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B	Census districts lists	references
B2066	see New Church Road, Church Road, Western Road, North Street, Roedean Road.
B2118	see St James's Street, Upper St James's Street, St George's Road, Chesham Road, Rock Street, Bristol Gardens.
B2119	see Trafalgar Street.
B2121	see Dyke Road from Seven Dials to Upper North Street.
B2122	see Montpelier Road, Vernon Terrace, Chatham Place, New England Road from Old Shoreham Road to Chatham Place.
B2123	see Falmer Road, The Drove, Falmer.
B2185	see Grand Avenue, The Drive
B2194	see Boundary Road/Station Road and Victoria Road, Portslade.
Baden Road	Hero of Boer War, Lt General Lord Baden Powell OM (1857-1941), subsequently founder of Boy Scout movement (cf, Milner Road, etc). Laid out in 1924, numbered 27 September 1928¹ and 24 May 1929².	Pi1929— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/154 ²ESRO DB/D/27/137
Badger Close, Coldean	University of Brighton Varley Park campus.
Badger Way, Coldean	University of Brighton Varley Park campus.
Badgers Way, Hangleton	West Hove Golf Club.
Baker Street	At 103 London Road. ph 13, Mitre Tavern was listed sporadically from 1862 until 1885, then continuously therafter. 1 2 Image 2: shop at 1-2 Baker Street	Fo1848—
Baker's Bottom	A valley, so-called since at least the middle of the 18th century, including Sutherland Road and streets on its east side: Bute Street, Rochester Street. Defined in Census 1891 as 'land . . . between the west side of the road leading from the back of the Sussex County Hospital to south of the south end of the race course and east side of Freshfield Road'. Described in Pages directories as 'rear of Manor House, Kemp Town', with one household in 1895, six in 1904. Image: View westward from Whitehawk Allotment. The cleared site in the right foreground is for Craven Vale Resource Centre.	Pa1895–To1904
Bakery Mews	At 35 Coombe Road. Private road, cul-de-sac. This was the yard of Price's Bakery, which was on the corner with Buller Road and later became a works of British Insulated Callender's Cables.
Balfour Road	Hardcore for the construction of the road came from a neolithic long barrow at Waldegrave Road. Numbered 21 March 1907¹; part renumbered 25 February 1926². 31 was formerly a corner shop. 144, 146, 148 were built in 1910 for H Salvage, designed by E Wallis Long. 150-156 were built in 1926 by T R Braybon, designed by G E Gowar.	Pi1901— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/116 ²ESRO DB/D/27/76
Balsdean	A depopulated hamlet and manor in the parish of Rottingdean in a valley south-east of modern Woodingdean by the 18th century, now existing also as Balsdean Cottages and Balsdean Farm. (cf, Bazehill.)
Balsdean Road, Woodingdean	Numbered 27 July 1948¹, supplementary numbering 7 February 1957².	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/285 ²ESRO DB/D/27/342
Baltic Wharf, Copperas Gap, Portslade	See Wellington Road.
Bamford Close, Bevendean	Cul-de-sac of 14 houses and flats off Norwich Drive. No properties listed in Ke1949.	Ke1949—
Bampfield Street, Southern Cross	29 two- and three-storey terraced houses and flats.	To1902—
Bankside, Westdene	No properties listed in Ke1956. Numbered 1 June 1961¹. Westdene Primary School. Westdene Library opened in May 1964.	Ke1956— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/388
Baranscraig Avenue, Patcham	Steep road of interwar-years semi-detached houses.	Ke1934—
Barcombe Road, North Moulsecoomb	Built in the late 1920s. Most streets in the north of the area are named after Sussex villages. 1 2	Ke1931—
Barn Rise, Westdene	Named 5 April 1938¹. Numbered 10 October 1939².	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40 ²ESRO DB/D/27/58
Barnes Road, Portslade	Three houses.	Pi1901—
† Barnes Terrace	Part of North Gardens after no 33, existed c1831¹.	Fo1848–Fo1862 ¹London Gazette
Barnet Way, Hangleton	Three houses. No properties listed in Ke1954.	Ke1954—
Barnett Road, Hollingbury	'No houses' in Pi1909. Numbered 26 July 1928¹.	Pi1909— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/143
Barnfield Gardens, Queen's Park	Built c1970 in the grounds of the former Attree Villa/Xaverian College.	Ke1972—
Barrack Yard	†North Road Swimming Baths. Prince Regent Swimming Pool.
Barrhill Avenue, Patcham	Part of the Ladies Mile Estate, named by developer George Ferguson after the village in South Ayrshire. Named 27 April 1933¹.	Ke1936— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/30
Barrow Close, Hollingdean	Cul-de-sac of social terraced housing. Named and numbered 30 December 1964¹.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/416
Barrow Hill, Hollingdean	Numbered 8 October 1961; part formerly Barrow Close renumbered 24 November 1966¹. No propertie slisted in Ke1964.	Ke1964— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/390
∫ Barrowcliff Street	Earlier name of Leicester Street. William Barrowcliff(e), a carpenter, was at Barrowcliff Lodge in 1822¹ and in North Lane [Road] in 1832².	¹Ba1822 ²Poll Book 1832
† Barrowcliff(e)['s] Cottages	At 65 North Lane [Road]. Formerly North Lane Cottages. 'Condemned' in Pi1897 but still listed in Pi1914.	[1861-64]
Barrowfield Estate	The estate comprises Barrowfield Drive, Woodlands, The Green, Elm Close and Barrowfield Close. Barrowfield is a working-class area of Glasgow, surrounding the Celtic football ground, which gave its name via the title chosen by Lord Newlands when he acquired Uplands [below], a 30-room house designed by Clayton & Black in 1885 for P A Taylor, on land off Dyke Road and renamed it Barrowfield Lodge. It was later owned by the Marquess of Exeter, who sold off the surrounding land in 1931 for housing development supervised and in some cases designed by Harold George Turner. The house, now converted to flats, remains. The entrance lodge on Dyke Road Avenue was demolished c1950. Image: Uplands in The Architect, 21 August 1885.
Barrowfield Close, Hove	Cul-de-sac off Tongdean Avenue.	Ke1964—
Barrowfield Drive, Hove		Ke1934—
Barry Walk, Queen's Park	Cul-de-sac of five three-storey terraced houses with integral garages facing two blocks, each of six garages, and four terraced two-storey houses.	Ke1970—
Bartholomew Square Old Town conservation area.	Created in 1985 (?) when the hotel on the south side was built. Priory House. The name commemorates St Bartholomew's Priory.
Bartholomews Old Town conservation area.	On 4 June 1759, Anne Boon smothered her three-day-old baby and put the body in a pigsty behind the old market so that the swine would eat the corpse. This is the earliest murder in the town recorded in contemporary accounts. 1, 3, 4, 5-6, 7 are Grade II listed¹. 1a was numbered 5 January 1893³. 8 was The Market House, now called The Cottage. It is Grade II listed. ph †10, The Three Tuns was an alehouse from 1891 to 1913. ph †11, Fishmongers Hall opened c1854 as The Myrtle Tree and became The Fishmongers Hall by 1864. It closed in 1935. ph †13, The Ocean Wave was here from 1862 and became The Marine Hotel Shades from 1871. It closed in 1935. †St Bartholomew's Grange, founded by St Pancras Priory, Lewes, stood on the site of and is marked by a plaque on . . . Town Hall was designed by Thomas Cooper and built in 1830-32 at a cost of £50,000. Grade II listed². The foundation stone was laid by Thomas Read Kemp MP on 15 April 1830, followed by a dinner at the Old Ship⁶. THe building contract went to William Doubleday⁷. As well as council offices, it housed the magistrates' court, county court and petty sessions. Until 1967 the police headquarters were in the basement, for which extra cells were added in 1870 by Blackmore & Co at a tender cost of £2,219³ is now a museum, opened May 2006. Some of the windows facing Little East Street were still etched with the word 'Police' until 2010. On 13 March 1844, John Lawrence, murdered the first chief constable, Henry Solomon. Solomon died next day and Lawrence was hanged at Horsham. The fireplace is still there in the museum. In 1871 a contact for further changes was awarded to B E Nightingale of London for £2,617⁴ but was withdrawn when Nightingale wanted alterations to the specifications and awarded instead to G R Lockyer, who had quoted £2,625⁵. Pillar box outside the Town Hall bears the VR royal cipher. Jigsaw (1962) featured Bartholomews as it was at that time.	Br1846— ¹HE 1379920-1379924 ²HE 1379974 ³ESRO DB/D/27/232 ⁴The Builder, 1871-05-20:392 ⁵The Builder, 1871-06-03:433 ⁶Brighton Gazette, 1830-04-30:1 ⁷Brighton Guardian, 1832-04-04:2
Basin Road North, Aldrington	North side of River Adur/Shoreham Harbour. Industrial.
Basin Road South, Aldrington	South side of River Adur/Shoreham Harbour. Industrial.
Batemans Road, Woodingdean	Named 19 November 1965 and numbered 7 July 1966¹.	Ke1969— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/440
Bates Estate, West Moulsecoomb	Comprises Highbrook Close, Ryelands Drive, Selsfield Drive, Thorndean Road and Wild Park Close. Three-storey blocks of council housing built in the early 1950s on land between Lewes Road and the railway line that had continued to be used by the Bates family as a nursery after the Moulsecoomb estate was bought by Brighton Corporation in 1918. The agreement between William George Bates and executors of the late Henry Joseph Charles Bates was dated 9 November 1949.
