Hove in the Past: Victoria Terrace, Hove

Judy Middleton 2001 (revised 2020)

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Victoria Terrace on the left of Kings Road (now called Kingsway) in the early 1900s

Development

Victoria Terrace was designed in around 1830 by the famous Amon Wilds (1762-1833) and his son Amon Henry Wilds (c.1790-1857). The two Wilds had designed Trinity Chapel in Ship Street in 1817 and The Temple in Montpelier Road in 1819. But in 1822 Amon Wilds went into partnership with Charles Augustus Busby (1786-1834) and they were responsible for Kemp Town. In the past this partnership has been credited with the design of Brunswick Town too, but recent research has discovered that it was actually Busby’s work.

The original Victoria Terrace consisted of six houses – number 7 was added later. When they were built, the houses had the advantage of a long garden on the south side leading right down to the sea. Since then of course the construction of a continuous Hove promenade has led to their loss. The façades fronting Kingsway are delightfully ornate, with pilasters and the cornice is decorated with moulded garlands. The shell motifs above the windows of the first floor are of particular note because they are something of a Wilds’ signature, appearing on many of their buildings, and indeed the tomb of Amon Wilds in the churchyard of St Nicholas in Brighton, is surmounted by a massive shell.

On 7 May 1873 Colonel Verner of Medina Villas submitted plans to the Hove Commissioners to build shops over the ‘areas’ of numbers 2, 3, and 4 Victoria Terrace. The first floor oriel windows were added when the shops were built. The pavement in front of the terrace was composed of red bricks.

The Brighton Gazette (30 March 1876) advertised a house in the terrace to let at a cost of £120 a year. The house had fine sea views, seven bedrooms, a double drawing room, dining room and a library. The provision of a double room was also a feature of Brunswick Town. The design meant that there were two normal-sized rooms for everyday use, but for entertaining purposes, the doors could be folded back to create a larger space.

In June 1882 there was a storm that caused the intercepting sewer to overflow into the houses. Naturally, the occupants were horrified and employed Mr Cockburn, solicitor, to seek appropriate damages. But of course nobody would admit responsibility – neither the Hove Commissioners, nor the Sewer Board.

Clifton House

In the 1848 Directory it was noted that a boarding school (for boys) was located at number 6 run by M. L. Phillips. The school was a feature of the terrace for many years. According to the 1851 census Montague Phillips, aged 37, was still in charge but ten years later it was 39-year old George Wyatt who was running the school. By this time the establishment was such a success that in 1861 there were no less than forty boarders spread over numbers 2, 5, and 6 Victoria Terrace. There were four resident teachers. Probably this was a high point in the school’s history because by the time Revd Henry Fyffe was headmaster from around 1866 to 1874, it was reduced to numbers 5 and 6 only.

A famous old boy was Alderman Jeremiah Colman who later became an important Hove resident. (For details of his life please see under Grand Avenue where he lived at number 2).

Fire Brigade

In 1875 number 8 Victoria Terrace was listed in Kelly’s Directory as Hove Volunteer Fire Brigade Station, later in 1879 the Fire Brigade moved to a new headquarters in George Street

Enlargement

In 1910 Victoria Terrace grew in size because Hove Council decided that adjacent buildings should be included under the designation of Victoria Terrace, and re-numbered accordingly – they had been known formerly as Albert Terrace and Alma Terrace.

A Drowning

On 1 November 1923 Agnes Turner of 13 Victoria Terrace drowned in the sea opposite Hove Baths. This tragedy happened despite the best efforts to rescue her by Police Sergeant Ockenden, Coastguard Quigley, and Mr I. Kemp, superintendent of Hove Baths.

Post Office

In 1927 it was proposed that the Post Office should move from number 20 to number 12, and permission was sought to erect a pillar-box outside number 12. At first Hove Council stated the pavement was too narrow, and a pillar-box would be better off on the other side of Kingsway, on the corner of Osborne Villas. But later it was decided that the pillar-box could go outside number 12 after all.

This Post Office stayed at number 12 until 1992 when it closed. But in March 1994 Julie Hillyer, agreed to open a sub-Post Office in her gift shop next door at number 13. By 2003 the premises were shut.

