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English Merchant Shipping, Trade, and Maritime Communities
Isaac Sailmaker (1653-1721) 'The Island of Barbados',
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Posted 2025-10-17 15:36:59 by Craig Lambert

In 2025, we linked with the Sarah Siddons Theatre Company to produce a film on the Spanish Armada. This was based on research we undertook as part of the project. The film has a particular focus on Southampton and its place within the Armada story. 

You can view the whole film here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCmXF2D95dw   

We thank Dr Cheryl Butler and Sarah Siddons Theatre Company for all their work on this. 

 

The Spanish Armada, 1588


  



Southampton Walking Tours

Thanks to our friends and project partners at the Sarah Siddons Fan Club Theatre Group – and to Dr Cheryl Butler, in particular – for producing three wonderful guided walks of our hometown. The walks relate the major themes explored in the project – trade, empire, shipping and maritime communities – to the physical geography and built heritage of Southampton. Each walk covers approximately one hundred years of history, and their respective routes take about ninety minutes to cover.

You can download the leaflets – in either standard or mobile-friendly format – here: