Lewis gave him a guidebook tour of London and, motoring and walking, took him to Stratford, but the London stay was for only ten days, and on the twentieth they took the train for Southampton, where they spent the night for an early morning Channel crossing.

In the seventh week after Easter May 878, around Whitsuntide, Alfred rode to ‘ Egbert's Stone ’ east of Selwood, where he was met by " all the people of Somerset and of Wiltshire and of that part of Hampshire which is on this side of the sea is, west of Southampton Water, and they rejoiced to see him ".

* 1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.

The match ended in a 1-0 defeat His final goal had come a month earlier, on 31 March, in a 2-0 win at Southampton, also in the First Division.

In the spring of the following year, Ward's health gave way and he died of tuberculosis at Southampton on March 6, 1867.

Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946 and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey in the County of Southampton on 28 October 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth, and to their heirs male respectively.

Lineker scored three hat-tricks for Everton ; at home to Birmingham City in a 4 – 1 league win on 31 August 1985, at home to Manchester City in a 4 – 0 home win on 11 February 1986, and then in the penultimate league game of the season on 3 May 1986, when they kept their title hopes alive with a 6 – 1 home win over Southampton.

Until 1902, a possible enclave of Dorset people or Sadlermiut ( in modern Inuktitut spelling Sallirmiut ) existed on Southampton Island.

* 1952 – The sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton.

The film was shot mainly at Shepperton Studios in London, and on his arrival at Southampton aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, Cagney was mobbed by hundreds of fans.

Pisa (; ) is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea-and the current location of British-Dutch football, cycling and retro Southampton shirt enthusiast Jeff Thomas.

* 1933 – Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

When Bernard's brother, Adam Gimbel, became President of Saks Fifth Avenue in 1926 after Bernard's sudden passing, the company took on national aspirations, opening its very first branch store that year in the city of Palm Beach, Florida, as a seasonal resort store, followed by a second resort store in Southampton, New York, in 1928.

* Southampton on the south coast.

Gosport and Portsmouth are linked by the Gosport Ferry ; Southampton and Isle of Wight are linked by ferry and fast Catamaran ferries ; North Shields and South Shields on Tyneside are linked by the Shields Ferry ; and the Mersey has the Mersey Ferry.

However, when V-1s launched from Heinkel He 111s at Southampton on July 7 were inaccurate, British advisor Frederick Lindemann recommended the agents report that the attack caused " heavy losses " in order to save hundreds of Londoners each week at the expense of only a few lives in the ports.

The location of Cerdicesora ( or " Cerdic's Shore ") is generally believed to be somewhere on Southampton Water, perhaps at Calshot.

For westbound trains the station at Cosham, served by the local bus services, is on the line between Portsmouth and Fareham, with regular trains to Southampton and Cardiff.

* January 4 – RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage.

Since 1973 only two other clubs, Southampton in 1976, and West Ham United in 1980, have equalled Sunderland's achievement of lifting the FA Cup while playing outside the top tier of English football.

It will be apprciated that a city region need not have a symmetrical shape, and that is especially true in coastal or lakeside situations ( consider for instance Oslo, Southampton or Chicago ).

This would have allowed trains to go from Southampton Waterfront to East Anglia without the need to change at London.

The elimination of the locomotive change ( at either Eastleigh ( for Southampton ) or Bournemouth ) was envisaged and their dual power capability would greatly accelerate timings and reduce operational requirements.

It was also hoped it would reduce the traffic around Southampton with a local commuter line linking the Waterfront to Romsey, Halterworth and Chandler's Ford, the plan failed to come about for reasons unknown.

On 5 March 2004, Dr. Mitchell unveiled a 3 / 4 scale representation of the prototype Spitfire K5054 at the entrance to Eastleigh Airport, Southampton, on the 68th anniversary of its first flight.

It was served by British, Portuguese and German liners, and the majority of its imported goods were shipped at Southampton, Lisbon and Hamburg.

A line from Nuvuk Point () to Leyson Point, the Southeastern extreme of Southampton Island, through the Southern and Western shores of Southampton Island to its Northern extremity, thence a line to Beach Point () on the Mainland.

Born into slavery in Southampton County, he launched his rebellion there which gained up to 70 slaves at its height.

The area west of Southampton Row / Woburn Place is notable for its concentration of academic establishments, museums, and formal squares.

Mitcham had until recently never been well served by railway, due to its being equidistant between the historic lines of Waterloo to Southampton and London Bridge to Brighton.

The University of Southampton has its origin as the Hartley Institution which was formed in 1862 from a benefaction by Henry Robinson Hartley ( 1777 – 1850 ).

During World War II the university suffered damage in the Southampton Blitz with bombs landing on the campus and its halls of residence.

Easthampton is bordered by Southampton and Westhampton to its west, by Holyoke to its east and south, and by a Northampton to its north.

The name Southampton was given to it during its first town meeting in 1773.

North Hempstead is the only town on Long Island that does not have a corresponding hamlet or village in its borders with the same name ; Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County and the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, Shelter Island and East Hampton in Suffolk County all have smaller subdivisions with the same name.

Riverside is in the Town of Southampton and derives its name from being on the south bank of the Peconic River.

Most of the defining landmarks of the village — including its Main Street, the Whalers Church, Jermain Library, Whaling Museum, the Old Burying Ground, Oakland Cemetery, Mashashimuet Park, and Otter Pond are all in Southampton.

In his 2010 book on archaeological theory, Mathhew Johnson of the University of Southampton argued that despite the intervening 40 years since its development, the " intellectual questions " first posed by processualism remained " absolutely central " to archaeology.

Production of the Supermarine Spitfire at its parent company's base at Woolston, Southampton was vulnerable to enemy attack as a high profile target and was well within range of Luftwaffe bombers.

The river has a total length of 40 miles ( 64 km ) and it flows through downland from its source near Ashe, 10 km to the west of Basingstoke ( at ), to the sea at the head of Southampton Water.

Here the river is joined by the River Blackwater and soon becomes tidal, widening out into a considerable estuary that is lined on its northern bank by the container terminals and quays of the Port of Southampton.

The River Test has given its name to the Test Valley District, a local government district in the area, and to Southampton Test, a UK Parliament constituency.

The Battle of Omdurman has also lent its name to many streets in British cities, for example Omdurman Road in Southampton.

The Earl of March was not involved in the Southampton Plot which, despite its failure, successfully promoted the claim of Anne's descendants, especially the Yorkists, to the throne of England.