Hove: Holland Road
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Hove: Holland Road
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Jun 2008
The two sides of Holland Road do not look as though they belong with one another. On the left are classic Victorian five storey townhouses, while on the right, and totally dominated by their elder neighbours, are Edwardian detached houses with bay windows. Holland Road is named after Lord Holland, a close friend of Sir Isaac Goldsmid, the Anglo-Jewish merchant who in 1830 bought the open countryside where the housing was subsequently developed. As Sir Isaac Goldsmid and his successors developed the surrounding area, they sought to record aspects of Anglo-Jewish history, together with the achievements of family members, in the names of the new roads that they built. So thoroughfares were named after Cromwell, Lansdowne, Palmeira, Montefiore, and Davigdor for example.
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Image Location
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50.824667
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-0.162751