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HODSHROVE FARM

Hodshrove Road

Neighbourhood:
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean
1936
2018

James Gray: Another view of the, by now, abandoned farm buildings, from the south-west, and looking to the semi built Council houses in Hodshrove Road. Date of photograph – 5 December 1936. jgc_28_144.

2018: In October 1925 Brighton Corporation had already purchased 46 acres of Hodshrove Farm and the Beershop Field which reduced the size of the farm. Then, in December 1935, Brighton Corporation purchased the rest of Hodshrove Farm along with Hog Plantation and Cold Dean Nursery. This land became the site of the East Moulsecoomb Housing Estate. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)

1930s
2018

James Gray: A snapshot of some of the buildings of this now forgotten farm, taken in the late 1930s. I do not know the exact location. jgc _28_147

2018: The present-day photograph shows the houses in Hodshrove Road as seen from Hodshrove Lane. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)

Historic and Contemporary Images of Brighton and Hove
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