Although the Post Office was no more, the old pillar-box remained solidly where it had always stood. Unfortunately, the passage of years had taken its toll and there was a crack that had been painted over, again and again, while in June 2019 the door broke. The authorities stated the pillar-box would be mended by Christmas. Unhappily, on Friday 13 December 2019 when men came to remove the pillar-box, it promptly gave up the ghost and broke in two. Whether or not it will be possible to repair is not yet clear, and a spokesman said they were reviewing the situation and the possibility of installing a new one near the site. Nearby residents were sad at the loss and Jillian Foley said she had been posting letters in that pillar-box since 1958, and it was part of the landscape.

Butchers’ Shops

In 1913 H. E. Hobden ran a butcher’s shop at number 19. It is interesting to note that the shop has retained the original blue and white tiles adorning the frontage to this day.

There was another butcher’s shop at what had been 7 Albert Terrace. This was W. & F. Philbrock’s establishment. It had the distinction of being one of the oldest butcher’s shops in Hove. It began trading in the 1850s, and were still going strong in the 1940s.

Mumford’s the Chemist

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An advert from the Brighton Herald for the 20 December 1879, when number 4 was the 'Victoria Reading Rooms and Fancy Bazaar'.

In 1907 Charles E. Robinson from New Bond Street, London, established a chemist’s shop at number 4. The following year King Edward VII granted a Royal Warrant to this business. When Richard G. Mumford took over the shop in 1930, he said he was only the sixth owner of the premises despite the property being so old.

Mr Mumford continued to operate throughout the years of the Second World War. He found a new set of customers in the Wrens who were stationed at HMS King Alfred. He would ensure they were informed whenever there was a rare delivery of lipstick or face powder. The Wrens must have been the best made-up ladies on the south coast.

His customers held him in high regard - he was even obliging enough to cash cheques for them. For lady customers, in days of shortages, he would let them know should a coveted perfume become available. In September 1968 one of his lady customers took her new-born son into the shop, especially to show him to Mr. Mumford, who had always been so kind to her and her family. An impatient customer then came in, demanding immediate attention, but Mr Mumford said, ‘Madam, you will have to wait, I am attending to this lady with her beautiful new son.’

Tailor’s Shop

Wren Joan Feast arrived at HMS King Alfred in 1939. In the early days of the war, the issue of uniforms was somewhat haphazard – you just had to accept whatever happened to be in stock. Although Wren Feast was delighted with her new uniform, she was issued with a coat that was so large its hem literally swept the pavement. But there was an obliging little tailor in Victoria Terrace, near at hand. When Wren Feast visited the shop, she could hardly believe her eyes on seeing the tailor sitting cross-legged on a bench. Whatever alterations you asked him to do brought forth the response ‘It shall be done’ uttered in a guttural accent with a long-drawn out ‘done’.

Wren officers of course were an entirely different matter – they went to an accredited naval tailor, like the men.

The Neptune

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During the Second World War over-exuberant soldiers damaged Neptune’s trident but it looked in fine fettle when
photographed on 31 May 2002.

This establishment surely deserves an award of some sort for being a pub that has held on to its original name. Perhaps it would be difficult to change because the effigy of Neptune flourishing his trident might not approve. Today it is still flourishing, and moreover provides live music.

The Neptune was up and running in 1861, located at 10 Victoria Terrace, when John Turner and his wife Sarah ran the business with the help of two servants. (For full details, please see Neptune under Hove Pubs).

Preservation

On 10 September 1971 Victoria Terrace was awarded Grade II listed building status.

In the 1970s a business called City & Municipal Properties purchased Victoria Terrace. Originally, they wanted to convert the premises into offices, but East Sussex County Council blocked the scheme. The company’s response was a proposal to demolish the lot and build a block of flats. But there was the little matter of Victoria Terrace having been listed. Thus the Environment Secretary ordered a Public Inquiry to be held. Mr J. H. Chadwick, Government Inspector, stated in his report that he thought the cost of building flats would be about the same as converting the existing premises. Much to everyone’s astonishment Peter Shore, Environment Secretary, decided that Victoria Terrace should be saved.

In 1983 Victoria Terrace won the main award in the section for the renovation of period properties in the Best Architecture Awards sponsored by Hove Civic Society and Hove Council.

Recent Times

In 1999 there were some small restaurants in Victoria Terrace including the following:

Number 4 – Goodness, Chinese, Peking and Cantonese takeaway

Number 5 – Blue Bar and Café

Number 16 – Kingsway Fish Bar, which by 2000 had become Cravings

In July 2000 the freehold of retail premises at number 17 was sold to Havanna Ltd for £81,000.

