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74-990: Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project, begun in March 2005, to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of Great Britain and Ireland. Photographs in the Geograph collection are chosen to illustrate significant or typical features of each 1 km × 1 km (100  ha ) grid square in the Ordnance Survey National Grid and the Irish national grid reference system . There are 332,216 such grid squares containing at least some land or permanent structure (at low tide), of which 281,131 have Geographs. Geographs are being collected for all parts of Great Britain, Isle of Man and Ireland. The Channel Islands fall outside Britain's grid system, but may be geographed using their local UTM grid. The project

148-759: A website to seem more like a native app. The concept of a "web application" was first introduced in the Java language in the Servlet Specification version 2.2, which was released in 1999. At that time, both JavaScript and XML had already been developed, but the XMLHttpRequest object had only been recently introduced on Internet Explorer 5 as an ActiveX object. Beginning around the early 2000s, applications such as " Myspace (2003), Gmail (2004), Digg (2004), [and] Google Maps (2005)," started to make their client sides more and more interactive. A web page script

222-433: A book of the same name was published in 1974 as a comprehensive guide to the town's drinking establishments. The Willis Fleming family of North Stoneham Park were major landowners at Romsey from the 17th until early 20th centuries, and were lords of the manors of Romsey Infra and Romsey Extra. Broadlands later became the home of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , known locally as 'Lord Louis'. In 1947 he

296-418: A database that stores data and determines the structure of a user interface. Essentially, when using the three-tiered system, the web browser sends requests to the engine, which then services them by making queries and updates against the database and generates a user interface. The 3-tier solution may fall short when dealing with more complex applications, and may need to be replaced with the n-tiered approach;

370-520: A four-day fair at the Feast of St Æthelflæd the Virgin. This was confirmed by Henry II in 1268 and extended to the Feast of St Philip and St James by Henry III in 1272. Given these charters, it can be assumed that Romsey was flourishing in the 13th century, perhaps supported by a lucrative woollen industry whereby wool was woven and then fulled or pounded before being dyed and exported from nearby Southampton. It

444-604: A game, and many of the tools support personal achievement and goals. The site's 7 million plus photographs were selected for long term web archiving by the British Library in their UK Web Archive. Many photographs have been transferred to Wikimedia Commons , and the photos are used in thousands of Misplaced Pages articles. About 1.8 million photos were transferred to Commons in 2010, but no further bulk transfers have been undertaken. However, tools and advice for transferring are provided for each photo on its re-use page. In 2009,

518-472: A large cedar tree on the grounds. While a manor in Embley belonged to Romsey Abbey as early as the 10th century, the current building is of 18th- and 19th-century origin. The site is now home to Embley , an independent school. It is a Grade II listed building. The White Horse Hotel is a Grade II listed, 18th-century coaching inn whose timber frames date back to the 1450s. Its medieval stone cellars indicate that

592-521: A nun who became the first abbess of Romsey. Edgar the Peaceful re-founded the abbey under the Rule of Benedict in 967 AD, appointing as abbess a noblewoman named Merewenna in 974 AD. Merewenna was given charge of Edgar's stepdaughter, Æthelflæd , who later served as abbess herself. Both Merewenna and Æthelflæd are revered as saints. The surrounding village prospered alongside the religious community. In 1003

666-470: A particular grid square which meets the requirements to be a geograph. Contributors can also gain Second, Third and Fourth visitor points for each square, depending on how many other geographers have already submitted geographs to that square. The relevant date is when the photo was submitted, rather than taken. A contributor gains a TPoint (Time-gap Point) by submitting a photo that was taken over five years after

740-420: A shrouded figure during their investigations between 2002 and 2008. The house is a Grade I listed building . Embley Park, a country estate located on the outskirts of Romsey, was the home of Florence Nightingale from 1825 to her death in 1910. Known as the founder of modern nursing and for her work in sanitary reform , Nightingale is said to have received her calling from God in 1837 whilst sitting beneath

814-648: A sister project, Geograph Deutschland was launched, covering Germany. Geograph Ireland currently co-exists with Geograph Britain and Ireland, but may split into a separate project. Geograph Channel Islands covers the Channel Islands . There is an Android app named Geograph Alerts in the Google Play store which will track your current location and inform you if you enter a grid square which you have not yet photographed. Official website [REDACTED] Web application A web application (or web app )

