Midanbury

Midanbury
The view over the Itchen Valley from Midanbury
Midanbury  Midanbury shown within Southampton
Unitary authority	Southampton
Ceremonial county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district	SO18
Dialling code	023
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Southampton Itchen
List of places UK England Hampshire

Coordinates: 50°55′34″N 1°21′53″W / 50.926°N 1.3646°W / 50.926; -1.3646

Midanbury is a small suburb of Southampton, England, bordering Bitterne, Bitterne Park and Townhill Park.

History

It is named after the country house Midanbury Lodge which was situated on the summit of a hill to the east of Southampton. The house no longer stands, and the land was used for intense house building. The only clue to the existence of the house is the name of the pub in the area, The Castle, which was named after the crenellated gates of the house. The remains of the cellars could clearly be seen in the 50's at the north end of Midanbury Crescent before it was developed from the original two bungalows. An odd thing about the address for Midanbury Crescent was that it was in Bitterne Park and not Midanbury.

Today

The boundaries of the suburb are not clearly defined, although the hub of Midanbury is the row of shops at the top of Witt's Hill, sometimes referred to as Midanbury Broadway, but more commonly called 'The Castle', in reference to The Castle pub situated at the end of the broadway.

Like so many other pubs in the area, The Castle closed in 2013 and is now a Tesco Express.

Controversy

The convenience store Alldays, since rebranded as a Co-operative store on Midanbury Broadway briefly made headlines in 2002, when it was revealed that store staff had caught a shoplifter and requested the police attend, but the police responded that they were too busy and asked the staff to make sure the shoplifter was caught on CCTV before letting him go. The incident was reported in local and national newspapers and was a source of embarrassment to Hampshire Constabulary.^[1]

References

Areas and suburbs of Southampton City of Southampton electoral wards (and their neighbourhoods) listed by constituency — sources: 1 2 Southampton Itchen Bargate Ward City Centre Holyrood estate Ocean Village The Polygon St Mary's Bitterne Ward Bitterne Thornhill Bitterne Park Ward Bitterne Park Bitterne Manor Midanbury Townhill Park Harefield Ward Harefield Peartree Ward Peartree Green Sholing Ward Sholing Woolston Ward Itchen Ferry village Woolston Weston Southampton Test Bevois Ward Bevois Valley Inner Avenue Nicholstown Northam Coxford Ward Lordshill Lordswood Freemantle Ward Freemantle Millbrook Ward Millbrook Regents Park Portswood Ward Portswood Highfield St Denys Redbridge Ward Redbridge Maybush Shirley Ward Shirley Southampton Common Romsey and Southampton North Bassett Ward Bassett Bassett Green Swaythling Ward Swaythling Mansbridge   Map City Centre Bassett Bassett Green Bevois Valley Bitterne Bitterne Park Bitterne Manor Freemantle Harefield Highfield Lordshill Lordswood Mansbridge Maybush Midanbury Millbrook Nicholstown Northam Ocean Village Peartree Green Polygon Portswood Redbridge Regents Park Shirley St Denys St Mary's Sholing Swaythling Thornhill Townhill Park Woolston Weston Suburbs of Southampton within the city boundary Areas of Greater Southampton outside the City boundary include: Allbrook and North Boyatt Ashurst Bishopstoke Botley Bursledon Chandler's Ford Chartwell Green Chilworth Fair Oak Hamble-le-Rice Hedge End Horton Heath Hound Netley Netley Marsh Nursling Rownhams Eastleigh Totton West End