Bates Road	Paine applied for planning approval from Brighton Borough Council for 18 houses, to be designed/built by T H Scutt, on 5 August 1898¹. A fourth-century Roman coin—a 'third brass' of Arcadius (395-408)—was found in the allotments that were formerly to the east of Loder Place, where council-built flats now stand.	Pi1901— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/4774
Bath Street West Hill conservation area.	'Houses now building' in Fo1850, 'several unoccupied houses' in Ta1854. [A builder, Thomas Philcox, lived at no 4.] Renumbered 17 January 1901¹. 18a was (one of) the first petrol stations in Brighton. A pair of Shell-Mex 1950s petrol pumps remains in place² and is on the B&H local list.	Fo1850— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/117 ²City council local list
† The Battery	The Board of Ordnance built this artillery emplacement to the south of East Street in 1760 but it proved hazardous. After storm damage it was demolished in November 1786 and was in due course replaced by the West Battery and East Cliff Battery in 1793.
† Battery Place	Built after 1776; 17 houses by 1795.
† Battery Yard		Census1841–1961
Bavant Road Preston Park conservation area.	Formerly known as Queen Mary Villas. Named after the Wiltshire estates (Fifield Bavant and Norton Bavant) of the Stanford family (see also Norton Road), which owned the land. No properties listed until 1929. Numbered 18 June 1948¹. 14 at one time housed the Preston telephone exchange.	Ke1920— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/284
Baxter Street	'Houses building' in Pa1881. Renumbered 20 April 1881¹.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/222
Baywood Gardens, Woodingdean	Part of the Wick Estate. Numbered 29 April 1948¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/283
Bazehill	An ancient manor in the parish of Rottingdean. Also spelt Ballishill. (cf, Balsdean.)
Bazehill Road, Rottingdean Rottingdean conservation area.	Baze Hill was a house along this road, formerly known as Hill Cottage¹. †Northgate House was a residence early in the 20th century of Rt Hon Sir Edward Carson . Around the turn of 1946/47 it became a residential site for St Dunstan's Training Centre (see Greenways, Ovingdean and Marine Drive) and was opened as St Dunstan's Children's Home on 22 January 1948 by Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders. It was later demolished and Northgate Close built on the site.	Ke1947— ¹OS1931
† Beach Cottages, Hove	Facing Hove Coastguard Station, off New Shoreham Road (Kingsway).	Census1871-1891; Pi1889–Ke1931
† Beach Cottages, Portslade		Census1881
Beacon Close, Hollingdean	Numbered 17 April 1957¹. No properties listed in Ke1958.	Ke1958— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/346
Beacon Court, Ovingdean Ovingdean conservation area.	Off Greenways.
Beacon Hill, Rottingdean	Numbered 16 June 1948 and later¹. A neolithic long barrow was identified here in 1995⁵. Rottingdean Windmill is a smock mill dating from 1802. A woodcut by Sir William Nicholson (see The Grange) was used as the logo of William Heinemann, the publisher. Grade II listed². Long barrow on Beacon Hill is a scheduled monument³. Disturbed several times, most seriously in 1863 to improve a cricket ground. Long barrow on Beacon Hill 160m north-west of the windmill is a scheduled monument⁴.	Ke1949— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/117, DB/D/27/446 ²HE 1380100 ³HE 1013067 ⁴HE 1305229 ⁵ESRO MES1
† Beaconsfield Cottages, Portslade	In Trafalgar Road.	Census1881; To1898
Beaconsfield Parade, Preston	Short parade of shops and flats on the west side of Beaconsfield Road, north of Springfield Road.	Pa1877—
Beaconsfield Road, Portslade	Small terraced cottages facing Victoria Park, originally named Holes Road¹. The first houses at the southern end were known as Gladstone Terrace when first built.	Pi1912— ¹Middleton
Beaconsfield Road, Preston Preston Park conservation area (70, 70a, 70b, 72a, 72-94 even).	Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was created Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876, taking the title granted to his wife in her own right in 1868 as Viscountess Beaconsfield. Numbered 21 August 1879¹ and 1 August 1884². 23-53 were designed by C O Blaber³. 55 was designed by Geering⁴. 56 was designed by Thomas Simpson⁵. 57, 59, 61, 63 were designed by Thomas Simpson⁶. 1 2 Image 1: 1-3 Beaconsfield Road, June 1931	Pa1877— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/250 ²ESRO DB/D/27/200 ³ESRO DB/D/7/1289 (1 Jun 1875), 1322 (16 Dec 1875) ⁴ESRO DB/D/7/1402 (14 Nov 1876) ⁵ESRO DB/D/7/1265 (9 Mar 1875) ⁶ESRO DB/D/7/1270 (23 Mar 1875)
† Beaconsfield Terrace, Portslade	In Trafalgar Road.	Census1881; Pa1891–To1898
Beaconsfield Villas Preston Park conservation area.	Semi-detached villas, only no 4 listed in Pa1883 (residence of W H Crossley, builder) 'and other houses unoccupied'. It was numbered 1 August 1884¹ and renumbered between Lucerne Road and The Drove 15 January 1903². 48 was the subject of an indenture from John Blaker to Edward Stocker of January 1884³. 69 remained a vinery⁵ after neighbouring plots were developed with housing. 81, Beaconsville Court was built in 1960. 113 was formerly no 111a⁴. 1 2	Pa1883— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/250 ²ESRO DB/D/27/105 ³ESRO amsgg/AMS6621/3/58 ⁴ESRO DB/D/27/168 ⁵ESRO DB/8/2906 (7 Jul 1887)
Beal Crescent, Hollingdean	Frank Beal was mayor of Brighton in 1932-33 St Richard's Church commemorates St Richard of Chichester.	Ke1954—
† Bear Cottages	A row of cottages and a smithy at right angles off Lewes Road on the north side of the Bear Inn, replaced by Ursa Court (ursa being Latin for bear, of course).
Bear Road	The hill up which the road runs was called Bear Hill and the road was formerly called Bearhill Road². Bear fights were allegedly staged at the Bear Inn during the 18th century and some sources give this as the origin of the name. The only property listed in Pa1882 was The Sanatorium. Renumbered 15 May 1902¹. Prior to that terraces, mainly on the north side, were separately named and numbered as: Sunnyside Villas. Harold Villas. Record Villas. Lincoln Villas. High View Villas. Belle Vue Cottages. Race Hill Cottages. 2 was known as Myrtle Cottage. Euphemia Villas, the row of double-fronted residences on the south side, were the first significant run of terraced houses built in the road, probably by George Burstow, now 4-30. [ph] 32, Newmarket Arms was designed by E E Scott for Abbey (Kemp Town Brewery) and opened in 1882³. It closed in 2014 and was converted to residential but still has the name on the north and west (Newmarket Terrace) façades. 45-67 (odd) were built by George Burstow⁴. 83-287 (odd) are 'Tyneside' flats—two-storey houses divided latterally into two flats with separate street doors. They were built by George Burstow. †Bear Mill, a post mill with cloth sales, was located to the north of the road, approximately on the site of 89-91 Ladysmith Road, from c1810 to 1903; the adjacent buildings remained, although the mill itself does not appear on OS maps after 1875. Bear Road featured to great effect in the chase scene in Loot (1970).	Pa1882— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/135 ²OS until 1909 revision ³ESRO DB/D/7/2175 (5 Jul 1882) ⁴ESRO DB/D/7/4783 (18 Aug 1898)
† Beard's Lane	Formerly ran along a line now roughly marked by Air Street and Zion Street. C Beard and T Beard owned the land here.
Beatty Avenue, Coldean	Named after the First World War naval commander and later First Sea Lord, Admiral David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) (cf, the adjacent Haig Avenue)	Ke1954—
Beaufort Terrace	Renumbered 20 April 1881¹.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/222
Beckley Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac. Exisitng numbering confirmed 11 June 1980¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
† Bedford Buildings	From 54 (later 34) Upper Bedford Street and 7 Montague Place. Narrow alley of small houses, accessed from Upper Bedford Street through an archway in the Stag Inn. Image: Entrance to Bedford Buildings from Upper Bedford Street, photo dated 22 March 1912 [RS James Gray Collection].	Census1861; Fo1861–Ke1954
† Bedford Mews	At 116 King's Road.	Fo1848–Fo1856
Bedford Place Regency Square conservation area.	Built early 1830s. 2, built early-to-mid 19th century, is Grade II listed¹. New Venture Theatre, formerly Christ Church Schools (lettering in frieze: 'Christ Church Schools Erected AD 1841') and the Infant Welfare Centre, is Grade II listed².	Fo1854— ¹HE 1379975 ²HE 1379976
† Bedford Place Mews		1851
∫ Bedford Row	An early name for Preston Street.