In February 2011 the owner of Breakfast at Tiffany’s Café, had an alarming experience. He was fast asleep upstairs with his girlfriend when he heard a commotion downstairs. Apparently, somebody had thrown something through the café’s window at 1 a.m., and fire broke out. If it had not been for a vigilant passer-by, things could have become serious. However, the next day the situation proved even more dramatic when scenes-of-crime officers arrived and discovered a ‘viable device’ - in other words, a home-made bomb. It was not long afterwards that two male suspects and one female were charged and bailed.

Albert Terrace

The 1861 census noted the following:

Number 4 – occupant John Horton, cow-keeper, he employed 5 men and 2 boys

Number 7 – John Murrell, butcher’s

In 1880 the businesses listed at Albert Terrace was as follows:

Number1 – Artillery Tavern, beer-house

Number 2 – coal merchant

Number 3 – fish-monger and poulterer

Number 4 – saddler and harness maker

Number 5 – Victoria Tavern

Number 6 – greengrocer

Number 7 – butcher

Artillery Tavern

This establishment seems to have been of short duration, being run by Thomas Hinton in the 1880s and 1890s.

The Sussex Daily News (5 April 1883) carries an interesting report concerning the beer-house. Thomas Hinton, landlord, was summoned to Hove Petty Sessions charged with keeping his premises open during prohibited hours on Easter Sunday 25 March 1883. PC Saunders, wearing plain clothes, entered the beer-house and found some Volunteers (military) and others, some of whom were not resident in the house (lodging in the house permitted the consumption of beer outside opening hours). Hinton stated he had examined the tickets of several travellers who were in the bar, and those who did not have tickets must have slipped in through the side door. Hinton already had a conviction for permitting drunkenness in his house, but Hinton said it was because of the ‘hard swearing’ uttered by PC Rogers. It appeared that Rogers absconded from the Force when his testimony proved to be false. The Bench stated that they would disregard Hinton’s conviction, but he was warned to keep his side door shut in future. He was discharged although he was obliged to pay the costs of bringing the case.

By 1905 the premises were in the hands of Miss Chatfield who soon turned the place into sedate dining rooms.

Victoria Tavern

The tavern was already in existence in the 1860s, and over the years was run by the following people:

1861 – Mary Payne, beer-house keeper, Norfolk-born widow, aged 38. She lived with her three-year old son, her sister and two servants.

1875 – Charles Bulbech

1885 – Charles Nicholson

1887 – Thomas Child. According to the 1891 census Thomas Child was still there. He was born in Hove and was aged 44. He lived with his wife Catherine 36, and their children Thomas 9, Catherine 7, Arthur 6, Harriet 4, George 3, and Rosetta 2. Thomas was still the landlord in 1896.

1899 – I. Leech

1910 – Edward Grover. It was during his tenure that his address changed from 5 Albert Terrace to 13 Victoria Terrace.

1920 – S.H. Hallon

1930 – A. J. N. Smart

1935 – Ernest G. Wingham. It is interesting to note that Mr Wingham was still described as a beer retailer. He remained there until the 1950s, and was probably the last landlord.

The establishment was not mentioned in the 1958 Directory.

Alma Terrace

No doubt this terrace was named after the famous Battle of Alma in the Crimean War (1854-1856). There is an Alma Cottage in Portslade Village of a similar date. Alma Terrace was situated east of the original Victoria Terrace, and consisted of five houses.

Before the houses received a name, the famous Bun House was in existence, providing refreshments for travellers. In 1841 Alfred Arnold, aged 23, was recorded as a baker, grocer and beer retailer. He lived in the premises with his wife, one daughter and two sons. Also living there were Thomas Southon, a 37-year old baker, an errand boy and two servants.

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Traveller's Joy Inn, one of four pubs once to be found in Victoria Terrace, note the black horse emerging from the pub's front door !

In 1853 the brewers Vallance & Catt purchased the Bun House and it became a pub called romantically Travellers Joy Inn, numbered at 5 Alma Terrace. Vallance & Catt remained the owners until 1899 when Tamplin’s took over. The old inn was demolished in 1908 and a new one built on the same site, although new building line was in keeping with the other premises, instead of jutting out. The pub’s last name was The Alibi. (For more details, please see The Alibi under Hove Pubs).

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Whatever name is chosen for this pub, it will always be viewed as a striking and individual piece of architecture.
The Alibi was photographed on 16 April 2014.

Next door to the old inn was an enterprising business with the name Clements on the name-board. As well as providing afternoon teas, the owners were willing to hire out everything you might need for entertaining such as tables, chairs, glass, cutlery. crockery and tablecloths.

