Itchen Ferry village

Itchen Ferry village

Itchen Ferry village was a small hamlet on the East bank of the River Itchen in Hampshire. The village took its name from the small fishing boats that were also used to ferry foot passengers across the river. An Ordnance Survey map of 1911 (NC/03/17894)The Illustrated History of Southamptons Suburbs. Jim Brown 2004. ISBN 1 85983 405 1] shows the village to be situated in the area roughly bounded by Sea Road, Oakbank Road, the River Itchen and the railway line in modern Woolston, but also extending along Sea Road towards Peartree Green on the other side of the railway, which cut the village in half in 1866. Neighbouring streets on that same map, Defender Road, Britannia Road and Shamrock Road have a more structured layout and are clearly part of the Victorian enlargement of Woolston. The same map clearly shows the housing in Itchen Ferry village to have a more random layout. An even older mapSouthampton. An Illustrated History. Adrian Rance. 1986. ISBN 0-903852-95-0] , of 1842 pins Itchen Ferry village more tightly to the area between Sea Road and Vicarage Road.

Itchen Ferrymen were granted permission to ferry passengers and goods across the River Itchen by the Lords of the Manors of Woolston and Southampton. Lords of the Manor of Woolston were paid in cash. Lords of the Manor of Southampton received free passage.

The village lost a large part of its livelihood when the Floating Bridge was introduced in 1836, but continued to operate a night service until the late 19th century. The inhabitants always remained fishermen and seafarers.

that changed English law. Already absorbed into its larger neighbour Woolston and subsequently into the borough of Southampton in 1920 [Southampton in the Twenties. Eric Wyeth Gadd] , Itchen Ferry village was destroyed beyond repair by the Luftwaffe on 26th September 1940 [Southampton in the Twenties. Eric Wyeth Gadd] , due to its misfortune of being a stones throw from the Supermarine factory and a short distance up-river from the John I. Thornycroft & Company shipyard. There were over 100 casualties in this one raid. But that was not the only raid. The Luftwaffe had targeted the area on a number of previous occasions. An air raid shelter in the lower region of Sea Road near the railway line is reported as receiving a direct hit on 24th September 1940The Battle of Britain. Richard Hough and Denis Richards. 1990]

The area was subsequently used for training troops that would be fighting in similar ruined villages during the Invasion of Europe in 1944Southampton and D-Day. Ingrid Peckham. 1994. ISBN 1 872649 04 1] .

Details of the bombing raids

* 24th September 1940 - 42 fatalities.

* 26th September 1940 - 55 fatalities, 49 seriously injured, 43 other casualties. This raid comprised the Heinkel He 111 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 55Great Air Battles of World War II. Christopher Shores. 2002.] escorted by the twin-engined Messerschmitt Bf110 heavy fighters of Zerstörergeschwader 26, 160 aircraft in total dropping 145 high explosive bombs.

Reports of casualties in the direct hit on the air raid shelter (24th September) are contradictory. One report has approx 100 fatalities and approx 50 wounded, coincidentally the total of the two raids as listed above: it may have been politically expedient to combine those figures. Another source simply reports many fatalities. The most reliable report, because it is based on local sources in Southampton rather than RAF sources, is that the shelter was largely unoccupied because the air raid warning was late.

Changes to street names

When Woolston was absorbed into Southampton in 1920 [Southampton in the twenties. Eric Wyeth Gadd. 1979. ISBN 0-86146-003] , there were some duplicated street names. The following streets in the Itchen Ferry area were changed in 1924 to avoid the consequential confusion.

Buildings

Photographs of the village taken before it was destroyed show;

* an old Parsonage [Images of Southampton. Southampton City Council. 1994. ISBN 1-873626-59-2]
* The Royal Oak Public House
* The Yacht Tavern
* Bowers General Shop and Post Office
* The Red Lion Public House

Links

* [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorial.cfm?Topic=3&MemorialID=M2793 Maritime Memorials website]

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