Roads

Hanover Crescent, named for the Royal house of Hanover

Photo by Tony Mould

Street name derivations

Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990

Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of the content may not reflect recent research, changes and events.

e) STREET NAME DERIVATIONS: An explanation of the source of Brighton's street names merits a separate work. However, many may be classified into broad groups, including the following commemorative street names:

Royal forenames: Albert, Alexandra, Alfred, Charles, Charlotte, Edward, Frederick, George, Leopold, Victoria, William.

Royal dukes: Cambridge, Clarence, Cumberland, Gloucester, Sussex, York.

Royal houses: Brunswick, Hanover.

Royal residences: Carlton, Kensington, Kew, St James's, Windsor.

Dukes: Argyle, Beaufort, Bedford, Buckingham, Devonshire, Grafton, Hamilton, Manchester, Norfolk, Portland, Richmond, Somerset, Sutherland, Wellington.

Marquesses: Bath, Bristol, Bute, Exeter, Hartington, Lorne, Queensbury.

Earls: Burlington, Camden, Chatham, Chichester, Clarendon, Coventry, Egremont, Essex, Guildford, Jersey, Leicester, Liverpool, Mayo, Oxford, Powis, Shaftesbury.

Viscounts: Hereford, Sydney, Wentworth.

Barons: Chesham, Holland, Southampton, Sudeley, Tichborne, Vernon.

Peer's family surnames: Campbell, Cavendish, Compton, Grenville, Grosvenor, Hervey, Howard, Lennox, Montague, Pelham, Russell (Square), Seymour, Stanley, Wyndham.

Prime ministers: Balfour, Beaconsfield, Canning, Gladstone, Liverpool, Melbourne, Peel, Russell (Crescent), Walpole, Wellington.

United States presidents: Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Washington.

Boer War soldiers and locations: Baden, Buller, Kimberley, Ladysmith, Mafeking, Milner, Natal, (Sir) Redvers (Buller).

Philosophers, theologians, etc: Arnold, Baxter, Bentham, Carlyle, Cobden, Cromwell, Hampden, Howard, Luther, Lynton, Milton.

Honorary freemen and women: Beatty, Carden, Churchill, Haig, Saunders, Stringer, Wolseley.

Mayors: Abbey, Aldrich, Beal, Blaker, Braybon, Brigden, Carden, Colbourne, Davey, Ewart, Galliers, Hallett, Lucraft, Pankhurst, Sadler, Southall, Stringer, Thompson.

Local landowners: Curwen, Goldsmid, Harrington, Mighell, Nevill, Stanford, Tidy, Western, Whichelo.

Topographical names are also very popular, and Sussex localities are particularly in evidence on the corporation's housing estates. Other topographical names include:

Isle of Wight: Bembridge, Bonchurch, Brading, Carisbrooke, St Helen's, Sandown, Shanklin, Totland, Whippingham.

Abbeys: Fountains, Hinton, Melrose, Romsey.

Castles: Auckland, Bamford, Bodiam, Durham, Hornby, Kenilworth, Knepp, Leybourne, Ludlow, Norwich, Taunton, Walmer.

Canadian cities: Montreal, Toronto, Quebec.

Towns of Kent: Ashford, Dover, Hythe, Sandgate.

Any numerical cross-references in the text above refer to resources in the Sources and Bibliography section of the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder.