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Yardley Street
BN1 4NH
All the houses were built in 1877.
      1-7 (odd) are a two-storey terrace built for Jackson1.
      2-12 (even) were built by Cook2.
      9-29 (odd) and 14-30 (even) are respectively three- and two-storey terraces built for Jackson by Patching3.
Pa1880—
1ESRO DB/D/7/1450 (25 May 1877)
2ESRO DB/D/7/1451 (29 May 1877)
3ESRO DB/D/7/1508 (28 Nov 1877)
York & Albion Mews Parallel and to the east ofSt James's Place, it was replaced by the car park at the southern end of Dorset Street1. 1OS 25-inch 1909 revision
York Avenue
BN3 1PH, 1PS, 1PT
Northward continuation of York Road. built between 1905 and (mainly) 1912.
1Wick Villa  2Wick Villas and the laundry  3Wick Villas and the laundry  4York Avenue laundry 1940s
Images: 1. Wick Villa; 2. Wick Villa and the adjacent laundry [RS James Gray Collection]; 3. Wick Villa and laundry 1909; 4. York Avenue laundry 1940s [OS map details: National Library of Scotland].
 
York Grove
BN1 3TT
'Houses building' in Fo1864. Built mainly in the 1880s on the former New England Farm as a later part of the Prestonville development. The land for development of this area was conveyed by John, Richard and Elizabeth Philipson (heirs of William Pegg) to Daniel Friend on 1 May 1869 for £3,800. See also 27a Old Shoreham Road.
      10-13 were built in 1902 by Thomas Scutt and built by F Parsons1.
Fo1864— Census1871
1ESRO DB/D/7/5468, DB/D/7/5547
York Hill
BN1 4JX
Formerly called York Road North.
      ph9, White Hart [2 below] opened 1854 and closed 1956.
      ph25, Fitters' Arms (later 27) [3 below] opened c1891 and closed in 1951.
      ph29, Phoenix Inn opened c1850 and closed c1925.
      ph32, The Brown Jug was here from 1854 to 1954, but listed only as a beerhouse without the name after 1929.
1York Hill  2White Hart  3Fitters Arms
Images: 1. RS James Gray Collection; 2,3. Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust.
To1904—
York Place
BN1 4GU, 4LG

Valley Gardens conservation area.
      St Peter's Church, the parish church of Brighton since 1873, was designed by Charles Barry and built 1824-1828. The five-light stained glass window in the side chapel, commemorating Edward Hoadly, was designed by C E Kempe and dedicated on 30 April 18983. The chancel extension, designed by George Somers Clarke, was added in 1907. The churchyard was conveyed from Rev John Julius Hannah to the Borough of Brighton in December 18984. The church is Grade II* listed1.
      †Fawcett County Secondary Boys' School and Margaret Hardy County Secondary Girls' School, as they became know, were designed by Thomas Simpson for the Brighton & Preston School Board, extended by him in 1883 and 18981. The entrance archway remains to these schools and is now associated with Brighton Metropolitan College. Both schools moved to Ladies Mile Road c1967: the boys' school to the top of the road, becoming Patcham Fawcett School and the girls' school to the site now Patcham High School, which was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of the schools. Named after Henry Fawcett MP and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Alderman Miss Margaret Hardy.
      ph 31, Hobgoblin opened in 1865 as the Northern Hotel. Rebuilt by Thomas Buckwell for Bass in 19052, it has been on the B&H local list since 2015.
1St Peter's Church York Place  2York Place  3York Place
1. St Peter's Church pre 1906; 2. The tram/bus shelter outside St Peter's Church; 3. Stunt cyclists on stilts to promote Curry's cycle and radio shop (1950s)
Ba1822—
1ESRO DB/D/7/3029, DB/D/7/4714
2ESRO DB/D/7/6011, DB/D/7/6113
3HE 1380903 (1952)
York Road, Hove
BN3 1DJ, 1DL

Brunswick Town conservation area.
Previously known as Grove Road. Construction began on 4 August 1850 and the street was 'arranged for building' in Fo1850; 19 houses under construction in 18511. The south-east end has an HCS (hackney carriage stand) plaque on the wall.
York Road
Image: York Road c1900 {RS James Gray Collection]
Fo1850— Census1851
York Road North Former name of York Hill [qv], also known as York Road. Ta1854; Census1861
York Row At 54 London Road.
Ke1845–Fo1850; Census1851
York Street, Kemp Town Former name of Eastern Road to the east of Rock Street, renamed 6 February 18961. 1833 map
1ESRO DB/D/27/114
York Street Built after 1776; 20 houses by 1795. Soon thereafter renamed Camelford Street (before 1822). Co1799–
York Street At 13 York Road, leading into Ann Street. Ta1854–
York Terrace New England Hill, Montpelier Road North.
      Numbered in New England Road by 1872.
      ph1, Bridge Inn opened in 1864 but was gone by 1885.
Fo1864—Pa1871; Census1871
York Villas
BN1 3TS
Two- and three-storey semi-detached villas built from c1870 on the former New England Farm as a later part of the Prestonville development. 'Other houses building' in Pa1870. The land for development of this area was conveyed by John, Richard and Elizabeth Philipson (heirs of William Pegg) to Daniel Friend on 1 May 1869 for £3,800. Numbering is sequential from south-east corner and re-numbered 1 June 19331 but it is not clear how.
      1-5 were built by Benjamin Nunn for Kemp in 1876-18772.
      23 was built by and for F Parsons and designed by Thomas Buckwell.
      26 was the farm house for New England Farm from before 1820, which stood alone until the surrounding houses were built.
Pa1870—
1ESRO DB/D/27/158
2ESRO DB/D/7/1350 (4 Apr 1876), DB/D/7/1411 (16 Dec 1876)
Yorklands, Hove
BN3 6RW
Private road of three executive houses built in 2003 off Dyke Road Avenue.  
Youngsmere Close
BN1 8FL
Cul-de-sac of terraced housing with a separate garage block. Numbered 19 September 1962 and 6 June 19631. Ke1964—
1ESRO DB/D/27/403

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