Quilters

Built in the late 1200s this vault is the largest of the merchant’s vaults beneath Southampton. The impressions of the planks used in its construction can still be seen in the ceiling. Originally known as The Black Vault it picked up its present name when it was beneath a popular sailors pub kept by a 19th century landlady Eliza Quilter. She is said to have kept order with a long staff, and the services of the police were rarely required.