Colonel W. J. Verner

The 1874 Directory lists Colonel William John Verner living at 2 Victoria Terrace, and he also owned property there. He sent three letters to the West Hove Commissioners:

Complaining about a building at the back of 4 Medina Terrace

Complaining that the offending building had still not been taken down

Complaining about a building in the course of construction at the rear of 5 Medina Terrace

The 1881 census recorded Irish-born Colonel William Verner aged 62, living with his family at 35 Brunswick Place. His family consisted of his London-born wife Mary, and their children:

Constance, 30, born in Shropshire

William, 28, officer in the army, born in Reading

Evelyn, 24, born in Bournemouth

Wilford, 17, born in the Isle of Wight

In May 1873 Colonel Verner submitted plans for shops over the ‘areas’ of numbers 2, 3, and 4 Victoria Terrace.

His obituary was published in The Times (23 September 1902) as follows: ‘Colonel William John Verner, whose death in his 84^th year is reported to have occurred at Brighton on the 21^st instance, was the third son of Mr David Verner of Church Hill, Vernersbridge, County Armagh, Ireland. He entered the Army in 1837 and served in the 53^rd and 21^st regiments and subsequently was colonel commanding the Antrim Rifles Militia. He was in his day an enthusiastic falconer, and did much to resuscitate the sport in conjunction with the late Mr Charles St. John and Captain Francis Solvin; but he never could be persuaded to put his unrivalled knowledge of the art of training falcons into writing.’ (The 53^rd Regiment became the King’s (Shropshire) Light Infantry, and the 21^st Regiment became the Royal Scots Fusiliers). The Colonel’s younger son Wilford followed in his footsteps and served with the Royal Fusiliers.

The Verner Cross

There is a curious footnote to Colonel Verner’s younger son Wilford. On a site between Spa Court and the back of Medina Terrace, there was a marble cross set into the boundary wall with the following inscription In Loving Memory of Wilford Cole Verner who departed this life November 21^st 1889 aged 26. God is Love.

There was a story circulating in the 1950s and 1960s that Wilford had gone for a swim in the sea and never returned to the shore. It was a feasible theory given the siting of the memorial. In fact Wilford died of typhoid fever at 36 St Petersborough Place, Westminster. Perhaps the cross is a testimony to the grief of the family, and the need to keep his name alive. Besides, his sister Ida Constance Verner occupied number 2 Victoria Terrace for many years.

In 2012 the fate of the Verner cross became something of a cause célèbre to local historians. This was because there was a proposal to move it. David Gilmour, guitarist with Pink Floyd, and his wife Polly Samson, owned a a 6-storey property in Medina Terrace that was said to be worth £3 million. They had spent a considerable sum of money on restoring the house, and now they wished to extend the Coach House at the back into a more commodious canoe/boat store: to enable this work to take place, it was proposed to move the cross some 20 metres.

There was uproar at the idea and the headlines in the Argus ran ‘Hey Gilmour leave our cross alone.’ Valerie Paynter of saveHove said, It’s not neighbourly; it’s a middle finger to local history … it’s a unique feature of the local landscape.’ Planning permissions for the boat store was granted but it was agreed that the cross should remain in situ.

Perhaps it was just as well an interested resident living nearby kept an eye on things because it is alleged this person managed to halt workers who were just about to hack away at the cross. The upshot was that Mr Gilmour had to seek separate planning permission in order to move the cross. The planning committee of Brighton & Hove City Council voted to allow the cross to be moved and there was only one dissenter. There was some concern that there might have been a burial associated with the cross but the firm involved in the project affirmed they had undertaken a topographical survey and no evidence of a burial was found. Ewen Stoddart of LCE Architects stated that it was their intention ‘to have the cross fully repaired and restored to give a more permanent historical reference point to the property.’

It is pleasant to record that the Verner Cross now looks in a better state than it has done for years.

Ida Verner (1850-1937)

J. W. Lister, Borough Librarian and Curator

by Ida Verner, c.1922.

Ida Constance Verner was the daughter of Colonel W. J. Verner, and the sister of Wilford Cole Verner. She was a talented artist who lived at 2 Victoria Terrace from around 1905 to her death. But she is little remembered today although she painted some fine portraits. More to the point, she has left us portraits of two Hove notables – the child prodigy violinist Isolde Menges (1893-1976) who was born at 27 Clarendon Villas, and Mr J. W. Lister, Hove’s Chief Librarian and Curator (1870-1951). It was he who instigated the unique Roll of Honour to commemorate all those who were lost in the Great War by contacting the families involved and asked for details of their sons’ lives plus a photograph if possible. Today the Roll of Honour is stored at Hove Library, and its importance has grown with the passing years. Mr Lister was aged 51 when Ida Verner painted his portrait, which in 1923 she presented to Hove Museum. In 1926 Ida Verner also presented Hove Museum with George IV’s writing desk.

