Spring Gardens in Christchurch

[LizzieL]

Does anyone know where Spring Gardens is or was in Christchurch? My grandfather's address was 3, Spring Gardens on his marriage certificate on 16 April 1921.

[rosie99]

1901 census has Spring Gardens between Pound Lane & Beaconsfield Road

Rosie

[LizzieL]

Thanks for that. I've managed to find Beaconsfield Road on G***le Maps, but no sign of Pound Lane or Spring Gardens. Probably been demolished since 1921.
I have a couple of photos of my grandparents taken about 4 months after their marriage outside what I presume is the house they lived in and wondered if it was the Spring gardens house.

[rosie99]

Looking at G Maps - perhaps it is underneath Waitrose   

Hopefully someone local can help.

[Ann E]

Hi Lizzie L 
You might find her in Street Directories
http://www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/streetdirectories/default.asp

Ann E

[pete1789]

Pound Lane still exists as a path from the High Street through to Saxon Square, with a couple of shops on it. The area between it and Beaconsfield Road were redeveloped for the building of the bypass in the 1950s.

Hope that helps

Pete

[pete1789]

Spring Gardens is shown on the 1872 map on the Xchurch.co.uk local history site:
http://www.xchurch.co.uk/victorian-map.php

Pete

[LizzieL]

Thank you for confirming. I feared that might be the case and the road no longer existed. I have a photo of my grandparents taken about 4 months after their marriage outside a house which might have been this address in Spring Gardens. But if all demolished I shall never know

[LizzieL]

Thanks for the link to the map. I hadn't seen this website before.