Broadlands

A country estate in Hampshire, near Romsey

My family and I moved from Southampton to Romsey when I was 14. The estate and its owners played a significant part in the life of Romsey. Not only as a landowner far beyond that of the park, or the Romsey Show held in the grounds, but the contributions to the town. Romsey always had bunting up in the town, supposedly due to the number of Royal visitors to Broadlands.

Typical of large country estates in their day they were an influential part of the wider society and accordingly worth a small One Place Study. Broadlands has shared its Estate Archive with Southampton City Council, and there are a number of articles which help with the background.