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888-466: A type of collapsible lifeboat invented by Edward Lyon Berthon in 1851. In 1873, having been the vicar of Romsey Abbey since 1860, Berthon erected a shed outside the nearby vicarage to meet the increasing demand for collapsible boats in the 1870s. In 1877 he appointed his son as manager and moved the enterprise to Lortemore Place. The boatyard continued to make boats until 1917, when it became Berthon Boat Co. and relocated to Lymington . The abbey installed

962-419: A window commemorating Berthon in 1902. With Romsey's expansion as a brewing town in the mid-19th century, it became known for its extraordinary number of pubs and, more generally, its fashionable drinking culture. By 1911 it boasted more than 80 public houses, twice the national average and effectively one pub for every 151.5 residents. Based on the old Hampshire saying so drunk he must have been to Romsey ,

1036-411: Is application software that is created with web technologies and runs via a web browser . Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to dynamically build a response to the request, in contrast to static web pages . Web applications are commonly distributed via a web server . There are several different tier systems that web applications use to communicate between

1110-528: Is a 12th-century abbey built in the Norman style, probably by Henry of Blois , upon an earlier Saxon church dating back to the 10th century. Elements of the old Saxon church remain, including an exposed north transept and a 10th-century rood . The current abbey is the largest parish church in Hampshire and is generally regarded as cathedral-like by architects and observers. It is open daily to visitors. Broadlands

1184-465: Is a Grade I listed building and the surrounding gardens are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . Both are open to visitors on weekday afternoons in summer. King John's House is a 13th-century building that allegedly served as a hunting lodge for King John when he hunted in the nearby New Forest . This is unlikely, however, since it was built in 1256 and therefore 40 years after

1258-570: Is a Grade II listed building. The Plaza, in Winchester Road, is a fully equipped 230-seat art deco style theatre, originally built as a cinema in the 1930s. It became a bingo hall until the 1980s. It was converted in 1984 and is now home to local amateur dramatics group, Romsey Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (RAODS), who stage between ten and fourteen productions each year and hire the venue out for other local productions, concerts, and functions. The town's memorial park, which plays host to

1332-514: Is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire , England. The town is situated 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Southampton , 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Winchester and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Salisbury . It sits on the outskirts of the New Forest , just over 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of its eastern edge. The population of Romsey was 14,768 at the 2011 census. Romsey

1406-504: Is able to contact the server for storing/retrieving data without downloading an entire web page. The practice became known as Ajax in 2005. In earlier computing models like client-server, the processing load for the application was shared between code on the server and code installed on each client locally. In other words, an application had its own pre-compiled client program which served as its user interface and had to be separately installed on each user's personal computer . An upgrade to

1480-547: Is an 18th-century country house located just outside the town centre. It was designed in the Palladian style by the famous architect Capability Brown before being completed by Henry Holland in 1788. It has had a number of illustrious occupants, including Lord Palmerston and Louis Mountbatten . Broadlands has been the setting of two royal honeymoons, namely those of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1947 and then Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981. The house itself

1554-414: Is an important part of any web application, and there are some key operational areas that must be included in the development process. This includes processes for authentication, authorization, asset handling, input, and logging and auditing. Building security into the applications from the beginning is sometimes more effective and less disruptive in the long run. Writing web applications is simplified with

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1628-633: Is believed to originate from the Old English Rūm's eg , meaning "Rūm's island". Rūm is probably an abbreviation of a personal name like Rūmwald (meaning "glorious leader"), and eg (meaning " island") may have denoted a monastic retreat in the Early Middle Ages , since it is common among religious place names. The first church in Romsey was founded by Edward the Elder in 907 AD for his daughter, Ælflæd,

1702-458: Is first recorded in the 16th century, when it functioned as a corn and grist mill. It was at one time owned by Lord Palmerston and later the Broadlands estate before passing to various private owners. Milling ceased in 1932 and the building was left derelict for many years until its restoration in 2005. Carbon dating during this restoration placed the earlier structure in the mid-17th century. It

1776-400: Is now a working museum. The Mayor's Picnic takes place in early-mid summer and is held in Romsey's Memorial Park. There is music performed by local schools, a variety of stalls, and the popular Duck Race, in which numbered plastic ducks 'race' each other along the river Test, to be scrupulously retrieved before awarding a prize to whoever chose the winning duck. The Beggars Fair is held in

