Hanover Mill

Notes and queries - where was it?

by Rita Denman, retired, now living in Berkshire

Query from Rita Denman

"I was born in Lynton Street close by, in 1929 and lived there until my marriage in 1953. I am very interested in local history and family history, which I find it difficult to separate. I keep many records and bits of information about both. I knew nothing about the Hanover Mill until I read Tim Carder's Encyclopaedia of Brighton. I have been fascinated by the prints of Brighton showing the many mills in the area. All I know about Hanover Mill is what is contained in the encyclopaedia. Are there any more specific prints? Is anything else known? Millers etc?"

Response
from Jack Latimer, Hanover area editor, My Brighton and Hove

Trying to look into this.

'The Hanover Mill, a tall post-mill erected in about 1838 but demolished in the late 1890s, stood on a site approximating to 39 Bernard Road.'

There's a very fuzzy picture of the windmill at the front of a book called 'Hilly Laine to Hanover'. It stands surrounded by market gardens, and the authors say it existed from 1813-1887.