In her day Ida Verner was well regarded and exhibited her work at the following locations:

Grosvenor Gallery, two paintings

London Salon, ten paintings

New Gallery, one painting

Royal Academy, eight paintings

Royal Institute of Oil Painters, one painting

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, two paintings

In 1905 Hove Council gave Gibbins & Son, on behalf of Ida Verner, permission for a proposed picture gallery at 2 Victoria Terrace. It seems she had her studio at the back of Victoria Terrace in an out-building known as the Coach House.

It is interesting to note that in 1947 there was a Verner Club at 2 Victoria Terrace, with Miss E, Weldon being an honorary secretary. Perhaps this was a club for budding artists?

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

2003 (revised 2020)

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S. Matthews, signal instructor RNVR on the left, teaching semaphore signalling at Hove Coastguard Station on the
15 July 1915

In 1903 the Royal Naval Reserve was formed at Hove with Admiral the Honourable Thomas Brand in command, On 26 April 1904 the Brighton & Hove Company was commissioned as a separate Sussex RNVR Division as follows:

Numbers 1 & 2 at Hove (including the RNR Battery)

Number 3 at Eastbourne

Number 4 at Newhaven

Number 5 at Hastings

By 1906 enough money had been raised at Hove to purchase a headquarters at 5 Victoria Terrace. Training took place at the RNR Battery site immediately south east of Hove Street, or more prosaically, in the basement of a chemist’s shop in Church Road, Hove.

It is pleasant to record that the outfit also contained a band, which in 1906 had given no less than 100 performances during the summer months on the Western Lawns as well as in Portland Road. In the same year the RNVR Band also provided the music at Hove Town Hall for the first Dance of the season. On the latter occasion Bandmaster Potter and Assistant Bandmaster Levy were presented with new batons made for them by Leading Seaman Woolley.

In 1907 Lieutenant Viscount Curzon (1884-1964) became commander of the Sussex Division. The Curzon family had long been connected with the Navy, and young Curzon joined the RNVR as soon as he left school. Before this appointment, he had served with the London Division. When his father died in 1929, he succeeded to the title and became the 5^th Earl Howe. By that time he was a Member of Parliament, but inheriting a title meant he could not stand for re-election to the House of Commons. He had an unexpected alternative career as a motor racing driver – usually considered to be a young man’s sport, but which he took up at the of 44.

On 16 July 1908 Hove Council approved plans for an addition to the back of 5 Victoria Terrace; it was submitted on behalf of the officers of the RNVR by Mr H. W. Sanders. The extra space proved to be inadequate within a few years and a new building was envisaged. However, in 1913 a legal snag was encountered. It necessitated Lord Curzon, Commander of the Sussex RNVR, to appeal directly to Hove Council to allow the new building to remain. He stated that he had followed the correct procedures, and indeed had specifically asked the solicitor to the Public Works Loan Board, who was in possession of all title deeds and covenants, if there were any restrictive covenants to be observed at the site. The solicitor assured Lord Curzon there were none. It was only when the building was being erected that it transpired a portion of it was infringing a covenant dated 13 July 1893 between John Tooth and others, and the Hove Commissioners. Lord Curzon’s letter to Hove Council was despatched in February 1914, in which he stated the building was nearly completed, that it would be very expensive to re-build, and that it was urgently required in the public interest. He asked if it might remain for the time being, and Hove Council agreed.

As early as 2 August 1914 (two days before war was declared) all available signalmen had left to join their respective ships, and within less than three weeks, practically the entire strength of the local division had been absorbed into the fighting forces. The instructors went off to serve with the Fleet, while most of the reservists served as infantry in the 63^rd (Royal Naval) Division; the latter seeing action at Antwerp, Mons, Gallipoli and Salonica. Some served aboard Royal Navy vessels as signallers / artificers. Many men from all Divisions were killed numbering 10,795, while the toll of the wounded came to 30,892.

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This 1915 photograph from the Brighton Graphic is entitled “The Maintenance Party, Hove Battery R.N.V.R. in War Time” and goes on to name the Battery Staff, "seated left-right:- Lieut Frank Hughes, Staff-Surgeon E. Snell, C.P.O. Woodley, centre:- Paymaster R.S. Broderick and ratings” it is a great shame that the Brighton Graphic deemed it unnecessary to name the four “ratings” who would have no doubt faced action in the Great War.