1850-590: Is one of the principal towns in the Test Valley Borough and lies on the River Test , which is known for fly fishing , predominantly trout . In 2019, the town centre underwent substantial remodelling, removing the roundabout around the statue of Lord Palmerston, and creating a pedestrianised area. Romsey was home to the 17th-century philosopher and economist William Petty and the 19th-century British prime minister, Lord Palmerston , whose statue has stood in

1924-593: Is part of the Romsey and Southampton North parliamentary constituency. Its current MP is Caroline Nokes of the Conservative Party . Elected in the general election on 6 May 2010 , after boundary changes, she defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Sandra Gidley with a 4.5% swing to Conservative from Liberal Democrat and a majority of 4,156 votes. Gidley had held the seat since a by-election in 2000 in

1998-573: Is sponsored by the Ordnance Survey , and extracts from the OS Landranger 1:50,000 scale maps illustrate the grid square pages. Geograph Project Limited is a charity registered in England and Wales, and the name Geograph is trademarked. Photographs can be contributed by any registered user, although they must be approved by a panel of moderators before appearing on the website. The main aim of moderation

2072-453: Is suggested that towns like Romsey and New Alresford prospered as a result of their location, which allowed them to exploit the downland sheep economy while retaining access to a major port to the south. Romsey continued to grow and prosper until the Black Death struck the town in 1348–9, killing up to half its population of roughly 1,000 individuals. It is recorded that 90 nuns voted in

2146-491: Is to make the site 'classroom ready' so that inappropriate images are rejected. All images are licensed by the contributors using the Creative Commons cc-by-sa 2.0 licence which permits modification and redistribution of the images under certain conditions. Contributors should be aware that they are granting everyone an irrevocable licence to use their image(s); it is very difficult to get an image removed once it appears on

2220-615: The Danes sacked Romsey and destroyed the Anglo-Saxon church in retaliation for the St Brice's Day Massacre . While there is no record of the abbey's restoration, it is written that in 1012 Emma of Normandy gave lands to the abbey and that there were a total of 54 nuns in Romsey during the reign of Cnut the Great . The Domesday Book of 1086 refers to a population of 127 households in Romsey, along with

2294-512: The arrival of the railway in 1847 , the town's expansion slowed in the mid-19th century. Whilst its population had grown to 5,654 in 1851, it stagnated in subsequent decades and—by the time of the 1901 census—the population was just 5,597. The town also enjoyed a significant trade in corn: the Corn Exchange , which is a Grade II* listed building, was completed in 1864. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Romsey became known for making Berthon Boats ,

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2368-622: The 1333 abbatial election but never more than 25 in elections held from 1350 onwards. Plague arrived again in 1526, with Henry VIII abandoning his plans to spend the eve of the Assumption in Romsey and instead heading to Winchester. Prosperity never returned to the abbey. Romsey Abbey was finally suppressed by Henry VIII upon the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, during which time many religious buildings were destroyed. The abbey itself

2442-538: The 18th century, with competition from the North effectively halving the wages of woollen workers in the southern and eastern parts of the country by the 1770s. As the townspeople looked for more stable work in burgeoning industries like brewing , papermaking and sackmaking , Romsey continued to grow as a modern market town. In 1794 a canal was dug from Redbridge to Andover , passing through Romsey and thus improving its access to nearby trade centres. The town's population

2516-468: The Duke of Edinburgh. The cost of the visit created some local controversy, with particular attention being paid to the £5,000 spent on a new toilet for Her Majesty's use, though in the event she did not make use of it. The town centre has had a large Waitrose supermarket since 1969, along with an independent department store named Bradbeers and a range of other independent shops and high street chains. Romsey

2590-531: The annual Mayor's Picnic, contains a Japanese Type 96 15 cm howitzer , one of two captured by the British and brought back to Romsey by Louis Mountbatten . One was donated to the town and the other retained on the grounds of his country estate, Broadlands . Built in 1865, the signal box controlled the freight and passenger trains running on the railway lines passing through Romsey until 1982. Rescued from demolition by Romsey and District Buildings Preservation Trust, it

2664-561: The client machine. In contrast, web applications inherently facilitate a multi-tiered architecture. Though many variations are possible, the most common structure is the three-tiered application. In its most common form, the three tiers are called presentation , application and storage . The first tier, presentation, refers to a web browser itself. The second tier refers to any engine using dynamic web content technology (such as ASP , CGI , ColdFusion , Dart , JSP/Java , Node.js , PHP , Python or Ruby on Rails ). The third tier refers to

