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thankyou gwen,im getting all my names ready that i want to look up,lol, i used to go a lot as its only about 35 mins away but you know how it,but as im updating and putting my tree online on ancestry im ready to go again ,i have a few block from 2001 i still need to break thro, so fingers crossed they may have some new stuff there :-)

I see Winchester's opening hours have been reduced since I last went there. Such a treasure trove waiting to be explored there though.I must renew my CARN card and go back sometime.

Enjoy your visit.

thankyou gwyn and argllgran, im still going to winchester friday as there are other things i need from there and i havent been since 2013,lol, and im 10 minites from southampton archives so il pop in there next wk , i appreciate yr info and pointing in the right places, :-)

And other links to Southampton Archives and Central Library posted above.

This site re. Winchester Records Office states that they do NOT hold Southampton electoral registers prior to 1974.
They can be seen at Southampton Archives.

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/electoral-register.htm

thankyou argyllgran, you dont know how helpful you have been, that has just answered a big questionmark :) xxxx im going to winchester records office friday so hopefully will find out some more :-)

Here it is -

122 Hill Lane, Treetops Guesthouse (Mrs C Parker, proprietress).

That's in both 1948 and 1954 Kelly's Street Directories:
https://tinyurl.com/y9yp7mbx

Can't tell from that who else lived there, of course.

Apparently Southampton Archives have that - also the Central Library:

https://tinyurl.com/ybpabjs3
Electoral rolls, voters' lists and Poll books: based in Southampton archive we hold electoral rolls for 1832-1918 and 1930 to date, poll books for the years 1727-1837. The Central library holds electoral registers 1932 to date.


https://www.southampton.gov.uk/arts-heritage/history-southampton/