Bedford Square Regency Square conservation area.	Started c.1807, completed after 1818¹. Originally planned as 36 houses, 42 were actually built. Number of properties in 1822: 32. Some probably designed by Amon Henry Wilds. From the start they were mostly boarding houses/furnished apartments. The gardens were compulsorily purchased by Brighton Corporation in 1884. The two K6 telephone kiosks on the southern side are Grade II listed². 3 was the residence (1822-27) of Henry Philips, botanist, who proposed a scheme for an Oriental Garden in an Anthaeum glasshouse at the northern end of Oriental Place. 4-7 are Grade II listed³. 8, 9 are Grade II listed⁴. 10-13 are Grade II listed⁵. 14 was the residence from 1925 of the actress Marie Hemingway (1893-1939). Grade II listed⁶. 15-16 are Grade II listed⁷. 16 is where Sir Walter Scott's grandson and eventual heir, Walter Scott Lockhart Scott, was born during a short visit by Scott's daughter and her husband, J G Lockhart, in April 1826. 18 freehold was sold for £850 in April 1904; it was let at £70 a year¹³. 21-25 are Grade II listed⁸. 21. In 1962, Alfred Benjamin Sugarman (1925-1987), having changed his name to Ben Sherman, returned from the US to his birth town and opened a shirt factory here. The brand achieved international fame during the 1970s. 26-27 are Grade II listed⁹. 28-31 are Grade II listed¹⁰. 32-33 are Grade II listed¹¹. 34-39 are Grade II listed¹². 36. In June 1866 Ellen Warder died here as a result of wolf's bane (aconite) poisoning administered over the previous month by her husband, Dr Alfred Warder. When a suspicious doctor refused to sign the death certificate, an inquest was held at the Rockingham Inn in Sillwood Street. Dr Warder killed himself by consuming prussic acid in a room at the Bedford Hotel in King's Road about 10 days after the murder. His two previous wives were found to have died in suspicious circumstances. 39 was the final residence and death place of General Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson. Bedford Hotel 1851.	Ba1822— ¹Anthony Dale: Fashionable Brighton ²HE 1379988, 1379989 ³HE 1379977 ⁴HE 1379978, 1379979 ⁵HE 1379988 ⁶HE 1379981 ⁷HE 1379982 ⁸HE 1379983 ⁹HE 1379985 ¹⁰HE 1379984 ¹¹HE 1379986 ¹²HE 1379987 ¹³The Builder, 14 May 1904:533
Bedford Street East Cliff conservation area.	Number of properties in 1822: 21. Renumbered 4 June 1879¹. [ph] 9-10 was The Bedford Arms, which opened in 1848. It closed c1926. 17-18 were designed by Wilds and Busby c1826. Grade II listed² with their railings. 19 was a pharmacy by 1850 and also a post and money order office by 1862 to c1890. The side door of 37 Upper St James's Street at the north east end of this street erroneously has the name The Old Post House on the fanlight. 2	Ba1822— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/250 ²HE 1379990
Beech Close, Mile Oak	Cul-de-sac of two semi-detached and six terraced houses.	Ke1969—
Beech Grove, Bevendean	Cul-de-sac of Tudorbethan semi-detached houses, built 1930s.	Ke1933—
Beech Wood, Patcham		[1881]
Beechers Road, Mile Oak	Bungalows.	Ke1947—
The Beeches	A winding cul-de-sac built in the 1960s on the site of the first house in Dyke Road Avenue (no 14, built 1884) and its four-acre estate that was named 26 August 1965 and numbered 25 November 1965¹. See also Hazeldene Meads. 9 is where undated flint waste flakes were recorded.	Ke1973— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/439
Beechlands Estate, Rottingdean	Built to the west of Falmer Road c1954, layout by D J Howe, Brighton borough engineer¹. Comprises Rowan Way, Eley Crescent, Eley Drive, Elvin Crescent, Court Ord Drive, Meadow Close. The deeds are in ESRO².	¹ESRO DB/D/56/320 ²ESRO ACC 8728/2/40
Beechwood Avenue, Withdean	Named 5 April 1938¹. Numbered October 1945².	Ke1936— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/41 ²ESRO DB/D/27/252
Beechwood Close	Numbered December 1958¹. No properties listed in Ke1960.	Ke1960— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/41
Beeding Avenue, Hangleton	One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex villages. Evidemce of Roman occupation, including a basilican Roman villa and 11 corn drying kilns, was found here during building operaations in 1947-49.	Ke1949—
† Beldon Road	Location unknown; misspelling of Belton Road?. Land here was conveyanced from Phillips to Cutress in 1883.¹	¹ESRO ACC5310/33
Belfast Street, Hove	St Andrew's Church of England Primary School opened here in September 2003, having moved from a site just to the south, built in 1977, which replaced the original school in George Street. ph 15-17 Belfast Tavern was opened c1873 by Tamplins. It was renamed The Bell by 2009, then The Urchin in 2015.	Pa1874—
Belgrave Place East Cliff conservation area.	Built c1846 by Thomas Cubitt, probably named after London's Belgrave Square, where Cubitt had built a house for Thomas Kemp. Cubitt had acquired property in Kemp Town as part payment of debts owned to him by Thomas Read Kemp. 1-3 and their railings are Grade II listed¹. 4-7 and their railings are Grade II listed². 8-10 and their railings are Grade II listed³. 11-12 and their railings are Grade II listed⁴. 13-17 and their railings are Grade II listed⁵.	PO1845— ¹HE 1379991 ²HE 1379992 ³HE 1379993 ⁴HE 1379994 ⁵HE 1379995
† Belgrave Square, Portslade		Short cul-de-sac turning with 13 terraced houses off Wellington Road.	1881 Pa1890–Ke1949
Belgrave Street	Belgrave Street Congregational Chapel was designed by Thomas Simpson. The foundation stone is dated 1 January 1863 and the chapel opened in 1865. It closed in 1942 and became the Technical College Training Centre. It is now used for housing and known as Billam House, part of Billam Terrace.	Fo1861—
Belgrave Terrace	East of 154 Marine Parade. 9 was the residence of Dr Sir William Tindal Robertson MP. He committed suicide here by cutting his throat when severely depressed.¹	Br1846— ¹Glasgow Herald, 7 October 1889
† Belgrave Terrace, Portslade		1881
∫ Belgrave Terrace North	Former name of 28-36 London Road¹.	Ta1854 ¹
Belle Vue		Co1799–
Belle Vue Cottages	Private road, cul-de-sac off Bear Road	Pa1890—
† Belle Vue Field	Site of Regency Square, used for fairs and other gatherings until c1806. It had a wharf in front of it. A windmill formerly known as West Mill, then Streeter's Mill, was moved from here to a site at the top of the Millers Road by 36 yoke of oxen in 1797.
Belle Vue Gardens College conservation area (1-9 odd).	Renumbered 16 October 1900¹ and 19 November 1903². Belle Vue Court was built c.1968 on the site of Belle Vue Hall, residence of William Percival Boxall JP. Belle Vue Hall's original garden wall still stands. (See also 22 Walpole Road). House on nearby Marine Parade at the seaward end of Burlington Street c.1800 was called Belle Vue; houses to the west of the top of Burlington Street on Bristol Road preserve the name. See also Eastern Road.	To1902 ¹ESRO DB/D/46/660 ²ESRO DB/D/27/101
Bellingham Crescent, Hove	The Bellinghams were an old Sussex family. 69, Aldrington Place is linked to The Pump House, which is built on the site of Knold's chalk pit, which was present until at least the end of the 1930s.	Pi1929—
Belmont	Built c1858. See also 165 Preston Road. 2, 3, 4, 5--6 are Grade II listed¹.	Fo1856— ¹HE 1379996-1379999
† Belmont Place	From 38 Cheapside to 37 Ann Street. Small houses.	Fo1850—
Belmont Street	From 42 Cheapside to 37 Ann Street. Trades and small houses. †18, 19 rented for £170 4s a year in 1877¹. 30 and 43 Cheapside were rebuilt in 1933 by E W Long.	Fo1850— ¹Southern Weekly News, 10 Mar 1877:1
Belton Close Round Hill conservation area.	Private road. Cul-de-sac.
Belton Road Round Hill conservation area.	Renumbered 16 July 1891¹. 1-7 (odd) were designed by Samuel Denman in 1889³. 2-34 (even) were designed by Alfred Carden for Charles Cuttress⁴. 9-23 (odd) were designed by Alfred Carden for Charles Cuttress⁵. 25-31 and 36-46 are on the site of the former Roundhill Mill, which ceased working by wind power in 1908, closed in 1910 and was demolished in 1913. The reclaimed bricks and timber were recycled into the houses, designed by Roffey for builder Thomas Dawes².	Pa1892—— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/239 ²ESRO DB/D/7/6502-3 (18 Sep 1913) ³ESRO DB/D/7/2588 (18 Apr 1889) ⁴14-20: ESRO DB/D/7/2658 (5 Jun 1890), 22,24: /2856 (15 Sep 1892), 26-32: /2927 (6 Apr 1893), 34: /2947 (4 May 1893) ⁵ESRO DB/D/7/4334 (4 Jun 1896)
Belvedere Terrace Clifton Hill conservation area.	Part of Norfolk Road. Built 1848-1853 for Mary Wagner, sister of Rev H M Wagner, on land behind her house, the Belvedere in Montpelier Road. 21-28 are Grade II listed¹.	Ta1854— ¹HE 1380609
∫ Bembridge Road	From Elm Grove to Hartington Road. Although Towner's 1899 description does not match, this appears to be the name of Bembridge Street [qv] until May 1899.	To1899
Bembridge Street	Steeply-stepped two-storey terraced houses, numbered consecutively from the south-east corner. 1-6 were built by Mr Russell¹. 7-14 and 15 were built by Mr Martyn².	To1899— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/4880 as Bembridge Road (19 Feb 1899) ²ESRO DB/D/7/4962 (18 May 1899), DB/D/7/5097 (21 Dec 1899)
Bendigo Estate	A plotland development of shanty buildings, mostly former army huts, developed 1922-24 in the neighbourhood of Vale Avenue to the east of London Road at Patcham.