2738-410: The client table on the database. This allows the underlying database to be replaced without making any change to the other tiers. There are some who view a web application as a two-tier architecture. This can be a "smart" client that performs all the work and queries a "dumb" server, or a "dumb" client that relies on a "smart" server. The client would handle the presentation tier, the server would have

2812-487: The database (storage tier), and the business logic (application tier) would be on one of them or on both. While this increases the scalability of the applications and separates the display and the database, it still does not allow for true specialization of layers, so most applications will outgrow this model. Security breaches on these kinds of applications are a major concern because it can involve both enterprise information and private customer data. Protecting these assets

2886-464: The earliest records of the watermills that would later establish it as an industrial town. Relative to other Domesday settlements, Romsey had a large population and paid a considerable amount of tax. Along with Wilton Abbey nearby, Romsey Abbey became known as a place of learning in the High Middle Ages . In 1086, Matilda of Scotland was sent there to be educated by her aunt, Cristina , who

2960-496: The fifth conference, Geograph members gathered at Peterborough . On the Friday afternoon conference attendees visited a brickworks just outside the city. The conference itself was held at Peterborough Museum and included a talk on the geologist William Smith . Walks around the city centre and local waterways concluded the proceedings. The site has a number of tools for making use of the photographs. Collectively known as Collections ,

3034-634: The first of whom was the Earl of Southampton . Romsey changed hands several times during the English Civil War , with both Royalist and Parliamentary troops occupying and plundering the town. Most significant were the events of 1643 in which William Waller , having captured Winchester, marched southwest to Romsey where his soldiers defaced the abbey and destroyed its organ. A skirmish on Middle Bridge, downstream of Sadler's Mill , may have preceded these events. The town's woollen industry struggled through

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3108-415: The first part of their own honeymoon at Broadlands in 1981. In 2011, William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge broke tradition by spending their first night as a married couple at Buckingham Palace . In 2007 Romsey celebrated the 400th anniversary of James I's charter with a programme of events hosted from March through to September, including a visit on 8 June from Elizabeth II and

3182-496: The former Romsey seat. The town is part of the Test Valley district council which is controlled by the Conservative Party. Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma , grandson of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , is the current High Steward , a position which dates from the 17th century (see above). Romsey Town Council holds its meetings and has its offices at Romsey Town Hall . Romsey Abbey

3256-540: The fourth conference, the venue was again Southampton , the Ordnance Survey's new headquarters building at Adanac Park, on 27 June 2014. Subjects discussed included the quality of submitted photographs and titles, the production of high-quality descriptions, local studies, as well as the funding of the project, educational use of the images and the moderation procedures applied to contributors' submissions as in 2013. For

3330-421: The geographic indexing of the pictures, it is possible to summon a page for an individual 1-km square. These square pages all provide a /link page which links to internal and external tools, such as a wide range of other mapping sites, and the various national historical artefacts databases. The site has a lot of detailed statistics, but can also create personal profile and personal coverage maps. It started as

3404-419: The greatest benefit of which is how business logic (which resides on the application tier) is broken down into a more fine-grained model. Another benefit would be to add an integration tier, which separates the data tier and provides an easy-to-use interface to access the data. For example, the client data would be accessed by calling a "list_clients()" function instead of making an SQL query directly against

3478-471: The king's death, though there is evidence that the beams were reused from an earlier structure. The original building and adjoining Tudor cottage have a number of unusual historical features, including 14th-century wall decorations and graffiti, a floor made from cattle metapodials , and a traditional monastic garden . Locals claim the house is haunted, with the Hampshire Ghost Society encountering

3552-442: The largest applications. Later, in 1995, Netscape introduced the client-side scripting language called JavaScript , which allowed programmers to add dynamic elements to the user interface that ran on the client side. Essentially, instead of sending data to the server in order to generate an entire web page, the embedded scripts of the downloaded page can perform various tasks such as input validation or showing/hiding parts of

3626-600: The local area. Romsey Beer Festival is organised by the local Round Table, and takes place in October or November each year, at Crosfield Hall. Romsey has two Rotary Clubs which are active, working with local business partners and schools to raise charitable funds for the community. The Rotary Clubs organise the annual Walk The Test Way which has become popular with several hundred walkers raising money for charities. In around 1850, Osborne House School, located in Church Street,

