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Foundry Street

19th century photograph

Regent Iron Foundry on the corner of North Road and Foundry Street, c 1890

Photo from Brighton History Centre

Added at the Brighton and Hove History Centre by Jack Latimer on 01-06-04

This page was added on 26/06/2006.

Comments:

Looking at the fragment of fashions on show, I would have thought it was much earlier than 1890. The foundry moved here in the 1830's from its earlier location in Regent St near the new city library.

By Geoffrey Mead (12/07/2004)

I am a trivet collector & author (USA) and have been researching the origins of a foundry using the Brighton name, possibly in England. I have a trivet that, on the reverse, says BRIGHTON 8. I purchased it from England. It probably dates to the late 1800s-early 1900s. It would have been used to support a hot iron while ironing. Any information you could provide would be appreciated! Regards, Lynn Rosack (lrosack@cfl.rr.com)

By Lynn Rosack (13/10/2004)

I have a children's book dated 1824 called 'A Visit to the RegentIron & Brass Foundery (sic) the Gas Manufactory, and the Royal Chain Pier, Brighton' by Elizabeth Sandham in which she describes a visit round the foundry, gives a list of some of the places that have used the foundry's products eg. the Chain Pier, the railings around several Brighton squares, etc., and also puts it in North Lane

By Geoff Hellman (20/11/2004)