Benett Avenue, Hove	Named after Vere Fane Benett, aka Benett-Stanford.	Ke1956—
Benett Drive, Hove	Stanford estate. Construction of road began summer 1955.	Ke1947—
Benfield Barn	Conservation area, designated 1989; 0.59ha, 1.43 acres.	Character statement map
Benfield Close, Portslade	Built 1930s. †Cowhayes Cottage was where nos 4-5 are now until c1930.	Ke1947— OS1930 revision
Benfield Crescent, Portslade	Built 1930s.	Ke1947—
Benfield Way, Portslade		Pi1925—
Bengairn Avenue, Patcham	Moderne-influenced dormer bungalows.	Ke1936—
Bennett Road, Kemp Town	Renumbered 25 June 1925¹. east side was built by George Burstow for Packham & Palmer². west side was built by George Burstow for Packham & Palmer³.	To1907— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/80 ²ESRO DB/D/7/5815 (29 Oct 1903) ³ESRO DB/D/7/5949 (21 Jul 1904)
Bentham Road	One of several streets off Elm Grove named after nineteenth century philosophers (cf, Carlyle Street, Cobden Road). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) propounded the utilitarian system of philosophy. Four properties listed 'and other houses building' in Pa1881. Renumbered 20 April 1881¹. 43-45 was a Congregational Mission Hall, built in 1881 and closed in 1975.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/222
Berwick Road, Saltdean	Numbered 20 September 1938¹.	Ke1949— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/49
Beresford Road, Kemp Town	Bristol Estate, one of five names commemorating senior staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital nearby; this one is Gerald Waddington Beresford . No properties listed in Ke1958. Social housing apartment blocks, leading to allotments.	Ke1958— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/49
Bernard Place	Intersecting road between Bonchurch Road and Totland Road.	To1903—
Bernard Road	No properties listed in Pi1888.	Pi1888—
Berriedale Avenue, Hove	Portland estate. 'No houses' in Pi1927. Berridale is a hamlet on the Sutherland estates of the Dukes of Portland at the mouth of Berriedale Water.	Pi1927—
∫ Bertram Road, Hove	Vallance estate. Former name of Portland Road, previously Clarendon Villas Road. Wesleyan Iron Church became Hove Methodist Church (see Portland Road	Pi1889–Pi1893
Berwick Road, Saltdean		Ke1949—
Bevendean	One of the manors that comprised the parish of Falmer, in Domesday Book as Beofan dene (Valley of Beva) and was held from William de Warrenne by someone known as Walter.Two farms were here: Lower and Upper Bevendean. The area was transferred from the parish of Falmer to the County Borough of Brighton on 1 April 1928. Upper (or Higher) Bevendean is the private housing development of the late 1930s (Bevendean Crescent, Medmerry Hill, Nyetimber Hill, Widdicombe Way). The land was acquired by Brighton Corparation in January 1940. Lower Bevendean was bought by Brighton Corporation in November 1913. The council estate was developed from 1949 as an extendion of The Avenue.
Bevendean Avenue, Saltdean	Some distance from Bevendean, extending beyond the city boundary. Numbered 1 September 1955¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/323
Bevendean Crescent		Ke1934—
Bevendean Road	Treated as a continuation of Bear Road when three farms were here in the 19th century: Heath Hill Farm, Lower Bevendean Farm and Upper Bevendean Farm. †Bevendean Hospital began as an isolation unit in temporary huts in 1881 during an outbreak of smallpox. The main building, designed by borough engineer Francis J C May, was opened by the mayor of Brighton, Sir John Blaker, on 27 October 1898. It closed on 26 September 1990 and was later demolished to make way for housing and the Sussex Beacon hospice. The gates, gate piers and walls of the hospital still stand and are Grade II listed¹.	Pi1896– ¹HE 1380000
Bexhill Road, Woodingdean	Road encircling the northern part of Woodingdean and continuing southwards as Cowley Drive.	Ke1966—
Bigwood Avenue, Hove	Initially also called Bigwood Villas, named after a local landowner [not traced but John Bigwood was a house agent who lived at 57 Dyke Road in 1905]. 9 was the birthplace and lifelong residence of film archivist Graham Head (1909-1981).	Pi1905—
∫ Bigwood Villas, Hove	Initial alternative name for Bigwood Avenue	To1907–Pi1909
Billam Terrace	Part of Belgrave Street, based on the former Congregational chapel by Thomas Simpson.
Billinton Way	In the New England Quarter development. R J Billinton was superintendent at the Brighton works of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway in succession to William Stroudley.
Birch Grove Crescent, Hollingbury	Semi-detached post-war social housing.	Ke1949—
Birling Close	One of a group of streets named after places in East Sussex. (cf, Eastbourne Road, Jevington Drive.)	Ke1966—
Bishops Road, Hove	Stanford Estate. Layout and sewer plans: July 1926¹, March 1928². Only property listed is Pi1927: Windygates, occupied by H C Turner (is this architect Harold Turner, who worked in this area?)	Pi1927— ¹ESRO DO/C/8/927,930 ²ESRO DO/C/8/1176,1175
Bishops Walk	At the northern end of Crown Street. Five two-storey houses built on the site of a council infants school.
Bishopstone Drive, Saltdean	Formerly known as Newlands Road. Numnbered 12 September 1963¹. 5, 7 were built in 2012 by the developers Sussex Villas Ltd and designed by Turner Associates in new-deco style to replace a derelict semi-detached 1930s property.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/396
Black Lion Lane Old Town conservation area.	Formerly known as Black Lion Street Lane. 1 Sea Nest, 2 The Nook and 3 from the late 18th century are Grade II listed¹.	PO1846— ¹HE 1380001
Black Lion Street Old Town conservation area.	One of the town's earliest streets, dating back to at least the 16th century, named after the inn. It had 62 houses by 1776, to which another 15 were added by 1795. However, humber of properties in 1822: 35. 2 was the baths and lodging house of Sake Dean Mahomed and the birthplace on 11 April 1849 of Frederick Akbar Mahomed. ph †13, Brewery Shades opened c1878 and was closed and demolished in 1974, at which time it was owned by Brickwoods. 15, Cricketer's Arms Hotel dates from c1545, then known as the Laste and Fishcart. It was renamed by landlord Jutton in 1790. The outside is dated 1886 and the upper storeys 1824. The pub, its sign and 'attached iron chain' are Grade II listed¹. ph †22, The Thatched House was here by 1791. Its name was changed to Ye Olde Thatched House in 1901 and it was refurbished by Arthur Packham in 1926 and by Stavers Tiltman in 1938. It closed in 1939. 37, The Black Lion pub and its associated former brewery were established c1546. This is where the first protestant martyr, Deryk Carver (who grew hops in the Hempshares and was burnt 22 July 1555 at Lewes), lived. A plaque was erected in 1926 and the building was rrebuilt in 1974.	Co1799— map c1824 ¹HE 1380002
∫ Black Lion Street Lane	From 15 Black Lion Street to 52 Ship Street. Now called Black Lion Lane.	1826-1850s
Black Rock	District at the former eastern edge of Brighton (see Boundary Road). Black Rock Farm was on the cliffs close to the present-day Marine Gate apartment block on Marine Drive, to the east of the Abergavenny Arms and Rifle Butt Road. The area to the north, leading up to the Volunteer rife range, was known as Black Rock Valley. Development began with the construction of the gas works in 1818-1819 by the Brighton Gas Light and Coke Company. The gasworks were just outside the borough to avoid paying tax on imported coal. The outfall from the main sewer and storm drain was here. Black Rock Swimming Pool, designed in art deco style by Brighton Borough Engineer David Edwards, opened in 1936, closed in 1978 and was demolished the following year. Re-development of this area, on the seafront below Marine Parade to the west of the Marina, has been under consideration for many years.
† Black Rock Cottages		Census1881; Pa1891—
Blackberry Way, Portslade	An access alley, cul-de-sac.
Blackman Street	Formerly small tenements, built c1836-40. Subject to a compulsory purchase order in 1959; the housing was demolished in 1962 and replaced with Theobald House, among other buildings ph †8, The Joiner's Arms opened c1877 and cl0sed c1910. ph †44, Blackman Arms had a brief life from 1839 to 1848. Theobald House, Brighton's tallest Council housing tower block, is named after Councillor Stanley Theobald. It was built by Rice in 1964-1966, with 110 flats on 20 storeys.	[1839] PO1845—
Blackthorn Close, Portslade	Cul-de-sac.
Blaker Street	Built commercially in 1895-99 with White Street to designs by Francis J C May, the borough surveyor, on the site of Thomas Street, Chesterfield Street, Cumberland Street and Derby Place. The Blakers were a prominent local family: Sir John Blaker was mayor of Brighton 1895-98 (as was Frederick Blaker 1904-05). Renumbered 4 February 1897¹.	To1898— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/230
Blakers Court, Portslade	Two three-storey apartment blocks, otherwise garages on either side of Locks Crescent.
Blaker's Park
Blatchington Road, Hove Cliftonville conservation area (102-106 even, Central United Reform Church, Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor Hall).	The road leads to West Blatchington. The section between Goldstone Villas and Denmark Villas was originally known as North Place. 'Private houses and shops now building' in Pa1873. Central United Reformed Church on the corner of Ventnor Villas opposite Holy Trinity was initially the Cliftonville Congregational Church, designed by H N Goulty in 1867. The foundation stone is dated 9 July 1867. The school rooms on the west were designed by Holford, Clayton & Black in 1881. During the 1940s it was known as the Ventnor Lecture Hall. It is on the B&H local list. 117-119 (later 113-119) was an F W Woolworth store from 1937 until closure on 27 December 2008. Holy Trinity Church was built 1862-64 in red brick and stone to a design by James Woodman, built by Cane, with a north aisle of 1868. The church is Grade II listed¹ as are the churchyard walls². Blatchington Road featured in The Gelignite Gang (1954).	Pa1873— ¹HE 1187541 ²HE 1204739
† Blenheim Mews	Blenheim (German: Blindheim) is a place in Bavaria, noted for the nearby battle in 1704, which led to General John Churchill being created 1st Duke of Marlborough and being rewarded with a residence called Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.	1851
Blenheim Place North Laine conservation area (1-8 consecutive).	Partly pedestrianised street of small terraced houses built c1840. On the south side is the wall of a malthouse, retained as part of a development of 12 flats.	Census1841; PO1845—
Bloomsbury Place East Cliff conservation area.	1-13 and their railings are Grade II listed¹. 15-18 and their railings are Grade II listed². 19-31 and their railings are Grade II listed³.	Ba1822— ¹HE 1380003 ²HE 1380004 ³HE 1380006
Bloomsbury Street East Cliff conservation area.		PO1845—
† Blucher Place	Built during 1810s parallel to Wellington Place off the northern end of Upper Russell Street. Small houses. Field Marshal Gebhart von Blücher (1742-1819) commanded the Prussian forces alongside the Duke of Wellington in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. By the time the street was named in his honour his mental state was questionable. According to one account, he believed he was pregnant with an elephant by a French grenadier. Number of properties in 1822: 16. SMall tenements.	Ba1822—
∫ Blue and Buffs	Former name of 1-4 Old Steine, painted in the colours of the Whig Party, which the Prince Regent then favoured.
