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Celebrating Southampton Brisland Martin Southampton has been a major port on the south coast of England since the Middle Ages. The town grew rapidly following the building of the docks in the…
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Celebrating Southampton Brisland Martin
Southampton has been a major port on the south coast of England since the Middle Ages. The town grew rapidly following the building of the docks in the nineteenth century and the development of the shipbuilding industry, particularly with companies such as Thornycroft and Harland & Wolff and the aviation industry as the birthplace of the Spitfire but its importance in the Second World War, including its naval base, meant that it became a target for aerial bombardment and much of the city was destroyed. As a gateway to the country, over the centuries Southampton has welcomed people from all over the world, as well as being an important embarkation point, most famously for the Mayflower and Titanic, the former evidence of its Nonconformist tradition.
In subsequent decades the city was rebuilt and today has been redeveloped as a commercial and financial centre, but retaining its many green
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