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Hanover

A brief history, 1795-1990
By Tim Carder

The Percy Almshouses at the bottom of Elm Grove were erected in 1795, but they remained in a quite isolated position until the construction of Hanover Crescent and Hanover Street in about 1822. However, most of the densely-populated district which has become known as Hanover was developed from about 1860, typically small terraces with angular window bays.

Hanover ward was first designated in 1894, covering the area between Lewes Road, Southover Street, Queen's Park Road and Elm Grove, but it has been expanded since to include the area between Lewes Road, Grand Parade, Carlton Hill, Queen's Park Road, Pankhurst Road, Freshfield Road, Elm Grove and Franklin Road.

Since being designated a 'general improvement area' in 1969-76, Hanover has become a more attractive residential district and has escaped the massive redevelopment of the adjacent Albion Hill area. Together with Albion Hill, Hanover has a population of around 7,500.

Produced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton
This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

The dairy on Richmond St was at one time run by a family called Reels.Their son Teddy was a friend of my mum's when she lived in Dinapore St. He joined the RAF as a rear gunner and was shot down on his first raid and is buried in Germany.
By Patrick Collins (16/02/2000)
Where's the information about the school on Finsbury Road, the Pepper pot and Queens Park? These are important places in the history of Hanover.
By Leo (01/07/2004)
My family moved from Dinapore St to Sussex Terrace where we were bombed out and buried alive in 1942. We moved to 24 Sussex Terrace where we were almost killed when Appollo Terrace collapsed on News Year's Eve 194? (not sure). We then moved to Leicester in 1952 when my mother remarried. My granddad, Charles Gravett, used to be in the fruiters trade in Brighton.
By Patrick Collins (06/01/2005)

Does anyone know the history of Hartington Road? Tried finding out but there's no mention on the net of what used to be around the area. We live in a student house that could easily have been a shop, but finding it hard to find any history!

By Han (20/02/2007)

I know a lot about Hartington Road. I lived at the bottom of Bernard Road for 22 years, all through the 1960s and 1970s. At the bottom of Bonchurch, there was a small newsagent/ grocery. Whippingham had no shop on either corner. On the other side of the street, on the corner of Whippingham Street, there was a Baker's shop. They actually baked the bread there, and would slice it on a machine if you wanted. The lady who owned it had a big Blonde Bouffant hairdo! Next is Brading Road; a Newsagent on the lower side of the street, I don't remember the name of the original owner's, but Harry Crane had it for many years. I worked for him as a paper delivery boy when I was about 12, to about 15. If there was horse racing on TV when I was supposed to get paid, he didn't want to come out to the shop, so he let me take the money out of the till, and a large bar of chocolate. Talk about trusting. On the other corner was a small Grocer shop. I can't remember their name's but their faces are still clear to me. There was a Ladies Hairdresser at the bottom of Bernard Road, called Flair. The owner was Angela and she was married, with 3 boys if I remember correctly. It was something else before it was a hairdressers, but I can't for the life of me remember what. Lastly, as far as shops go, at the bottom of Totland Road, there was a grocer's, run by a little old lady, full of energy, and with a Scottish accent. She sold fresh sliced meat and cheese, and vegatables and all the stuff you needed, when you ran out. I wish I could remember her name! After she died it became, "Arnolds". Same type of store, but I don't think it did too well, and it soon became a junk shop. Oh sorry, Antique shop! Also, there was a sweet shop on the corner of Bernard Place, (the twitten) and Bernard Road, which had many owners over the years.

By Kevin Bushby (06/04/2007)

My 'Uncle' John and 'Aunty' Peggy Smith owned the corner shop in Bernard Road (and Bernard Place) until the 1960s. I often stayed with them as a little girl and went everywhere with their daughter Jackie. 'Uncle' John used to drive a Morris 1000 Traveller and I used to go with him on his deliveries whether it was groceries or his customer's dry cleaning. He had a spinal problem and walked bent over but was a great practical joker.

By Judi Swinsco (02/04/2008)

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