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  |official_name=            Townhill Park
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  |unitary_england=          [[Southampton]]
  |lieutenancy_england=      [[Hampshire]]
  | post_town=               SOUTHAMPTON
  | postcode_area=           SO
  | dial_code=               023
  | constituency_westminster=[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]]
  | region = South East England
  | postcode_district= SO18
  | static_image_name = Townhill Park.jpg
  | static_image_caption=Meggeson Avenue is the main road through the Townhill Park housing estate
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[[File:1960s Walk Up Flats, Townhill Park - geograph.org.uk - 26933.jpg|thumb|Townhill Park has blocks of flats of various designs]]
[[File:Meggeson Avenue, Townhill Park, Southampton - geograph.org.uk - 26923.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Housing, Meggeson Avenue, Southampton - geograph.org.uk - 26924.jpg|thumb]]

'''Townhill Park''' is a suburb of [[Southampton]], England, bordering [[Swaythling]], [[Bitterne Park]] and [[West End, Hampshire|West End]].  It is built on land which once belonged to the [[Townhill Park House|house which carries the same name]].

== History ==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:GreggSchool.jpg|thumb|alt=Townhill Park House|Townhill Park House, now the Gregg School]] -->

The [[Manorialism|Manor]] of Townhill was granted to [[William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester|Sir William Paulet]] by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] in 1536 after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].  The land was mainly used for farming, and became known as Townhill Farm.

Townhill Farm became part of the Manor of [[South Stoneham]], but was purchased in 1787 by Nathaniel Middleton, who had made his fortune in the service of the [[British East India Company]]. He turned the farmhouse into a private home, and the estate became known as Townhill Park.  He enlarged the farmhouse, but a fire resulted in a complete revamp of the property in 1793.    The property later passed into the hands of the Gater family, who also owned the nearby [[Gaters Mill]] near [[Mansbridge]].

In 1897, Townhill Farm was purchased by [[Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling]], for his son Louis (who became the second [[Baron Swaythling]] in 1911).  In 1912, extensive further modifications were made to the building by architect Leonard Rome Guthrie.   The gardens at Townhill Park were laid out by [[Gertrude Jekyll]] and were noted for their rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.  The [[Barons Swaythling|Montagu Family]] lived in Townhill Park until the mid-1940s.

The property was sold in 1948.  ((convert|294|acre|km2)) were sold to Southampton Borough Council for housing, and the suburb of Townhill Park came into existence.  Meanwhile the house itself and the remaining ((convert|30|acre|m2)) of land became a school for underprivileged girls, owned and operated by [[Middlesex County Council]].

The housing estate's [[show home]] was officially opened on 30 September 1959 by [[Benny Hill]]. where he was given a ceremonial key to the new house. Having arrived at [[Woodmill, Southampton|Woodmill]] by [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls-Royce]], he switched to a horse-drawn [[milk float]] to make his entrance in Townhill Park.<ref name=":0">((Cite news|url = http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/archives/3714189.Benny_rides_in_to_open_housing_development/|title = Benny rides in to open housing development|last = Hamilton|first = Keith|date = 30 September 2008|work = Southern Daily Echo|accessdate = 7 July 2014))</ref>

The show house was a three-bedroom [[detached]] house, on the market for £3,100, making it one of the most expensive houses on the new estate. The cheapest available property was a single bedroom [[Maisonette (apartment)|maisonette]], listed at £1,995. The ''[[Southern Daily Echo|Daily Echo]]'' described the new houses as having "glass bricks, facing bricks and cement rendering blend with the tapering chimney breast to give a comfortable country look suited well to the surroundings."<ref name=":0" />

The school in Townhill Park House closed in 1969 and the building was acquired by Southampton City Council.  From 1971, the building was used as a hostel for Merchant Navy cadets, housing 75, until 1984 when the house became a conference centre.

In 1994, Townhill Park House was purchased by [[The Gregg School]].  The Friends of Townhill Park Gardens was established in 1997 to restore the gardens, which are now open to the public on four days each year.  The house, too, is occasionally open for guided tours.  The house is a grade II [[listed building]].<ref>[http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Listed%20Buildings%20in%20Southampton%20-%20List_tcm46-161808.pdf Southampton City Council: Listed buildings in Southampton] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207215438/http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Listed%20Buildings%20in%20Southampton%20-%20List_tcm46-161808.pdf |date=7 February 2012 )) Accessed 17 September 2007.</ref>

== Townhill Park today ==
The local authority boundary between [[Eastleigh (borough)]] and [[Southampton]] runs through the old Townhill Farm property, and the area is divided.  The house and gardens, and the suburb of [[Chartwell Green]] in [[West End, Hampshire|West End parish]], lie within [[Eastleigh (borough)]] while the suburb of Townhill Park is governed by [[Southampton]] City Council.

The Townhill Park suburb consists mainly of blocks of flats, built originally as council housing.  The hub of the area is Meggeson Avenue, where a small parade of shops and a small community centre are located. It also contains the Townhill Infant and Townhill Junior schools.

== Culture and Community ==

=== Community facilities ===
Townhill Park Community Centre was rebuilt in the early 21st century and is managed by the Townhill Park Community Association. The suburb is home to the seven hectare [[Frogs Copse]].<ref name=Frogs>((cite web|url=https://www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article.aspx?id=tcm:63-401114|title=Townhill Park residents encouraged to visit Frogs Copse to learn more about local wildlife|date=19 July 2018|website=southampton.gov.uk|publisher=Southampton City Council|access-date=30 April 2021))</ref>

== Law and order==
Several street brawls involving gangs occurred in Townhill Park in 2009, one of which led to a 15-year-old boy receiving stab wounds to the neck.,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4440610.Man_left_with_stab_wounds_after_gang_fight_on_estate/|title=Man left with stab wounds after gang fight on estate|work=Daily Echo))</ref> In the most significant brawl, nine arrests were made when the “Townhill Boys” and the “Thornhill Boys” clashed with axes, knives and pieces of wood, resulting in one of the 'Townhill Boys' being stabbed in the buttock. The violence peaked around the same time as knife related murders in London rose dramatically.

In 2012 a man was shot in the Vanguard Road area, but his injuries were not life-threatening.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9540513.Man_in_hospital_after_shooting/?ref=rc|title=Man in hospital after shooting|author=Jon Reeve|work=Daily Echo))</ref>

==References==
* Brown, Jim.  ''The Illustrated History of Southampton's Suburbs''.  Breedon.  ((ISBN|1-85983-405-1)).
* Mann, John Edgar.  ''The Book of The Stonehams''.  Halsgrove.  ((ISBN|1-84114-213-1)).
* [http://www.gregg-school-trust.co.uk/greggs/gardens/townhill-park.asp Townhill Park House Gardens and The Friends of the Gardens]
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