Lordswood, Southampton

Lordswood
Lordswood  Lordswood shown within Southampton
Unitary authority	Southampton
Ceremonial county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district	SO16
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°56′35″N 1°25′55″W / 50.943°N 1.432°W / 50.943; -1.432

Lordswood is a district in Southampton, England. It is situated in the northern part of the city bordering the areas of Lordshill, Chilworth, Aldermoor and Bassett.

History of Lordswood

According to the Anglo-Saxon Charter of 956 Aldermoor Lordswood, Lordshill and Coxford are all within the ancient boundary of the Manor of Millbrook and were farmland within the county of Hampshire, until the 20th Century when it was absorbed into Southampton.^[1]

Landscape

The main feature is the gentle valley carved by Holly Brook. It is quite high ground in relation to sea level (45m at the top of Hollybrook Cemetery.

Housing

It is generally fairly large,owner-occupied detached residences,as Bassett Avenue. There is, however, a small area of fairly new council flats in the Dunkirk Road area.

Transport

The A35 Winchester Road, Southampton Ring Road is in the south-east corner. Lordswood Road is a throughroute from the northern suburbs to the West. Lord's Hill Way is a distributor road for the Lord's Hill estate, built in the 1970s.

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