3700-399: The most recent image for that square. A contributor can also gain a TPoint by submitting an historic photo to a square that was taken at least five years distant from any other photograph in the square. The site also provides a count of the number of grid squares each contributor has photographed (Personal Points). Some of the common themes for geograph photos include: As of February 2024,

3774-402: The number of images per square, and some squares have over 1000 images. Some participants combine geographing with other outdoor location sports such as letterboxing , geocaching , trigpointing , benchmarking , and peak bagging . Geograph images are classified by site moderators as: There is a special classification of image that is known as a First Geograph – the first image uploaded of

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3848-436: The page. " Progressive web apps ", the term coined by designer Frances Berriman and Google Chrome engineer Alex Russell in 2015, refers to apps taking advantage of new features supported by modern browsers, which initially run inside a web browser tab but later can run completely offline and can be launched without entering the app URL in the browser. Traditional PC applications are typically single-tiered, residing solely on

3922-512: The project had over 7.5 million photographs from over 13,800 contributors, covering over 98% of Great Britain and over 47% of Ireland. There were an average of 27 images per grid square. Milestones include: A weekly competition runs in the members-only forums to select the Photograph of the Year (POTY) from photographs taken that week. Each week one of a panel of volunteer selectors chooses around 50 of

3996-457: The project. About 80 contributors attended to discuss the project in both plenary and break-out sessions. The event was hosted by Geograph's sponsor, Ordnance Survey. It took place at the Ordnance Survey head office at Romsey near Southampton and was reported by geography-related media. On 4 April 2012 a second conference took place at The Circle in Sheffield . It took stock of where the project

4070-539: The second Saturday of September every year at Broadlands. The show is one of the oldest in England, held annually since 1842. In addition, Broadlands has twice hosted the CLA Game Fair, the largest countryside show in the world, most recently in July 2006. The Winter Carnival takes places each year when Romsey's Christmas lights are switched on. The Romsey Arts Festival occurs every 3 years, showcasing talent from in and around

4144-432: The server-side code of the application would typically also require an upgrade to the client-side code installed on each user workstation, adding to the support cost and decreasing productivity . Additionally, both the client and server components of the application were bound tightly to a particular computer architecture and operating system , which made porting them to other systems prohibitively expensive for all but

4218-478: The site front page now features a Collection of the week . The various techniques include (with examples): Contributors can choose to add meta-data to each image, in the form of Subject and Tags , to go along with the geo-tagging by location. All of this allows the use of a Browser to allow the relatively large archive to be searched. There are other methods of search, of course, ranging from Simple text search to tagged searches and complex searches. Because of

4292-404: The site may have hosted guests to Romsey Abbey as early as the 12th century. The existing assembly rooms are said to be where Lord Palmerston first engaged in political debate in the early 1800s. The building housed a hotel and brasserie, which until 2019, was owned and operated by Silks Hotels. The existence of Sadler's Mill , the only mill to be developed on the main course of the River Test ,

4366-411: The streets and pubs of Romsey on the second Saturday in July. It is a free festival featuring all types of music, together with dance and other street entertainment. Romsey Carnival takes place during a week in July with the highlight being the procession through the streets of Romsey on the final Sunday afternoon. The Romsey Agricultural & Horse Show is a large agricultural show that takes place on

4440-425: The title of Lord Brabourne in 2005, and then the earldom in 2017. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was Mountbatten's nephew and, when he married Elizabeth II on 20 November 1947, the pair departed London by train and spent their honeymoon at Broadlands. They attended the service at Romsey Abbey the following Sunday. Like his parents, Charles, Prince of Wales and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales spent

4514-468: The town a charter and made it a borough . This gave official status to an informal local government that had been running the town's affairs since the Dissolution in 1539. Romsey could now have a corporation comprising a mayor, six aldermen, twelve chief burgesses and a town clerk. There was also to be a local law court under a Court Recorder assisted by two sergeants-at-mace and, over all, a High Steward ,

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4588-462: The town centre since 1857. The town was also home to the 20th-century naval officer and statesman Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , who lived at Broadlands . Romsey Abbey , the largest parish church in Hampshire, dominates the centre of the town. Other notable buildings include a 13th-century hunting lodge, an 18th-century coaching inn and the 19th-century corn exchange. Romsey's name

