Highfield Street Directory 1863

Excerpt transcribed from pages 301-304, of “A LIST OF VILLAGES, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE POST-OFFICE DELIVERIES, WITH THE NAMES OF HOUSEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER” taken from the 1863 POST-OFFICE STREET DIRECTORY for Southampton, Hampshire.

The original document can be viewed here.

220 entries listed.

HIGHFIELD
[Including AVENUE, BASSET, BEVOIS-MOUNT ESTATE, BURGESS STREET and COMMON]
Letter-box closes at 7 p.m., on Sundays at 11:40 a.m.

Adams, John, toll collector, Common-gate
Allen, Charles, Burgess-street
Andrews, John, Burgess-street
Aslett, George, esq., Fitzroy-villa, Avenue
Atkins, Edward, esq., manager of the Hampshire
  Bank, Basset
Banister, William, dairyman, Red-lodge
Barnes, Charles, dairyman, Burgess-street
Barton, Alfred, O.M.O., Padwell-road
Beadon, Rev.F.F., Highways, Basset
Bennett, John, malster
Betteridge, George, gardener, Old Basset
Bickers, James, gilder, Earl’s-road, Basset
Blake, James, grocer, Highfield
Bone, William, woodman, Church-lane
Brewer, F.W., shipping agent, Langdown-villa
Brown, George, ironmonger, Bevois-road
Bull, George, shoemaker, Alma-road, Basset
Bull, Thomas, gardener, Earl’s-road
Bullar, John, sen., esq., Basset-wood
Bullar, John, jun., esq., Bassett-wood
Bullar, Joseph, esq., M.D., Basset-wood
Bullar, William, esq., M.D., Basset-wood
Bushell, W. brickburner
Bunney, Benjamin, carpenter, Alma-road
Bunney, Henry, carpenter, Betts’-road
Burt, George, gardener, Westwood-lodge
Bushell, George, carpenter, Burgess-street
Bushell, Henry, gardener, Burgess-street
Bushell, William, brick merchant, Burgess-street
Butt, William, yeoman, Burgess-street
Byam, Sir William, Westwood
Byam, William, esq., Westwood
Calver, Ellen, school mistress, Old Basset
Calver, William, coachman, Glen Eyre-lodge
Cantell, Henry, shopkeeper, Burgess-street
Carlisle, Rev. H.H., B.A., Medina-villa, Avenue
Channell, Richard*, carpenter, Burgess-street
Chaplin, Elizabeth, Russell-lodge
Cherrett, Luke, coal dealer, Highfield
Churcher, Reuben, Southampton Arms inn, Common
Clark, Alfred, Alma-road, Basset
Cleverley, William, painter, Alma-road, Basset
Cole, James, of the Post-office
Colmar, S., woodman, Bassett-wood
Colson, George,* coal merchant, Boundary hall,
  Burgess-street
Cook, Henry, bailiff, Church-farm, Church-lane
Cousens, Henry, O.M.O., Padwell-road
Covey, Mrs., Highfield
Coward, Henry, gamekeeper, Burgess-street
Coward, William, gardener, Basset
Cox, Mrs.J., Sidney-house, Avenue-road
Crabbe, Mrs. Eyre, Glen Eyre, Basset
Crocker, George, shoemaker, Lear-road
Crook, Henry, gardener, Earl’s-road
Cross, John, beer retailer
Curtis, James, dairyman, Warwick-house, Avenue
Curtis, ---, P.&O. Co. S., Padwell-road
Daley, Mrs., Cambridge-villa, Avenue-road
Dauglish, Mrs. Caroline, Basset-edge
Davis, Charles, Alma-road, Basset
Dear, William, painter, Highfield
Dixon, Edward, merchant, Clayfield-house
Dumper, Charles, bailiff, Church-lane
Eatman, William, gardener, Old-Basset
Eatman, John, gardener, Old-Basset
Eddiker, John, Ross-cottage, Avenue-road
Egerton, George, gardener, Highfield
Eldridge, Walter, Burgess-street
Elford, Henry, seaman, Earl’s-road
Elfred, William,* shoemaker, Highfield
Elliott, John, architect, Orchard-house, Basset
Elliott, T.C., Basset-mount
Ellis, Thomas, P.&O. Co.S., Alma-road
Emery, Joseph, common keeper, Highfield
Evans, Mrs., Elm-lodge, Avenue
Fidler, Jacob, gardener, Alma-road, Basset
Fitzgerald, Rev. Gerald S., Parsonage
Ford, William, dealer, Rose-cottage, Padwell-road
Ford, John, innkeeper, Gate-Hangswell,
  Burgess-street
Foster, William, Bett’s-road
Gamblen, William Henry, 2, Burrow-cottage,
  Alma-road
Ganaway, James, carpenter, Highfield
Ganaway, Thomas, Earl’s-road
Ganaway, John, carpenter, Spear-road
Godley, Edward, Glen Cottage, Highfield
Golden, Richard, brick-burner, Highfield
Harley, William, Hope-cottage, Highfield
Harley, George, drainer, Church-lane
Harris, Charles, steam brickyard, Red-lodge
Hasler, F., bailiff, Bannister’s-farm
Hatchet, George, shopkeeper
Heath, James, Highfield
Heath, William, coal dealer, Highfield
Heath, William, Laurel Cottage
Heath, Edward, gardener
Herne, David, gardener, Alma-road, Basset
Hicks, Mrs., Fanny Elizabeth, Ridgmont, Basset
Hill, W., shipowner, Red-lodge, Basset
Hilyer, James, thatcher, Highfield
Hodgkinson, Joseph, Avenue-villa, Avenue
Holderway, Mrs. Ann, laundress, Highfield
Holderway, Edward, Highfield
Holloway, John, P.&O. Co. S., Barton-cottage,
  Avenue-road
Holloway, George, gardener, Old Basset
Hoare, Captain John L., North Down, Basset
Hornsey, Edward, gardener, Burgess-street
Huard, William, sail maker, Betts’-road
Hubbarde, James, D., esq., editor of the
  “Hants Advertiser”, Wick-cottage, Avenue-road
Hulse, Sir Edward, bart., Bannister’s-court
Hutchinson, John, O.M.O., Alma-road*
Jarvis, Richard, gardener, Highfield
Johnson, John, H.M.C., Avenue-road
Jones, C.T., esq., Ivy Bank, Highfield
Keele, Dr. H.J.Wm., Highfield-lodge
Kerley, John, carrier, Burgess-street
Key, Mrs., Livingstone-cottage, Spear-road
Kincherton, George, Burgess Street,
King, Emmanuel, bricklayer, Bevois-road
 

Notation: * implies the original name was written as a contraction but has been written in full here to allow easier searching and identification. For example: Wm = William, Geo = George, Jas = James, Rich = Richard
Bold Text indicates a household or individual that was on the 1853 Stoneham listing. It may relate to a different member of the family and only those which are definite have been indicated – others may exist. As you can see, there were not many.

NB: Basset, now spelled Bassett, and Burgess-street is now Burgess Road.