∫ Boar's Lane	Earlier name for Air Street.
Bodiam Avenue, Lower Bevendean	Formerly Norwich Drive East.	Ke1951—
Bodiam Close, Lower Bevendean		Ke1951—
† Bodle's Court	At 49 (Great) Russell Street. Former cul-de-sac of small tenements with the name of an old Brighton family, which owned land in the Hempshares in the mid 17th century; Richard Bodle was High Constable of Brighton in 1818¹. No properties listed in Ke1934.	[1826], Census1841; Ta1854–Ke1934 ¹Harrison and North:60
Boiler House Road, Falmer	On the University of Brighton campus.
Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb	Built in the late 1940s. Most streets in the north of the area are named after Sussex villages.	Ke1949—
Bolsover Road, Hove	Portland estate. Part of the Glen Estate. Bolsover Castle was one of the seats of the Dukes of Portland. The step-mother of the sixth Duke was created Baroness Bolsover in 1880. Road laid out on former allotments by George Burstow for J V Franklin, planning application dated 13 April 1897¹.No properties listed in To1903. Variety of two-storey terraced housing.	To1903— ESRO DO/C/6/1573
∫ Bolton Terrace	Part of Richmond Street, nos 13-15.	Ta1854–Fo1861
Bonchurch Road	Four properties listed and 'other houses building' in Pa1884. Renumbered 6 September 1894¹ . 125, 127: building approval was applied for by Godley for two houses, to be built by Pollard, on 6 August 1897².	Pa1884 ¹ESRO DB/D/27/165 ²ESRO DB/D/7/4575
Bond Street North Laine conservation area.	Formerly known as New Street (cf, the adjacent New Road)⁵, renamed c1803 and apparently renumbered then or soon after. Built after 1776; 32 houses by 1795. In New Street Co1800 lists a baker (no 33), basket-maker (34), builders (10), dancing masters (35), grocers (9, 17), hairdresser (30), poulterer (18), upholder (10), whitesmith and bell-hanger (21) and the Wheatsheaf Inn. Number of properties in 1822: 42. 2, 3 were built as terraced houses (4 and 5 bow-fronted), later converted to shop use. Grade II listed¹. 4-5, 6-7a were built as terraced houses (4 and 5 bow-fronted), later converted to shop use. Grade II listed². 14 has a 19th century shop front. Aird & Co moved here from 45a Gardner Street. Grade II listed³. 15-16 are Grade II listed⁴. 18a-20 were built as terraced houses, later converted to shop use. Grade II listed with 5 Church Street⁵. 21 has a tiled doorway with the number 21 and 'Estb 1874' in a tiled pediment above the door. [ph] 27 (formerly 19 New Street) was the Wheatsheaf Inn (the name is in intaglio in the rendering). It was refurbished by Arthur Packham in 1929 for Tamplin and closed c1972. It is now retail. 30, now a modern brick-faced infill, was the stage door of the former Dolphin Theatre (16-17 New Road). ph †31 opened as the Rose and Crown by 1854, was the Crimean Tavern in 1856, the Rose and Crown again in 1858 and then The Ship from 1859 until it closed in 1908. 35 is the stage door of the Theatre Royal (see New Road) and is Grade II listed with the theatre and Colonnade PH⁶. 42 (?) at the North Street end of the east side was the site of a Salem Strict Baptist Chapel designed by architect Thomas Simpson, built in 1861, demolished in 1974 and replaced by Edge House and a double retail unit.	Ba1822mdash; ¹HE 1380007, 1380008 ²HE 1380009, 1380010 ³HE 1380012 ⁴HE 1380013 ⁵HE 1380014 ⁶HE 1380103 map
Bond Street Cottages North Laine conservation area.	At 9 Bond Street. Formerly Bond Street Court. Small tenements built early-to-mid 19th century, now combined and Grade II listed¹, excluding the Sussex County Arts Club. There is an iron-frame-and-tile name plate at the entrance.	Pa1867mdash; ¹HE 1380011
Bond Street Court	Previous name of Bond Street Cottages until the mid-1860s.	PO1846–Fo1864
Bond Street Lane North Laine conservation area.	From 11 Bond Street to Jew Street. Incorrectly but deliberately spelled 'Laine' on the street sign and in the council website's Traffic Searches Information list.
Bond Street Row North Laine conservation area.	From 7 Bond Street to King Place. Twitten.	[1826] Fo1848—
Borough Street Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built early 1830s and named in honour of the creation of the parliamentary borough of Brighton in 1832. 3, 8-13 and 16 were built c1830. Grade II listed¹. 20-24 were built c1832. Grade II listed². [ph] †39, Borough Tavern opened c1854 and closed in 1926. [ph] †40, The Swan Tavern opened c1839 and closed in 1898. 45a, St Stephen's House was built in 1855 as St Stephen's National School, associated with the church in Montpelier Place and Rev George Wagner. It was later used as commercial premises and is now occupied by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Grade II listed³. Borough Street is seen in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2007).	PO1845— ¹HE 1380015, 1380016, 1380017 ²HE 1380018 ³HE 1380019
Borrow King Close, Bevendean	Built 2005 (?) on the site of the former Bevendean Hospital. Arthur Borrow King (1924-1992) was a Brighton councillor. A handicap race at Brighton Races is named in his memory.
† Boss Mews		1851
† Boss's Gardens	At 29-30 Edward Street to Carlton Hill. Small houses. Lt George Boss had a riding academy here in the 1840s.	Fo1852–Ke1968
Boston Street	York Road to New England Street (Montpelier Road North). The land was bought for building development by Daniel Friend from William V Langridge, Clerk of the Peace for Sussex¹ and named after the New England city of Boston at the same time as New England Street and New York Street. The west side was dominated by the LB&SCR locomotive and carriage works {below}. It was subject to a 1956 compulsory purchase order and all buildings demolished in the 1958. Now closed at both ends, it is accessible only from the west end of Cross Street, at the rear of Clarendon Centre.	Census1861; Fo1864— ¹James Gray JG_10a_168
Boundary Passage Clifton Hill conservation area.	Formerly known as Norfolk Avenue, this is on the boundary between Brighton and Hove. Boundary marker stone 40 metres north of Western Road Grade II listed¹. Boundary stone at the junction with Montpelier Place are Grade II listed². 9-10 has housed the Brighton & Hove Central Spiritualist Church since 1978.	Pa1882— ¹HE 1380005 ²HE 1380367
Boundary Road, Black Rock	Between 1606 and 1928 this was the eastern boundary of Brighton. Bell Tower Industrial Estate takes its name from the salvaged old school bell, being on the site of †St Mark's Schools moved here from Chesham Road. The architect of the boys' and girls' departments was Joseph Norton of Sheffield¹.	Pa1882— ¹Building News, 2 September 1898:341
Boundary Road, Hove/Portslade	B2194. The eastern side of the road only. See also Station Road, Portslade.
Bowring Way,	Bristol Estate No properties lited in Ke1958. One of five names commemorating senior staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital nearby; this one is Walter Andrew Bowring. Three pairs of semi-detached houses and three social housing blocks called Pippin, Cherry, Damson, the names being worked in mosaic.	Ke1958—
Boyces Street Old Town conservation area.	Existed by the mid 17th century. Formerly (in the 18th century) called Boyces Lane. Sarah Boyce was a local landowner¹; a member of the family owned a cottage here. Number of properties in 1822: 13 2 was the Sussex and Brighton Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye 1832-1846. It is Grade II listed². [ph] 8, The Full Moon opened in 1839 as The Queen. It was refurbished by Clayton & Black in 1927 and by F W Pearcy in 1952. It closed in 2011. 10 is faced with mathematical tiles. 11, The Fiddler's Elbow opened in 1852 as The Odd Fellows' Arms and became the Stafford Arms by 1862 and then Beckett's Head. The first Radio Rentals shop opened here in 1930.	Co1799 (as Boyce's Lane), Ba1822— ¹Jones & Pollard ²HE 1380021
Boyles Lane, Kemp Town	Private twitten off Prince's Terrace.
Brackenbury Close, Portslade	Cul-de-sac of 27 houses, built 1996.
Brading Road	From 169 Elm Grove to Hartington Road. Initially spelt Braiding Road.	Pa1885—
Braemore Road, Hove	Portland estate. Built 1927. Braemore is a settlement on Berriedale Water in the Duke pf Portland's Sutherland estates.	Pi1927—
Braeside Avenue, Patcham	The northern edge of the Ladies Mile Estate, named by developer George Ferguson after the village in Aberdeenshire. A kilometer long, housing only on the north side, mostly semi-detached (dormer) bungalows at the western half, with two-storey semi-detached houses going eastwards. Named 27 April 1933¹.	Ke1934— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/30
Bramber Avenue, Hangleton	One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex villages.
Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven	Church of the Ascension was designed by L Keir Hett, built by T J Braybon & Son and consecrated on 27 September 1955, when the ecclesiatical parish of Peacehaven was formed. It replaced an iron church (actually wood and asbestos) built in 1922 on the site now occupied by the church hall, built in 1966. The Sussex Chapel to complete the building was made possible by a bequest from Miss Nellie Woodruff.	Ke1949—
Bramble Rise, Westdene	Named 5 April 1938¹. Part numbered 4 July 1953². Supplementary numbering 5 April 1956 and 16 January 1960³.	Ke1954— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40 ²ESRO DB/D/27/311 ³ESRO DB/D/27/331
Bramble Way, Hollingbury	Cul-de-sac, built on the site of an ancient field system¹. Formerly Sedgwick Road. Three-storey apartment blocks. 68 was the final residence of actress Phyllis Dare.	¹ESRO MES23816
Brambledean Road, Portslade	Mostly two-storey terraced housing.	Pi1909—
Brangwyn Estate	Developed by W H Lee c1936. The estate was named in honour of Sir Frank Brangwyn, who lived at Ditchling 1918-1956 but was apparently reluctant to have his name used thus. The entrance to the estate is marked at the junction of Brangwyn Drive and Brangwyn Way by two brick piers, which are Grade II listed¹.	¹HE 1381683
Brangwyn Avenue	Numbered 6 October 1955¹. Crouched burial human remains were found here, probably late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, but with no grave goods	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40
Brangwyn Crescent	Numbered 6 October 1955¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40
Brangwyn Drive	Numbered 6 October 1955¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40
Brangwyn Way	Numbered 6 October 1955¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/40
Brasslands Drive, Portslade	Mainly interwar-years bungalows and semi-detached houses. The city boundary is behind the houses on the west side of the road.	Ke1947—
Braybon Avenue	The Braybon family firm built many houses in the north of Brighton. The road is more specifically named after Thomas Braybon, mayor of Brighton in 1931-1932. Numbered 17 March 1942¹. Church of Christ the King is a modern Anglican church, designed by L K Hett, built by Ringmer Building Works and consecrated on 16 March 1959. The bell, pews and choir stalls came from the about-to-be-demolished St Margaret's, Cannon Place. The church hall was dedicated on 31 March 1939. The church was declared redundant in 2006 and is now Elim Pentecostal Church. St Thomas More is a modern Roman Catholic Church.	Ke1936— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/62
Braypool Lane
Bread Street	Originally from Church Street to North Road—53 houses in 1822¹—now a cul-de-sac off North Road, leading to Belbourne Court, a four-storey private development. † Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalene was the first church commissioned by Rev Arthur Douglas Wagner. Designed by G F Bodley and built by John Fabian, it opened in 1862, closed in 1948 and was taken over for industrial use. It was demolished in 1965. ph †19, City of Dublin was here from 1839 to 1859.	Ba1822—
Brede Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac. Existing numbering confirmed 11 June 1980¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
Brentwood Close, Hollingdean	Five pairs of semi-[detached houses around a green. No properties listed in Ke1968.	Ke1968—
Brentwood Crescent, Hollingdean		Ke1968—
Brentwood Road, Hollingdean	Local authority housing. No properties listed in Ke1954.	Ke1954—
Brewer Street	Built in 1882 on the site of The Maze, part of Ireland's Pleasure Gardens. Renumbered 18 October 1883¹. † 43 was a Tilley's bus shed.	Pa1884— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/190A
Briar Close, Woodingdean	Cul-de-sac of six bungalows.	Ke1973—
Briarcroft Road, Woodingdean	Numbered 5 September 1958, supplementary numbering 9 January 1970¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/352
† Bride Place	Between 2 Elm Grove and 3 Islingword Road.	1859
Brigden Street, Preston	Built by Daniel Friend in the 1860s. Alderman John Leonhardt Brigden was mayor of Brighton 1863-1865 and 1873-1875. St Luke's Sunday School opened in 1877. It was replaced by a school in Exeter Street.	Pa1867—
† Briggs's Passage	At 131 North Street.	[1826] Census1841; Ta1854–Fo1859
† Bright's Place	At the commencement of Lewes Road, corner of Elm Grove, into which it was integrated.. 'Other houses now building' in Fo1856. †2, Admiral Napier Inn opened at this address in 1856. See Elm Grove.	Fo1856–Fo1861
BRIGHTON	'Beorhthelm's farmstead' (OE Beorhtelingas tun). In Domesday Book as Bristelmestune. Still known as Brighthelmston as recently as the Prince Regent's day, although the abbreviated version was noted in the late 17th century; and the shortened version was adopted officially by the Town Commissioners in 1810. The town was incorporated as a borough in 1854.
Brighton Greenway	Pedestrian way running north-west from Stroudley Road to the north side of New England Road between the two railway viaducts. Created c2010 and not signed.
Brighton Hall Estate	Development on the site of the Old Workhouse, including Buckingham Road.
Brighton Michelham	A manor owned by the Michelham priory until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, who gave it to Anne of Cleves on their divorce. It reverted to the Crown after her death in 1557 and was given by Queen Elizabeth to Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst.
∫ Brighton Park	Former name of Queen's Park.
Brighton Place Old Town conservation area.	Angled street in The Lanes, formerly part of The Knab; the name was in use before 1799, reflecting the popular name for Brighthelmston. Several shops holding royal warrants were here during the reign of George IV. Number of properties by 1779: 50, number by 1794: 66, number in 1822: 43. Absorbed into the re-developed Brighton Square. 5, 6, 6A are Grade II listed¹. 7-8 are Grade II listed². ph 9, Druid's Head Inn, built as a dwelling house in the late 18th century and converted to a pub in 1825. It was refurbished in 1941 by Arthur Packham for Tamplin. It is believed to have a closed-off cellar passage. The ghost of a smugger is said to be active in the cellar. While being chased along smugglers' tunnels by customs officials on 2 August 1742 he slipped on wet steps and fell to his death. It was Grade II listed in 1971³.	Co1799— map c1824 ¹HE 1380022 ²HE 1380023 ²HE 1380024
† Brighton Place Cottages	Cul-de-sac of small houses off Brighton Place.	Fo1848–Pa1887
Brighton Square Old Town conservation area.	Shopping development built in 1966 on the site of an older place of the same name—taking in the modern Brighton Place—also known as The Knab, Knabb or Knap. Numbered 6 June 1964¹.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/412 map c1824
Brill's Lane Old Town conservation area.	Charles Brill was the founder of Brill's Baths, which from 1869 to January 1929 stood between East Street and Pool Valley.	Ke1973—
Bristol Estate	The name derived from local landowner 1st Marquess/5th Earl of Bristol, who lived at 19-20 Sussex Square It was applied to streets—Bristol Gardens; Bristol Gate; Bristol Mews; Bristol Place; Bristol Road; Bristol Road East; Bristol Street; Bristol Terrace [qqv]—and a pub name in Kemp Town, and the Bristol estate at Whitehawk. Bristol Estate, comprising Donald Hall Road, Chadburn Close and Bowring Way—all named after medical staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Built in the late 1950s, it includes 10 Brighton County Borough council seven-storey blocks, each with 24 flats: Allamanda, Calendula, Cherry, Damson, Hollyhock, Jasmine, Meadowsweet, Sorrell, Viscaria and Turton Close. Five were built by Wimpey and five by George Walker & Slater. These are interspersed with several three-storey blocks.
Bristol Gardens, Kemp Town Kemp Town conservation area (12-38 even).	Renumbered 27 March 1924¹. 9 is Grade II listed².	Fo1850— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/196 ²HE 1380025td>
Bristol Gate, Kemp Town	The gates, lamp standards and walls are Grade II listed¹. Renumbered 10 February 1948². 2, Rosaz House was Brighton and Hove Girls Orphanage from 1936, moving here from the Latilla Building of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road. Named after Chevalier François de Rosaz, founder of the orphanage when it was in Western Road. ph †25, Clyde Arms opened c1872. Damaged in 1940 by a wartime bomb, it was demolished and replaced by flats c2005.	To1906— ¹HE 1380026 ²ESRO DB/D/27/277
Bristol Mews, Kemp Town	Gated private cul-de-sac on the site of former glasshouses in Bristol Nursery.
Bristol Place, Kemp Town Kemp Town conservation area (west side).	No properties listed in Ke1932.	Ke1932—
Bristol Road East Cliff conservation area (1, 2, 8-10, 12-30, St Joseph's Convent).	No properties listed in Ke1846. Renumbered 17 January 1901¹. St Joseph's Convent of Mercy & School & Guest House for Lady Boarders came to this site in 1853. The chapel was designed by George Cheesman and built in 1892; it is Grade II listed³. The convent chapel is also Grade II listed⁶. 10, St John the Baptist Church, designed and built in 1835 by William Hallett in neo-classical style and based on St Mary, Moorfields, London, was one of the earliest Catholic churches built after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, extended to designs by Gilbert Robert Blount in 1887 and 1890 with wall decorations from 1890-1921 by Nathaniel Hubert Westlake. It opened in 1835 and contains the tomb of Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of George IV, and the Baptism of Christ relief memorial to Rev Edward Cullin (1776-1850) by John Edward Carew, which date from 1835 and 1850 respectively. The church is Grade II* listed². 28-29. The stables at the rear, a rare surviving example of early 19th century livery stables, are Grade II listed⁴. Secret Garden on the eastern corner with Bristol Place: vault, garden structures, north, south and west walls are Grade II listed⁵. Managed by the Antony Dale Trust. Image: St John the Baptist church interior [The Builder, 1 Sep 1888]	Ke1846— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/100 ²HE 1380031 ³HE 1380029 ⁴HE 1380030 ⁵HE 1415852 (June 2014) ⁶HE 1380028
∫ Bristol Road East	Name of Chesham Road before 1865.
Bristol Street, Kemp Town	Numbered 27 September 1928¹.	Ke1924— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/149
∫ Bristol Terrace	The section of Bristol Road opposite St John the Baptist Church, numbered in Bristol Road after 1873.	Fo1861–Pa1873
Brittany Road, Hove	'Houses building' in Pi1928. 50 was the final residence from c1948 of singer/songwriter Roy Leslie Holmes (1901-1960).	Pi1928—
† Brixton Road	Old Shoreham Road, Prestonville. Location is uncertain; this was possible either an initial name for an as-yet undeveloped road or a mistake in the directories. 'No houses built' in Pi1888-1889.	Pi1888–Pi1889
Broad Green, Woodingdean	St Patrick's Catholic Church was previously the Anglican Church of the Resurrection, designed in 1955 by John Wells-Thorpe.	Ke1966—
Broad Green Mews, Woodingdean	Private cul-de-sac.
