air street by mandy 22 April 2007when was air street built.i see on the website that it was a very rough place to live .6 replies Re: air street by Andy Grant 23 April 2007Mandy, The earliest maps of Brighton show a track in the location from around the 17th century. In 1744 the road was named “Beard’s Lane” on a map and in an undated deed of Moeity. A later map shows the road as Boar’s Lane, perhaps erroneously. According to J.G.Bishop, the Brighton historian, there were no houses in the road in 1753, six in 1770 and ten in 1794. Sometime before 1800 the road was renamed Air Street (also sometimes spelt Ayr Street) and development became somewhat haphazard. What was once a quiet lane with a few houses and out of town slaughterhouses, gradually became the centre of town. Too many families occupied the squalid, in-filled tenements. Added to this was the insanitary conditions, with an open cesspit in the centre, together with a number of remaining slaughterhouses still plying their trade. Plans to redevelop the area were drafted in 1842 and the road was greatly improved by 1850, after Queen’s Road was developed.Regards Andy Re: air street by mandy 23 April 2007thank you andy is air street in the exact location as it is today.i wish i had a time machine just to see what it was realy like. Re: air street by Andy Grant 24 April 2007Mandy, Originally, around 1788, the northern part of the town was bounded by Church Street (at that time called Spring Walks), running from London Road to the Church. At that time half the length of Beard’s Lane ran southwards from Church Street before deviating to the west around buildings in North Street. It was only this section that remained after the mid 1820’s after Queen’s Road claimed the northern half of it. As I’ve already mentioned, Air Street was largely rebuilt when Queen’s Road was widened in the 1840’s. The section that remains is still roughly situated where the southern half of the original road was, but the northern half lies under Queen’s Road. ….as for a time machine, I would like to think that the recorded memories of others in combination with our own imagination is the nearest thing we are likely to get to one. Regards Andy Re: air street by mandy 25 April 2007thank you andy.were do you find the old maps of brighton.when i go to the local studies there is 1799 maps. Re: air street by stephanie 26 November 2007Andy, I`ve been reading the information you posted about Air street. My great grandfather had a hairdressers there – I rang up the current owners – also a hairdressers! but she had no knowledge of the history of the place and said it was all earmarked for demolition.Do you have any information about Air street towards the end of the 1800`s and the first decade or two of the 1900`s? My g. grandfather`s name Was Herbert Mowbray, they lived at 7, St. Lukes road and his children went to school there. one of them William Ernest Leslie Mowbray died aged 18 after saving a fellow cadet (he joined the yeomanry) from drowning. He had a funeral with full military honours, I`ve just been sent copies of the obits. My other g.g grandfather was Adolphus Stoner who had a jewellers but I don`t know where. any information would be wonderful. thank you Re: air street by Corin Fairchild 12 September 2012I’d be interested too… apparently my family (German great-grandfather with Lancastrian wife) had a bakery in Air Street around the time of the first world war during which, coincidently, he fought for the British. When he returned they’d burnt the bakery due to its German family name (of which I have no record) and the family changed its name to Dale. Add your replyHiddenAdd your title Add your wordsWould you like to add some images (optional)? If so, how many images would you like to add? 1 2 3 4 5 6Your image files will be uploaded when you submit this form. They should be .jpg or .png files. 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