4662-535: The use of web application frameworks . These frameworks facilitate rapid application development by allowing a development team to focus on the parts of their application which are unique to their goals without having to resolve common development issues such as user management. In addition, there is potential for the development of applications on Internet operating systems , although currently there are not many viable platforms that fit this model. Romsey Romsey ( / ˈ r ɒ m z i / ROM -zee )

4736-405: The web browsers, the client interface, and server data. Each system has their own uses as they function in different ways. However, there are many security risks that developers must be aware of during development; proper measures to protect user data is vital. Web applications are often constructed with the use of a web application framework . Single-page and progressive are two approaches for

4810-442: The website. Default photo resolution is a 1024 pixels long edge, with a minimum of 640 pixels and options for higher resolutions to be made available. The entire archive of images with RDF metadata is available for download via BitTorrent . As an incentive to increase coverage, participants are awarded a point each time they contribute the first photograph classified as a geograph to a grid square. There is, however, no limit to

4884-523: The week's best photos. Last week's winner then picks their favourite photo from the 50. After the end of the year the weekly winners are voted on to decide the best photo of each month and overall winner. The annual winners were; The Geograph site was awarded the Yahoo (UK & Ireland) Travel Find of the Year 2006. UK Wikimedian of the Year 2012 – Honourable Mention On 17 February 2010, Geograph British Isles organised its first conference for contributors to

4958-631: Was 4,274 in the first census of 1801. Lord Palmerston, the 19th-century British prime minister, lived at Broadlands in his autumn years. In the 1850s he delivered a number of political and religious lectures about the town, including one to the Labourers' Encouragement Society in 1859. Though he had hoped to be buried at Romsey Abbey, he was in 1865 given a state funeral and subsequently buried at Westminster Abbey . His statue, sculpted by Matthew Noble , has stood in Market Place since 1868. Despite

5032-412: Was at that time, as it neared 3 million submissions; and put forward potential solutions that could secure its financial future in the years ahead. The third conference took place at The Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue on Saturday 8 June 2013. Subjects discussed included funding of the project, educational use of the images and the moderation procedures applied to contributors' submissions. For

5106-455: Was described by The Guardian as 'resoundingly, timelessly English' in 2014, with the newspaper remarking on the town's representation of bourgeois provincial life. It is popular among retirees. Three industrial and trading estates focus mainly on service industries and small-scale manufacturing. Three scientific and high technology employers— Roke Manor Research , Southampton Science Park and IBM —have establishments nearby. Romsey

5180-605: Was established by John Frederick Osborne, who was a councillor as well as headmaster. In 1877, he was mayor of Romsey. It closed for a few years after his death, reopening in 1904 under the same name, owned by William Summers, who was the headmaster. It was a boarding school and offered "Special attention... to backward pupils and to those requiring preparation for business or professional life", including preparation for entrance to London University (Summers' alma mater), Oxford, and Cambridge", as well as other examinations. Summers died during World War II , and it started to be used by

5254-574: Was given his earldom and the lesser title of Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton. Mountbatten was buried in Romsey Abbey after being killed in an IRA bomb explosion in Ireland on 27 August 1979. After his death his titles passed to his elder daughter, Lady Brabourne , who thus became Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Her eldest son was styled by the courtesy title 'Lord Romsey' until he inherited

5328-519: Was likely designed by Henry of Blois , the brother of King Stephen and builder of the Hospital of St Cross in Winchester. The final three arches were added between 1230 and 1240, at which time more than 100 nuns belonged to the foundation. The north transept of the original Saxon church is still visible today. Henry I granted Romsey its first charter, allowing it to hold a full market each Sunday and

5402-574: Was saved from demolition, ostensibly due to a section dedicated to St Lawrence that was used as the parish church. In 1544, the townspeople were allowed to purchase the abbey from the Crown for a sum of £100. The section that saved it was subsequently demolished, however, with the remainder being used as the parish church that exists today. By the mid-16th century Romsey's population was about 1,500, its woollen and tanning industries having fuelled growth. After his visit to Broadlands in 1607, James I granted

5476-433: Was then the abbess. A number of hopeful suitors visited the princess in Romsey, including the later king William Rufus , whose advances were hindered by her aunt. William was killed in 1100 while hunting in the New Forest , after which his body was carried through Bell Street in Romsey on its way to Winchester Cathedral . The existing abbey was built in the Norman style between 1120 and 1140 using Chilmark stone . It

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