Broad Street East Cliff conservation area.	Built after 1776; 22 houses by 1795, 32 in 1822¹. ph 13. Marine Tavern was here by 1858. It was refurbished by Stavers Tiltman for Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries in 1934 14 was built as a terraced house faced with mathematical tiles. It is now a shop and is Grade II listed² with its railings. 16 was the Stamp and Legacy Duty Office for Surrey and Sussex c1850-1860. 1-4 Terrace Row at the north-east end is an infill of four houses built in the late 20th century.	Co1799— ¹Ba1822 ²HE 1380032
Broadfields, Moulsecoomb	.	Ke1973—
Broadfields Road, Moulsecoomb	.
Broadrig Avenue, Hangleton	A broadrig was a cultivated strip in an open field system.
Bromley Road	Bifurcating cul-de-sac of three-storey social housing.	Ke1954—
Brompton Close, Patcham	Numbered 1 July 1965¹.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/430
Brook(s) Cottages	Turning by the Crown and Anchor. Now 3-9 (odd) North Road, Preston	Pa1892–To1898
Brooker Place, Hove Old Hove conservation area (west side).	Non-residential narrow lane providing access to the rear of Brooker Street.
Brooker Street, Hove	Vallance estate. John Brooker Vallance's aunt Esther was married to solicitor Henry Brooker. The family residence, Brooker Hall—now Hove Museum and Art Gallery—is nearby in New Church Road.	Pa1881—
Broomfield Drive, Mile Oak	Broomfield was a local farmer.	Ke1969—
The Brow, Woodingdean	Named 23 February 1967¹, extension named 24 January 1966², numbered 5 December 1957³ and 23 February 1967⁴, supplementary numbering 13 June 1968 and 11 November 1968⁵.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/277 ²ESRO DB/D/27/325 ³ESRO DB/D/27/325 ⁴ESRO DB/D/27/327 ⁵ESRO DB/D/27/352
Brownleaf Road, Woodingdean	Named and numbered 2 November 1954 and 26 June 1958¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/322
Brunswick	From the German city and region Braunschweig in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1758-1821) married the future Prince Regent, George IV in 1795 and retained her popularity among the common people, although she was not a regular visitor to Brighton because of the mutual hostility between her and the Prince. The name was used for the Brunswick Town estate. See also Queen Caroline Close.
Brunswick Court Brunswick Town conservation area.	From 25 Oxford Street, leading to The Level. Small tenements. No properties listed	Fo1848–Ke1960
Brunswick Mews, Hove	Off Lansdowne Place.	PO1846—
Brunswick Place Brunswick Town conservation area.	Nine houses in 1822¹. All buildings, including attached walls and railings, were Grade II listed in 1950 after the Hove Council's scheme to demolish most of Brunswick Town for redevelopment was defeated. The seven lamp posts have a later Grade II listing². 1-7 (odd, with 31B Western Road) by Wilds and Busby, built 1828-1830. Grade II listed³. 2-8 (even, with 30A, 30B, 30C Western Road) by Wilds and Busby, built 1828-1830. Grade II listed⁴. 9-69 (with 107-109 Western Road), built 1840s. Grade II listed⁵. 10-70 (with 110 Western Road), built 1840s. Grade II listed⁶. 12 (formerly 63 Upper Brunswick Place) was the residence of General Sir Charles Cameron Shute KCB CB MP. 60 was sold at auction in November 2908, comprising three ground-floor reception rooms, double-drawing room on first floor, nine bedrooms, bathroom, box room, servants offices in the basement, small garden at rear⁷. 70 (formerly 32 Upper Brunswick Place) was the residence of Admiral Sir George Granville Randolph KCB from before 1891 until his death⁵. The Lady Chichester Hospital for nervous diseases came here from Ditching Road in 1912 until moving on to New Church Road in 1920.	Ba1822— ¹Ba1822 ²HE 1204781 ³HE 1187542 ⁴HE 1204756 ⁵HE 1204771 ⁶HE 1298669 ⁷Brighton Gazette, 14 November 1908: 8b
∫ Brunswick Place North	Former name for the section of Ditchling Road on the west side of The Level. 46 was the corporation baths¹.	PO1846— ¹Ke1899
Brunswick Road, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	20 houses under construction in 1851¹; about 50 houses unfinished in Fo1852. By 1871 a favourite road for education: nos 3, 4, 5, 6, 29-30, 31-32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 60 were all schools. 1-30, with attached walls and railings, are Grade II listed². 21 deed of covenant dated October 1860³. 29-30 Lansworth House was a preparatory school run by Charlotte and Katie Thomson, among whose pupils between September 1884 and April 1888 was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the future prime minister. Marked by two plaques, including the first ever erected by Hove Borough Council and one with some errors. 31-58 were built in the 1850s. Grade II listed⁴ with attached walls and railing.	Fo1852— ¹Census1851 (HO107/1647 folio 55 p10) ²HE 1187543 ³ESRO amsgg/AMS6621/3/38 ⁴HE 1281051 ⁵Fo1852
Brunswick Row	From 135 London Road to The Level. Twitten. Now gated at the eastern end under a Public Space Protection Order.	Census1841; Fo1850—
Brunswick Square, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	Scutt land. C A Busby was the principal architect for construction between 1824 and 1828. Built on the site of a brickyard, 'The foundations for houses to form a square ... are laid.'⁵. NUmering is anti-clockwise from the south-east corner, the numbers being increased by two in 1834.The architect for the drainage and outfall in 1862 was R G Suter and the contractor Cheesman & Co for a tender price of £3,466 plus £77 credit for old materials. Hove Town Council granted planning permission in 1945 to demolish this and Adelaide Crescent to build large apartment blocks but this was never carried out because of a national outcry. The 16 cast-iron lampposts by J Every of Lewes are Grade II listed¹. 1-29 were designed by Wilds & Busby and built 1825-27. Grade I listed². 2 was the residence for nearly 40 years from 1836 until his death here of Admiral Sir George Augustus Westphal³. Hove Borough Council plaque. 4 was the birthplace of composer Sir Roger Quilter. A Regency Society plaque was placed here in 1977. 10 was the final (?) residence of General Sir Jeffrey Prendergast (1769-1856), auditor-General of the Madras Army. 11 was the residence from 1848 until his death of Lieut-General James Webber Smith (1779-1853), an officer in the Napoleonic wars, including the Battle of Waterloo, and great-grandfather of the actor David Niven. 13 is the Regency Town House, a museum representing the original style of Brighton properties in the Regency period. 17 was the birthplace of the post-impressionist painter Robert Bevan (1865-1925), the residence of his grandfather. Plaque. 20 was a residence of Charles Allanson-Winn, 3rd Baron Headley (1810-1877). 21 was the residence of Isaac Newton Wigney MP (1810-1877). 22 was the residence of Rt Hon Sir William Thackeray Marriott, MP for Brighton. 28 was a residence of Sir William Watson Rutherford MP in 1921-1924. 30, 30A, 31-33, 33A and 34-58 are by Wilds and Busby, dating from 1825-1827. Grade I listed⁴. 30 was the final residence of Major-General Sir George Charles D'Aguilar. 31 was the residence of Rev Henry Venn Elliott (1792-1865), perpetual curate of St Mary's Church and the founder of St Mary's Hall. 33 was the residence of Sir Hamilton Harty (1870-1941), who died here 19 February 1941. Regency Society plaque. 39 was the residence in his later years of General Sir Ralph Darling, governor of New South Wales 1824-1831. 45 was the residence of solicitor Charles Carpenter and birthplace of his son, the poet, pioneer socialist and gay writer Edward Carpenter. Plaque. 53 was called Dunbar Nasmith Home during World War II when it served as a centre for Polish sailors, named after the commander-in-chief of Plymouth and the Western Approaches, Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar Nasmith. Plaque. Brunswick Square is seen in Penny Points to Paradise (1950) and Dirty Weekend (1993)..	PO1845— ¹HE 1281022 ²HE 1187544 ³Fo1864: 465 ⁴HE 1281017 ⁵Brighton Gazette, 17 February 1825:2e
Brunswick Street East, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	Number of properties in 1822: 16.	Ba1822—
Brunswick Street West, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	Former mews of coach houses. It was renumbered in 1924. Towards the southern end are two branches that lead to Lansdowne Place, the southern one being pedestrian access only. 4-18 is the Dudley Hotel. 20 is a former coach house, now a hotel garage. [ph] 6 (old numbering) was the Denmark Tavern from 1864 to 1895. [ph] 32, Star of Brunswick House (formerly 4) was the Star of Brunswick, which opened c1832 and was famous as a haunt of gay men before and after the Second World War¹. 35 is an early 19th century coach house and cottage with local vernacular brick and cobble frontage. 62, Bow Street Runner opened c1867 as the Station Inn until the 1960s, both names commemorating its once having been near the fire station and police station. 64 was the office of the Brunswick Town Commissioners when it was built in 1856, becoming the first Hove Town Hall between 1873 and 1882 and incorporating the fire and police stations that had been a little way south in the street. In the late 20th century it was a snooker hall. It is Grade II listed² and is marked by a City of Brighton & Hove plaque.	PO1845— ¹brightonourstory.co.uk ²HE 1187545
Brunswick Terrace, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	Building started 1824, the western part was completed 1840. 'The beautiful range of houses .. are rapidly approaching completiton,a nd many of them will be ready for occupation by the next year. ... Several of the houses have been sold, we understand, for upwards of £3,000 each.'⁶ Hove Town Council granted planning permission in 1945 to demolish this and Adelaide Crescent to build large apartment blocks but this was never carried out because of a national outcry. 1-6 are by Wilds and Busby, built 1824-1828. Grade I listed¹. 5 was the residence of Major-General Sir Adolphus Dalrymple bt, MP for Brighton 1837-1841. 7-19 are by Wilds & Busby, built 1824-1828. Grade I listed². 15 was taken when newly built in 1827 by the Round family. The mediaeval historian J H Round (1854-1928) was born and died here. His maternal grandfather was the poet (and stockbroker) Horace Smith. Plaque. 19 was the childhood residence of Dame Henrietta Barnett. Pillar box outside 19 bears the VR royal cipher. 20-32 are by Wilds and Busby, built 1824-1828. Grade I listed³. 21. In 1872 the owner won a restraining order to prevent the new owner of 20 from 'interpolating' a new house at the rear between it and 57 Brunswick Square⁵. 23 was the residence of Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, later Lord Wakehurst, MP for Brighton from 1889 to 1905. 26 incorporated a private synagogue on the top floor when it was the residence of financier and High Sheriff of SussexPhilip Salomons. The house is destroyed by fire on 4 September 1852. 27 was the residence of Sir Edward Kerrison from no later than 1842 to 1848. There was a fire here on 16 January 1841. 33-42 are by Wilds and Busby, built 1824-1828. Grade I listed⁴. 33 was the residence of Laurence, 2nd Earl of Rosse and Alice, (later Dowager) Countess of Rosse. It was then the final residence of General Sir William Gomm, who died here. 42 was let to Prince von Metternich when forced from office as Austrian Chancellor in 1848, the year of revolutions throughout Europe. The original Regency Society plaque, since replaced with a matching copy, was unveiled by the Austrian ambassador in 1952. • Other residents: Harrison Ainsworth, Sir Robert Peel, Robin Maugham, General Sir Edward Kerrison.	PO1845— ¹HE 1204829 ²HE 1281033 ³HE 1187546 ⁴HE 1204856 ⁵The Builder, 10 Aug 1872:630 ⁵Brighton Gazette, 17 February 1825:2e
Brunswick Town	A 'new town' created from 1824 onwards between Brighton and the old village of Hove, laid out and largely designed by C A Busby on a 25-acre site owned by Rev Thomas Scutt.
