The following name changes are known to have taken place, at different periods of Southampton’s history, consequent upon various suburbs being brought into the then County Borough of Southampton. Problems were quickly encountered with identical road names and within a year or so changes were implemented.
This list was made some years ago and is not complete. If you have information that we could add to it then please contact us.
CURRENT NAME | ORIGINAL NAME | DATE |
Almatade Road | Alma Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Almond Road | Alma Road, Shirley | 1902 |
Anglesea Road | Brunswick Road, Shirley | c. 1900 |
Augustine Road | Oak Road, Northam | 1924 |
Bassett Crescent East | The Crescent, Bassett | pre 1941 |
Beatrice Road | Victoria Road, Shirley | 1924 |
Belgrave Road | Brooklyn Road, Portswood | pre 1908 |
Bellemoor Road | Upper Shirley Road, Shirley | 1883 |
Belmont Place | Westridge Road, Portswood | pre 1908 |
Belmont Road (part) | Park Road, Portswood | pre 1908 |
Bernard Street | Bridge Street, City | 1924 |
Bevois Valley Road | Bevois Valley, Bevois | |
Bishops Road | High Street, Itchen | 1924 |
Bitterne Road East (part) | Botley Road, Bitterne | |
Bitterne Road East (part) | Bitterne Road, Bitterne | |
Bitterne Road East (part) | Northam Bridge Road, Bitterne | pre 1932 |
Bitterne Precinct | High Street, Bitterne | |
Bourne Road | Osbourne Road, Freemantle | 1898 |
Burgess Street (later to Road) | Alma Road, Bassett | 1924 |
Bursledon Road (part) | Church Road, Bitterne | |
Cannon Street | Pound Street, Shirley | 1924 |
Carlisle Road | Union Road, Shirley | 1903 |
Castle Road (from Copsewood Road to Dimond Road) | Hillside Avenue, Bitterne Park | pre 1932 |
Cawte Road | Union Road, Freemantle | 1903 |
Chapel Street | Chaplin Street, St Mary’s | pre 1908 |
Chatsworth Road | Victoria Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Cracknore Road | Lodge Road, Freemantle | 1901 |
Crown Street | Highcrown Street, Shirley | pre 1908 |
Deacon Road | Furze Lane, Bitterne | |
Deacon Road (part) | Thornhill Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Dean Road (part) | Brewery Road, Bitterne | pre 1932 |
Dean Road (part) | Chapel Street, Bitterne | 1924 |
Dell Road | Copsewood Road (part), Midanbury | |
Earls Road | Valley Road, Portswood | pre |
Farringford Road | Tennyson Road | 1954 |
Florence Road | Alma Road, Woolston | 1924 |
Glen Road | Grove Road, Woolston | 1924 |
Hawkeswood Road | South View Road, Bitterne | after 1918 |
Hawthorne Road | Oakhurst Road, Highfield | pre 1931 |
Hazel Road | Elm Road, Itchen | 1924 |
Hewitts Road | Cliff Road, Freemantle | c. 1900 |
Hillside Avenue | Hillside, Bitterne Park | pre 1908 |
Howards Grove | Pound Road, Shirley | c. 1900 |
Kathleen Road | St. Mary Street, Sholing | 1924 |
Kentish Road | Kent Road, Shirley | 1903 |
Keswick Road | Albert Road, Woolston | 1924 |
Kings Park Road | Park Road, City | pre 1908 |
Lances Hill | Great Lance’s Hill, Bitterne | pre 1908 |
Laurel Road | Ivy Road, Itchen | 1924 |
Little Lances Hill | Lance’s Hill, Bitterne | pre 1908 |
Leighton Road (now St. Edmunds Road) | Oxford Road, Shirley | c. 1900 |
Lyon Street | Lower Lyon Street | pre 1908 |
Macnaghton Road | Station Road, Bitterne | pre 1932 |
Manor Farm Road | Holland Road, Bitterne | |
Marlborough Road | Oxford Street, Shirley | 1924 |
Marne Road | Inkerman Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Methuen Street | York Street, Avenue | pre 1908 |
Midanbury Lane (part) | Dott’s Lane, Bitterne | after 1911 |
Mousehole Lane | Mousehole Hill, Bitterne | pre 1932 |
Oakley Road | Mousehole Lane, Shirley | c. 1900 |
Osborne Road | Winchester Road, Portswood | pre 1908 |
Ozier Road | Love Lane, Bitterne | 1966 |
Parkview Road | Parkview | pre 1931 |
Parkville Road | Park Road, Swaythling | 1924 |
Paynes/Park Roads (part) | Naseby Road, Freemantle | 1904 |
Pinegrove Road | Firgrove Road, Sholing | 1924 |
Pitt Road | Lake Road, Freemantle | 1924 |
Poole Road | Brook Road, Itchen | 1924 |
Pound Street | Pound Lane, Bitterne | 1897 |
Radstock Road | Avenue Road, Itchen | 1924 |
Randolph Street | Russell Street, Shirley | 1903 |
Redcar Street | Regent Street, Shirley | 1903 |
Roberts Road | Albert Road, Shirley | 1901 |
Ruby Road | Lodge Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Rupert Road | Albert Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Sandringham Road | The Crescent, Bitterne Park | 1924 |
Sea Road | Hill Street, Itchen | 1924 |
Shaftesbury Avenue | Bassett Road, Highfield | pre 1908 |
Shakespeare Avenue | Shakespeare Road, Highfield | pre 1908 |
Shales Road | Back Lane, Bitterne | |
Shirley Road | Romsey Lane, Freemantle | c. 1900 |
Spring Crescent | Spring Road, Portswood | 1924 |
Spring Road | Merryoak Lane, Sholing | |
St. Anne’s Road | Milton Road, Woolston | 1924 |
St. Edmund’s Road | Leighton Road, Shirley | 1924 |
St. Monica Road | Church Road, Sholing | 1924 |
Southcliff Road | Cliff Road, Bevois | pre 1908 |
Stratton Road | (Police) Station Road, Shirley | 1903 |
Summers Street | Albert Street, Bevois | pre 1908 |
Swift Road | Onslow Road, Woolston | 1924 |
Tankerville Road | Britannia Road, Itchen | 1924 |
The Avenue (part) | Trafalgar Place | pre 1908 |
The Crescent | Sandringham Road | pre 1932 |
Thornhill Road | Back Lane, Bitterne (known locally) | by 1987 |
University Road | Church Lane, Highfield | |
Upper Deacon Road | Deacon Road, Bitterne | post 1946 |
Upper Deacon Road | Thornhill Road, Bitterne | pre 1932 |
Vaudrey Street | Beavis Street, Shirley | 1901 |
Vespasian Road | Clausentum Road, Bitterne | 1924 |
Victor Street | Albert Street, Shirley | 1901 |
Walpole Road | Avenue Road, Itchen | 1924 |
Warren Crescent | The Crescent, Shirley Warren | 1924 |
Wessex Lane | Church Lane, Swaythling | pre 1941 |
Wharncliffe Road | Cliff Road, Woolston | 1924 |
Winchester Road | Osborne Road, Shirley | pre 1908 |
Witts Hill (part) | Mousehole Lane (part), Bitterne | pre 1937 |
Wolseley Road | Wellington Road, Shirley | 1903 |
York Drove | York Road, Bitterne | pre 1908 |