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York Road, HOVE, BN3 1DL

Parish Boundary Marker by the UC lane, in parish of Brighton (Brighton And Hove District), on the west side of Boundary Passage, halfway along passage. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: SX_BNHV03pb.

At the southern end of York Avenue you come to the junction with Lansdowne Road. We are still in Hove and the red terracotta gothic style recalls some of the big Hove houses to the west. Once a large house Mercia House is now subdivided into flats. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/211418

Continue up Temple Street then turn west into Montpelier Terrace. You will then pass what was once St Stephens church. This was opened in 1851 with an interior reconstructed from the Royal Chapel of the Pavilion. It remained a church until 1939 before becoming home to the Sussex Diocese Association of the Deaf and Dumb. Since 1974 it has been a day centre for the homeless run by Free Base. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/211792

Drab 1960s building housing offices above whilst the entire lower floor is taken up by a pub which until a few years ago was known as The Lemon Tree.

From the junction with Lansdowne Road head south down York Road until you meet Western Road, then turn east. Running parallel with York Road is this twitten which marks the boundary between Brighton and Hove. Click on the link to go to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/211437

Brunswick Road connects Lansdowne Road to Western Road and was constructed in the 1850s to provide housing at a lower cost than those in Brunswick Terrace and Square.

Parish Boundary Marker by the UC road, in parish of Brighton (Brighton and Hove District), Boundary Passage, at junction with Montpelier Place. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: SX_BNHV02pb

Number 116a is located on the corner and was originally a town house in Norfolk Road that was converted into a bank in 1895 for Capital and Counties who moved from Image on the south eastern side of Norfolk Square. Capital & Counties was absorbed by Lloyds after World War One who continued operating here until closing the branch in the early 1990s. Since 2001 it has been a fish and chip restaurant called Bankers which offers both a takeaway and restaurant service and is generally believed by locals to be a chippy of much higher quality than those who peddle towards the tourist. Bankers has also extended into 116 which had operated independently previously. It was a coach builder in 1845, a fruit and potato merchant during the 1860s, a cabinet maker into the 1870s, then just under forty years as a furniture dealer, one of whom James Abell would extend into neighbouring Image By 1914 it was a trunk maker, then 30 years as a ladies hairdresser before return to furniture in the 1960s. A brief period as a sex aid supplier was followed by Trend Hair Boutique who dealt in wigs trading under a variety of names (Trend Wig Centre, Trendman Toupees and Trendco) and still trade today further down the Hove part of Western Road in Sheridan House. 116 1845-1856 - COACH BUILDER (W West) 1859-1867 - FRUIT & POTATO MERCHANT (WH Benham) 1868-1874 - CABINET MAKER (Hoad & Clarke1868—71, G Harrison 1874) 1875-1913 - FURNITURE (JW Broadbridge & Sons 1875-77, C Fieldus 1879-84, James Abbell 1887-1904, Bensley & Rooke 1906-07, Emm & Co 1911-13) 1914-1932 - TRUNK MAKER (Fred Larkin) 1933-1962 - LADIES HAIRDRESSER (E Steiger & Sons) 1964-1970 - HOUSE FURNISHERS (Jordan & Cook) 1973-1974 - SEX AID SUPPLIES (La Vie en Rose 1973, With Love 1974) 1982-1999 - WIG SUPPLIERS (Trend Hair Boutique) 116a Built 1895 1896-1990 - BANK (Capital & Counties 1896-1918, Lloyds 1919-90) 116-116a 2001-2016 - FISH & CHIP RESTAURANT (Bankers)

The most westerly shop in Brighton on the northern side. To its left is Boundary Passage which marks the old parish boundary between Brighton and Hove. The subsequent shop built in the old Langhams Hotel is in Hove and is numbered accordingly (no.134). The building probably dates from around 1825 when it was erected to serve as a toll gate to collect duty on coal as it entered the borough. The duty was original instituted in 1773 for cargo landed from the sea and used to fund the building of groynes and other sea defences. In 1825 it was extended to transport on land and remained a significant revenue cash cow for the council until its abolition in 1887. By 1848 the building shared its space with a fire station run by Brighton Police which remained here until 1902 when it moved to bigger premises on Preston Circus. Equipment was kept outside the front of the building and hitched to the nearest available horse drawn cab in the event of an emergency, though the hose was carried on foot. After 1902 the building was briery occupied by JJ Abell who expanded into from Image though he moved out both shops the following year. The next record appears in 1908 when the building was converted into an estate agent, Stringer & Dinnock who operated here for nearly 70 years, sharing space with offices for a number of building societies during that period. They were replaced by Max Huizinga who would later move to Image with the shop becoming a florist for much of the 1990s before returning to the property business. Since 2001 it has been a series of letting agents. Old Images Fire station in 1895 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_006.html 1854-1887 - Coal Duty Office 1848-1902 - Brighton Police Fire Station 1903 - HOUSE FURNISHER (James Abell) 1908-1977 - ESTATE AGENT (Stringer & Dinnock) 1920-1982 - BUILDING SOCIETY (Brighton & Shoreham 1920-77, South of England 1978-81, Citizens Regency 1982) 1983-1991 - ESTATE AGENT (Max Huzinga) 1993-1999 - FLORIST (Blue Orchid) 2001-2016 - LETTING AGENT (Michael Joseph 2001-13, Avard 2013-15, Belvoir 2015-16)