St Michael's Church, Southampton bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: St Michael's Church This is the oldest building in Southampton and dates from 1070 when the Norman town was being built. It was the civic church until 1835 where the Mayors of the town were sworn in at Michaelmas. Of the parish churches in the centre of the town this was the only one to escape destruction on 1940.

St Michael's Church is the oldest building in Southampton, dating from 1070, and served as the civic church until 1835; it survived the bombings of 1940, unlike other central parish churches.