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7 unusual facts about Romsey


Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis

Now very rare in cultivation, unlike its numerous cultivars, the shrub is still grown in the UK at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey.

Buddleja davidii var. veitchiana

Now rare in cultivation, a specimen is still grown in the UK, at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey; another is held by the University of Copenhagen's Botanic Garden.

Buddleja stenostachya

In the UK, specimens are grown as part of the NCCPG National Collection held by Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge, Hampshire, at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, near Romsey, and at the Savill Garden in Surrey.

Heptacodium miconioides

A specimen 8 m high planted in 1981 grows in the Flagpole Bed alongside Jermyn House at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Ampfield, near Romsey, in England.

Tom Gleeson

Gleeson currently resides in Romsey, Victoria with his wife Ellie Parker and his dog Poppy Parker.

Ulmus chenmoui

The UK TROBI Champion grows at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey, Hampshire; planted in 1994, it measured 8 m high by 22 cm d.b.h. in 2010.

Vincent Buckley

He was born in 1925 in Romsey, Victoria and was educated at the University of Melbourne and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.


Arthur Grimshaw

He was appointed Assistant Chaplain at Geelong Grammar School from 1959 to 1961, vicar of Romsey and Sunbury with Lancefield from 1961 to 1964 and Precentor at St George's Cathedral, Perth from 1964 to 1968.

Eastleigh to Romsey Line

The line between Eastleigh and Romsey was reopened for passenger traffic in May 2003 with a re-built station at Chandler's Ford.

It has an hourly service in each direction which runs a 'figure of six' route from Romsey to Salisbury, running from Romsey via Eastleigh and Southampton before re-visiting Romsey and continuing to Salisbury.

Paultons Park

Paultons Theme Park "?title=Ower">Ower, near Romsey, in Hampshire, England.

Romsey Abbey

The village of Crampmoor, to the east of Romsey, is within the ecclesiastical parish of Romsey.

Romsey Town F.C.

Romsey Town first played on fields which have since been built on at Alma Road but now play their home matches at the Bypass Ground and have done so since 1956 after they were successful in their application for a 99 year lease on the area of the land the ground is built on from nearby Broadlands.


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