Nicholstown

Human settlement in England

Nicholstown-Newtown

Nicholstown-Newtown

Location within Southampton

Unitary authority|

* Southampton

Ceremonial county|

* Hampshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district| SO14
Dialling code| 023
Police| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

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England
Hampshire

50°54′41″N 1°23′44″W﻿ / ﻿50.91133°N 1.39551°W﻿ / 50.91133; -1.39551

Nicholstown-Newtown (usually called Nicholstown or Newtown) is a small area to the north-east of Southampton's city centre. To the north is Bevois Valley, to the east Northam and to the west and south is St Mary's. In the north of Newtown is the Mount Pleasant area, which spills over into the north of Northam. Black signs saying "Welcome to Nicholstown-Newtown" [1] demarcate the district on the roads running east from St. Mary's Rd – hence the district is bordered on the west by St. Mary's Road, the south by Six Dials road, and the east by the railway lines.

The area is formed of residential streets with a typical parade of small shops and services; the exception is its central feature, Royal South Hampshire Hospital, established in 1843–1844.

## History

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The Church of St Luke was constructed in Newtown in 1853 using a gift of land and money from Thomas Chamberlayne.[1][2] In 1918 the area elected Southampton's first female Councilor Lucia Foster Welch.[3]

In the 1960s and 1970s, the area was notorious as Southampton's red-light district with high crime rates.[4] Frustrated with the inaction of the city council and police, over 2,000 people marched from Derby Road to the civic centre. Following this "march of neglect", the Queen visited the area and a cash injection of half a million pounds followed.[4] However, by the 21st century, little had changed. In the year 2000 a report highlighted that the urban renewal area encompassing Nicholstown "exhibits both the highest levels of unfitness and disrepair ... in the city"[5] and the area was still very much a red light district in 2004.[6]

## Nicholstown today

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Youth Centre

Newtown Youth Centre in Graham Road (also known as Boyzy or NYC) was intended to be permanently cut on budgetary cuts in Spring 2014, providing a wide range of facilities, skills and activities to older and young people. It re-opened for the younger generations under the YMCA in Autumn 2014[7]

The area was the subject of a controversial documentary in 2015, Immigration Street, a sequel to Channel 4's series Benefits Street based in Birmingham.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Church of St Luke". Historic England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
2. ^ Rance, Adrian (1986). Southampton An Illustrated History. Milestone Publications. p. 115\. ISBN 0903852950.
3. ^ Cook, Jean H (1998). Famous Women of Hampshire. Happy Walking International. pp. 36–37. ISBN 1874754675.
4. ^ a b This is Hampshire: 5 July 2004: Inner-city pride restored Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 11 April 2007
5. ^ "Inner city homes to get cash boost". Newsquest Media Group. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
6. ^ Thompson, Kate (6 July 2004). "Life beyond the streets". The Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
7. ^ Hampshire Police Authority - Crime Prevention Committee - 25 January 2007: Report of the Consultant to the Committee [dead link]Accessed 11 April 2007
8. ^ "Immigration Street: Residents left 'fractured' by show". BBC News. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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Areas and suburbs of Southampton

* City of Southampton electoral wards (and their neighbourhoods) listed by constituency — sources: 1 2

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Bargate Ward
City Centre
Holyrood estate
Ocean Village
The Polygon
St Mary's
Bitterne Ward
Bitterne
Thornhill
Bitterne Park Ward
Bitterne Park
Bitterne Manor
Midanbury
Townhill Park
Harefield Ward
Harefield
Peartree Ward
Peartree Green
Sholing Ward
Sholing
Woolston Ward
Itchen Ferry village
Woolston
Weston

Southampton Test|

Bevois Ward
Bevois Valley
Inner Avenue
Nicholstown
Northam
Coxford Ward
Lordshill
Lordswood
Freemantle Ward
Freemantle
Millbrook Ward
Millbrook
Regents Park
Portswood Ward
Portswood
Highfield
St Denys
Redbridge Ward
Redbridge
Maybush
Shirley Ward
Shirley
Southampton Common

Romsey and Southampton North|

Bassett Ward
Bassett
Bassett Green
Swaythling Ward
Swaythling
Mansbridge

Map

City Centre

Bassett

Bassett Green

Bevois Valley

Bitterne

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Manor

Freemantle

Harefield

Highfield

Lordshill

Lordswood

Mansbridge

Maybush

Midanbury

Millbrook

Nicholstown

Northam

Ocean Village

Peartree Green

Polygon

Portswood

Redbridge

Regents Park

Shirley

St Denys

St Mary's

Sholing

Swaythling

Thornhill

Townhill Park

Woolston

Weston

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Suburbs of Southampton within the city boundary

* Areas of Greater Southampton outside the City boundary include:

* Allbrook
* Ashurst
* Bishopstoke
* Botley
* Bursledon
* Chandler's Ford
* Chartwell Green
* Chilworth
* Fair Oak
* Hamble-le-Rice
* Hedge End
* Horton Heath
* Hound
* Netley
* Netley Marsh
* Nursling
* Rownhams
* Eastleigh
* Totton
* West End

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