620 The Pilgrim Fathers left Southampton for America on the ships Speedwell and Mayflower.
1705 Barcelona taken by Earl of Peterborough during War of the Spanish Succession.
c. 1722 Secret marriage between the 3rd Earl of Peterborough and Anastasia Robinson, opera singer.
First ever marriage between an aristocrat and a stage performer.
1723 The Earl of Peterborough created the Bevois Mount Estate.
1735 Death of the 3rd Earl of Peterborough.
1735–1755 Anastasia Robinson continued to live at Bevois Mount House until she died.
1755–1780 General Sir John Mordaunt, nephew of the Great Earl, lived at Bevois Mount House.
1759 Tommaso Traetta wrote the opera Buovo D’Antona (Bevois of Southampton) first performed in Venice.
1765 Spear Hall built.
1775 Sir John Mordaunt erected a mural tablet to the memory of his uncle, the Great Earl. This can now be
viewed at the Tudor house Museum.
1780 William Sotheby, poet (1757–1833) moved to Bevois Mount House.
1782 Rear Admiral Charles Sotheby born at Bevois Mount, was midshipman at The Battle of the Nile.
1791 William Sotheby wrote the poem “Farewell to Bevois Mount”.
1791 The first Bevois Tokens made for circulation in Southampton.
1798 Artist Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), patron George IV, lived at ‘Bever’s Hill’.
1820 George Fiott Day, born at Spear Hall. He was the first Sotonian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
1843 Bevois Inn first leased by Dorchester Brewery. It then became The Bevois Castle and is now
The Rockstone.
1844 Part/half of estate land sold by new owner William Betts.
1845 Stag Gates built by William Betts. The metal gates were soon moved to become cemetery gates on Hill
Lane leaving the stags and their pillars.
1853 A Memoir of Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth by George Warburton.
1854 Battle of Alma, first battle of the Crimean War.
1855 William Betts sells the rest of Bevois Mount Estate.
1861 Bevois Valley Methodist church built.
1869 West wing and conservatory removed from Bevois Mount House.
1870 Bevois Mount House became a ‘ladies school’.
1870 Honest Lawyer (now Lime Bar) built.
1870 First Southampton Women’s Suffrage Society founded, secretary Mrs. Jemima Sawyer,
Bevois (now Lodge Road).
1874 Bevois Town School built.
1879 Horse drawn tram route via Lodge Road commenced.
1883 Bevois Town church/St Faith’s Mission Hall built by Miss Pickard in memory of her sister.
1884 Geoffrey Orman was landlord of the Valley Inn (now The Guide Dog).
1887 Albert Durer Lucas recorded as living at 50, Padwell Road until his death in 1918.
1889 Horse drawn trams ran via Lodge Road, Spear Road and Avenue Road.
c. 1890 Spear hall and Bevois Hill house demolished.
1893 Cedar at Bevois Mount Where Pope Sat painting by Albert Durer Lucas.
1898 Avenue Congregational Church built.
1900 Trams travelling via Lodge Road electrified.
1900 Hartley College (now Southampton University) rented Bevois Mount House to use as a hostel
for women students.
1903 St Barnabas Church built in Lodge Road – destroyed by bombing in WWII.
1912 15th April Sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage. 18 of the crew were residents of Bevois Mount.
1914–1918 Bevois Mount House utilised as transit camp for German officer prisoners of war.
1919 The stags and pillars removed from the entrance to Lodge Road to enable road widening for trams.
1925 92–112 Lodge Road built, designed by architect Herbert Collins.
1931 Eric Meadus, Southampton artist, was born in Rigby Road.
1935 Ascupart House built, designed by Herbert Collins.
1939–1945 Thirteen civilian residents from Bevois Mount were killed during WWII.
c. 1940 Bevois Mount House demolished due to delapidation.
1940 St Barnabas church destroyed in bombing.
1940 November 30th Bevois Town School was destroyed by ‘fire bombs’.
1941 16th April Heinkel III crashed in Padwell Road destroying two houses. Two of the crew died and
two survived and were taken prisoner.
1945 By this time over 150 Bevois Mount buildings had been destroyed by bombing.
1948 Tram route via Lodge road from Swaythling closed.
1952 Hartley College given University status by Royal charter.
1956 St Barnabas church rebuilt and opened.
1961 Merchant Navy Hotel built and now has become The Travelodge.
1964 Southampton became a city.
1971 Bevois Valley church became a Gurdwara.
1973 Brian Coffey poet, philosopher, teacher and scientist, moved to Alma Road.
1975 The Avenue Conservation Area was formed.
1976 Saints won the FA Cup.
1977 Rockstone Lane was included in Cranbury Place conservation area.
1986 No. 11, The Avenue once the home of Sir James Lemon, twice mayor of Southampton (1891 & 1892),
was demolished.
2005 Southampton Institute of Higher Education given university status becoming Southampton
Solent University.
September 26th 2013 Launch of Bevois Mount History Facebook page.
2023 300th anniversary of Bevois Mount.
© Bevois Mount History