Romsey Cathedral and Southampton

The next day we left to see Romsey Cathedral.  Founded in 907, it escaped the dissolution of the monasteries by paying Henry 100 pounds.

 

 

 

It is the final resting place of the Earl of Mountbatten who was assassinated by the IRA...

 

 

 

As well as these three beautiful and heart rending tombs.  The first was dedicated to their parents by their children....

 

 

The second was for a young mother who died at the each of 30......

 

 

And the third was for a young child.....

 

 

 

Before leaving I happened to notice this memorial on the wall.  It was dedicated by the parents who lost thier son on the Titanic......

 

 

 

Then it was on to Southampton

.  Our first stop was the Sea City Museum that housed a touching memorial to those who died in the Titanic disaster.  It is centered around the memories and meomorabilia of the many people from the area that lost their lives.  Although no pictures were allowed, I took these before knowing.  They show a map of Southampton with the red dots showing how many familes in the area lost loved ones.

 

 

 

We then went to the local Tudor Museum.  Much of Southampton was flattened by the bombing of World War II but this old building manged to survive and was left as a museum.

 

 

We saw evidence of the bombing because some of the remnants remain.  here are the ruins of an ancient church in the city center....

 

 

 

Southampton is a thriving seaport and two of the world's greatest ocean liners happened to be in port.  Here is the Queen Mary....

 

 

 

And here is the Queen Victoria....

 

 

Before leaving Southampton, we made one last poignant stop. This plaque is a memorial to the band that played as the Titianic went down.....

 

 

And this memorial across the street that is dedicated to the engineers of the Titianic...

 

 

 

Next stop The Vyne, the Rothschild's Exbury Gardens, Beulieu Manor and the Motor Museum!!!