Brunswick Town CA	Conservation area, designated 1969, extended 1978; 38.82ha, 95.92acres.	Character statement
† Brunswick Yard, Hove	Off Waterloo Street.	1881
Buckingham Place West Hill conservation area.	5-19 (odd) 30, 32 and date from c1845. Grade II listed¹. 7 was the final residence of artist R H Nibbs from 1874 to 1891. 47 was built c1845 and is Grade II listed². 49, built c1820, was a children's home run by the Sisters of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, later known as St Anne's Home for Invalid and Crippled Children. After severe war damage here, the home moved to 3 Lansdowne Road in 1945. Grade II listed³. ph 67, West Hill Tavern was built by Edward Hilder Ade for Tamplin and opened as the Bellevue Tavern in 1852.	Fo1850 ¹HE 1380033, 1380034 ²HE 1380035 ³HE 1380036
Buckingham Road West Hill conservation area.	The southern end is built on the site of the Old Workhouse, also known as the Brighton Hall Estate, and laid out in plans in 1868¹. Renumbered 7 May 1873² sequentially from the northern side of the southern end, previous numbers being increased by 19 to old 25 and by 21 from old 27. 12 was acquired by Brighton Grammar School in 1900 for use as a lower school. (See Dyke Road.) Pillar Box at junction with Albert Road bears the VR royal cipher. 31 was the birthplace of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. Plaque. Grade II listed³. 45-58, built c1855, are Grade II listed⁴. ph 66 was the Buckingham Arms, which opened in 1864 and closed c1898 to become retail. 52-53 (formerly 30-31) built 1872⁵. 76-78, after being derelict for some years, was converted into apartments and branded as 'The Heritage Collection' in 2022. †77-80 was the Sussex Maternity and Women's Hospital. 79 was the residence of E J Marshall, headmaster of Brighton Grammar School 1861-1899. Plaque. 80. Brighton Proprietary Grammar and Commercial School for the Sons of Tradesmen moved here from Grand Parade on 27 May 1868; It became Brighton Grammar School in March 1873. (See Dyke Road.). 87A was the residence of the writer Mark Ambient (1860-1937) from 1918 to 1933.	Fo1862— ¹ESRO HOW/47/1 ²ESRO DB/D/27/89 ³HE 13780037 ⁴HE 1380038 ⁵ESRO ACC8745/48
Buckingham Street West Hill conservation area.	'Other bouses building' in Pa1869 and 'unoccupied' in 1872. 34 sold for £510 in 1872¹.	Ta1854— ¹The Builder, 9 Nov 1872:894
∫ Buckingham Terrace	Part of Buckingham Place (numbered as 58-64), leading to Terminus Road.	Ta1854—
Buckler Street, Portslade	Part pedestrian footway.	Pi1901—
Buckley Close, Hangleton	Cul-de-sac of nine three-storey blocks of social housing on the west side. A row of 51 disused garages on the east side were removed and replaced by 12 affordable houses, completed in May 2020.	Ke1964—
† Budd's Buildings	Exact location uncertain but 'behind Marine Parade' and named after Henry Budd of 35 Russell Square who owned several propoerties in Brighton in 1838¹.	¹Sun Fire Office insurance record
Buller Road	Part of cluster of streets to the east of Lewes Road, opposite Preston Barracks, commemorating the second Boer War (1899-1902). No properties listed in To1903. General Sir Redvers Buller VC (1839-1908) has two streets named after him: this and parallel Redvers Road, both built shortly before his death.	To1903—
† Bun House Cottages	Location uncertain but close to Victoria Terrace.	Census1881
† Bunker's Hill	Between 30 and 31 West Street. Former cul-de-sac of small houses above St Paul's Church, so called because of a resident—an old soldier who fought in the 1775 battle during the American War of Independence.	Fo1848–Ke1933
Burlington Gardens, Portslade		Ke1947—
Burlington Street East Cliff conservation area.	1, 4-7 and 23-26 are Grade II listed¹. Renumbered 3 September 1891². 1,4,6,7,21,23 are by Wilds and Busby, dating from 1825. 25 was the residence from 1948 until his death of comedian Max Miller (1894-1963), the 'Cheeky Chappie'. British Music Hall plaque. † St Anne's Church, formerly on the north-west side, was designed by Benjamin Ferrey for Rev Henry Wagner on the more unusual north-south axis. It opened in 1863 and was demolished in 1986 to make way for housing.	PO1846— ¹HE 1380039, 1380040, 1380041 ²ESRO DB/D/27/209
Burlow Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac of two pairs of semi-detached houses off Whitehawk Crescent. Existing numbering confirmed 11 June 1980¹. Burlow is a village near Hailsham, East Sussex; Burlow Castle is an earthwork at Milton Street, near Alfriston.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
Burnes Vale, Rottingdean Rottingdean conservation area (no 12).	Gated development off Falmer Road, built 2000/01. Nearby is a First World War memorial in the grounds of the former Rottingdean Preparatory School.
Burnham Close, Woodingdean	Cul-de-sac. Numbered 2 November 1961¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/404
Bursted Close, Hollingbury	Social housing. Cul-de-sac.
Burton Villas, Hove	Named after a local landowner [not traced].	Pi1908—
Burton Walk, Hove	Twitten and railway foot bridge linking Wilbury Crescent (opposite Burton Villas) and Silverdale Avenue.
Burwash Road, Hangleton	One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex villages.	Ke1949—
∫ Bury Street	Former name of College Place.	Fo1848
Bush Close, Woodingdean	Cul-de-sac. No properties listed in Ke1969.	Ke1969—
Bush Cottage Close, Hangleton	Cul-de-sac.
Bush Farm Drive, Hangleton
Bush Mews, Kemptown	Development of 11 commercial units converted by Ellis Building Contractors c2010 from derelict buildings off Arundel Road.
Bute Street	Proposed renumbering 2 September 1881¹; numbered sequentially from the south-west corner, returning along the north side. A footpath from the dead end leads north, then up the hill to Whitehawk Hill Road. 11 was a corner shop (greengrocer when opened until c1910, then a general store, finally a tobacconist from 1966). Now a private residence but the window appears original. [ph] 12 was the Bute Arms, designed by George Tuppen for Tamplin and opened in 1878, until converted into a private residence in 1960. It still bears the name and 'Tamplin's Entire' in the render. 39 was a corner shop. 40 was a corner shop, latterly a bookmakers.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/267
Buttercup Walk, Hollingbury	Cul-de-sac of six two-storey semi-detached houses and one detached house at Old Boat Corner.
Buxted Rise, Hollingbury	No properties listed in Ke1949.	Ke1949—
Buxton Road, Prestonville	Built in the 1890s. 7-15were designed by Thomas Simpson in 1894-1895 and built by (and possibly for) William Hackman Jr¹. 17, house and shop, were designed by Thomas Simnson in 1889².	Pa1892— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/3098 (7 Jun 1895), /4204 (19 Sep 1895) ²ESRO DB/D/7/2613 (5 Sep 1899)
∫ Byam Road	Name for Tongdean Avenue prior to housing development. Byam was the maiden name of Mary, the mother of Mary Elizabeth Mathew, who married William Thomas Roe, owner of the Withdean estate, which included Tongdean Farm.. Mary Byam was born in Antigua to a father and mother who were apparently aged 15 and 16 respectively at the time of her birth; her father died at the age of 30 in 1734, while Mary lived on to the age of 95 in 1814. The plantation and up to 137 slaves was still known as George Byam's Estate in the compensation to slave-owners in the 1820s, by which time it has passed to the then Attorney General of Antigua. There was a Byam House in King's Road.	To1898–Pi1912 map
Byre Cottages, Ovingdean Ovingdean conservation area.	Cul-de-sac. Cluster of flint-faced sottages.
Byron Street, Hove	'Houses building' in Pa1882. In the Poet's Corner district, named after poet Lord George Byron (1788-1824). Church of St Barnabas was designed by J L Pearson and opened in 1882. It is Grade II* listed¹.	Pa1882— ¹HE 1187547
The Byway, Coldean	Cul-de-sac of two-storey terraced houses, numbered 30 November 1983¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
Byworth Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac of three-storey apartment blocks, numbered 30 November 1983¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445

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