IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Canute Road, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 3LY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Canute Road, SO14 3LY by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (228 Images Found)
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Completed flats, finally
Image: © Hugh Venables
Taken: 14 Nov 2019
0.00 miles
2
Dubious claim on former Canute Hotel
This refers to the well-known but frequently misunderstood King Cnut and the tide incident. It seems nobody really knows where this took place, counter claims have been advanced for Bosham, Thorney Island and even Canewdon, Essex. If it was here, the peculiar tides with a dwell could have played a part. His idea was to show his courtiers that he was not all-powerful and could not prevail over God. It would have been quite smart of him to choose a time when he could appear to arrest the tide for a bit, but ultimately fail to stop it. It would then appear that he indeed had limited power over nature, just to keep his courtiers in line. Just a theory!
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 2 Oct 2016
0.02 miles
4
Formerly the Canute Castle Hotel, Southampton
Now an estate agents, and what looks like flats above. On the wall between first and second floors it says 'Near this spot A.D. 1028 Canute reproved his courtiers'. This relates to the well-known but poorly understood incident, possibly legendary, where the pious king commanded the tide to stop coming in. He was demonstrating to his over-flattering courtiers that only God, not kings, had power over the tides. Whether any god has power over the tides is a moot point, as also is the actual location of this event - several places on the south coast have made claims.
A grade II listed building from about the late 1830s.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 2 Oct 2016
0.02 miles
5
'The Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis' pub
On Canute Road, near the access to Ocean Village. Named for a man with a significant career in the RN, yet hardly a household name nationwide. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Curtis .
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 18 Feb 2010
0.03 miles
6
Canute Hotel on Canute Road
The panel between the second/third floor windows reads:
Near this spot AD1028
Canute
reproved his courtiers
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 18 Feb 2010
0.03 miles
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Abandoned flats construction
On Albert Road South. The builder went bankrupt and they have been left half built since then.
Image: © Hugh Venables
Taken: 22 Jul 2012
0.03 miles
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Abandoned flats construction
They have been half-built for a while after the builder went bust. See Image from two years previously.
Image: © Hugh Venables
Taken: 12 Aug 2014
0.03 miles
9
Ferry House
Now a branch office of NATWEST bank. The memorial plaques either side of the doorway commemorate the 'Docks and Marine' workers' lives lost in two World Wars. Interestingly the 1914-18 plaque bears the initials L&SWR (London & South Western Railway), whilst the 1939-45 plaque has only SR (Southern Railway) on it. So does history leave its footprint!
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 18 Feb 2010
0.04 miles
10
The Solent Way (158)
This pub sign is on Canute road. More information about Lucius Curtis is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Curtis.
Image: © Shazz
Taken: 31 Aug 2012
0.04 miles