Meanwhile, new recruits arriving at Hove found themselves having a week’s trial at Hove Battery, and those deemed fit enough were sent on to regular training at Crystal Palace.

In 1921 the Division was re-formed with Earl Howe (formerly Viscount Curzon) in command.

By 1938 the headquarters were still at 5 Victoria Terrace, and the commanding officer was none other than Captain Earl Howe. The officer instructor was Lieutenant Commander C. F. H. Churchill.

In 1939 the reservists were once again mobilised and sent to serve with the Fleet, 30 of them going to HMS Ark Royal as aircraft handlers, while others carried out mine-sweeping duties aboard converted trawlers.

Meanwhile, the Hove Battery site was far from being deserted because it became part of the ‘stone frigate’ known as HMS King Alfred, which also included the newly-built swimming baths, and later on, Mowden School, Lancing College and other buildings. It is a proud statistic that 22,500 men passed through HMS King Alfred to become RNVR officers, so vital to the war effort. Such a significant contribution ought to be publicly commemorated but alas! it is not.

In 1946 the Sussex Division was re-constituted under Captain T. D. Manning, the veteran Earl Howe having retired after 39 years with the Division. In 1949 the Sussex Division became HMS Sussex, when the county-class cruiser of that name was paid off.

Directory Entry for Victoria Terrace 1918

1. W. Combs, house furniture

1a. Misses Hayter & Simpson, milliners

2. Ida Verner

3. Mrs Williams

4. Thomas Read, chemist

5. RNVR Volunteers (Brighton & Hove Company)

6. Kingsway Mansions

1. Major Peter Paget RAMC

2. Mrs Swifte

3. P. E. Tooth Esq MA (Cantab)

4. Mrs Koosen

H. Batchelor, caretaker

7.Jefferies & North, auctioneers

9. Clarke Brothers, undertakers

Clarke, H.A.

10. Neptune Inn

11. Mark Reed

12. Smith & Co, greengrocers

13. Victoria Tavern

14. R. N. Jenner, newsagent

16. Thompson, E, greengrocer

17. Miss Chatfield, dining rooms

18. William Still, draper

19. H. E. Hobden, butcher

20. Post & Telegraph

J. Gwile, grocer

21. G. Girling, hairdresser

St Aubyns Hotel

Directory Entry for Victoria Terrace 1938

W. A. Combs, upholsterer

Mary Jean, Arts & Crafts

Kingsway Private Hotel and café, Mrs B. J. W. Rome, proprietress

Richard G. Mumford, chemist

RNVR HQ, Lieutenant-Commander C. F. H. Churchill RN, officer instructor

Kingsway Mansions

William Amos Burton

Mrs George Edwards

P. Burlet

George Withall, confectioner

Jefferies & North, auctioneers

Victoria Garage

Clarke & Son, house agents, undertaker’s

Alexander H. Clarke

Cyril A. Clarke

Neptune Inn, James Tooley

W. & F. Philbrock, butcher’s

Armistead Hartley, confectioner and Post Office

Ernest G. Wingham, beer retailer

R. N. Jenner, newsagent

Marie, ladies’ hairdresser

Miss E. Compton, grocer

Egbert Thompson, greengrocers

James Lynn

Alfred Chatfield, dining rooms

William Still, draper

Herbert E. Hobden, butcher

William J. Crabb & Son, wine merchants

Maison Cifrille, laidies’ hairdresser

St Aubyns Hotel

Sources

Argus (23/2/11 / 1/3/11 / 20 November 2012 / 15 March 2013 / 18 December 2019)

Census returns

Brighton Gazette (30 March 1876)

Directories

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Middleton, J. A History of Women’s Lives in Hove and Portslade (2018

Middleton, J. HMS King Alfred (1986, reprinted by Hove Council 1989)

Middleton J. Hove and Portslade in the Great War

Middleton, J. Hove in Old Picture Postcards (1983)

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Hove in the Past

14 June 2020

Victoria Terrace, Hove

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19 Victoria Terrace was a butcher’s shop run by H. E. Hobden

14 June 2020

Victoria Terrace, Hove

copyright © D. Sharp 19 Victoria Terrace was a butcher’s shop run by H. E. Hobden

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19 Victoria Terrace was a butcher’s shop run by H. E. Hobden