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I am searching for 54 St George Street. Does this no longer exist? Your list only gives St George's Road and St George's Terrace.
I have looked on an old map of Brighton. I can not find a St George Street. There is a George Street Brighton and a George Street Hove. The one in Brighton is off St James's street. The one in Hove is off Church Road.
I think Pelham Street Brighton was once called St George's Street, I'm sure it's name was changed. There are many streets and roads in Brighton that were changed to famous people of the time.
I had a relative who was born at St George's Street, Brighton. I'm sure it was off of Trafalgar Street near the bottom.
I have a copy of the 1840 census and my GGG grandfather lived at 109 St George Street Brighton. His son lived at 11 Trafalgar St and he later died aged 74 at 1 Tidy Street. So St Georges Street must have been around that area. If anyone finds out where it was I would love to know.
I lived in Rodney House in 1969/70 as a student at Sussex. Think it was 12 St George's Terrace. Went back in 2005 with my best friend from those days, Mike Davies, and took a picture outside. The place was up for sale. It was owned by Mr and Mrs Greenwood per the letter I have from those days! Our Football team was Rodney Acedemicals! The team made up of those from both Guest Houses. Sorry doesn't help anyone else, but brings back memories for me!
If you're still looking for 54 George Street, I live there! I only saw this page because it is currently leaking a waterfall through the house and maintenance number desperation has set in! Feel free to contact me!
In answer to my comment of 15/06/2009; I do now believe Pelham Street was once called St Georges Street. The location links with the comments of Shirley Lucas about her family who lived in that area. The main A23 between Trafalgar St and Gloucester St is called St Georges Place, so there is another name link in the area. One of the reasons the street name may have changed is because at about the time the York Place schools were built, Henry Pelham the 3rd Earl of Chichester was Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. The eastern side of the now Pelham St is the rear perimeter of the school buildings. It was not uncommon for local streets to be named or renamed after dignataries of the day, especially if they were asked to declare new institutional buildings open.
Hi Michael, you are perfectly correct that St. George's Street was renamed to Pelham Street around 1877. Regards, Andy.
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