James Gray: The date of this photograph is not known, but it is thought that it was taken in the period 1958-61. The corner shop, Eltenton’s Stores, was a very old-established business. Founded in 1868 by E Hoadley, Grocer and Post Office. The rest of York Place was then all private houses until the Northern Hotel. In the 1880s H Eltenton took over and the family business survived for many years. However it closed down not long after the photograph was taken. jgc_25_186
2018: The corner building is little changed but now houses Don Olé, Spanish delicatessen. The Northern Hotel was on the corner of York Place and Cheapside and is now the Hobgoblin pub. (Photographer: Geoffrey Kavanagh)
James Gray: St Peter’s Church, with a glimpse of St George’s Place. Additional Information: Trams. jgc_10a_006
2018: St Peter’s Church today, hidden behind scaffolding and a giant hoarding. The railings that once surrounded the building have gone, as has the lamppost in the foreground of the James Gray image, and new trees have been planted. The buildings on the left remain much the same. St Bartholomew’s Church can be seen peeping above them. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)
James Gray: St. Peter’s Church and the Fountain, period also unknown but obviously some time before the 1914-18 War. jgc_30_097
James Gray: These two photographs [jgc_30_099 and jgc_30_100] date from 1902, during the early days of the trams. Note that the tram with destination New England Road is passing to the right of the church. At this period there were no trams in London Road, though these follow later, and the route lay via Ditchling Road, Viaduct Road and across Preston Circus. At the top of New England Road the trams went straight over what is now Seven Dials and terminated a few yards down Goldsmid Road. Additional Information: Additional information has been offered that the Borough of Hove would not allow trams or trolleybuses, hence the Shoreham tram equally ended at the Aldrington boundary. The trams never terminated within Goldsmid Road, they turned round at the roundabout at the then Hove boundary until 26th June 1904, when they carried on up Dyke Road as an extension of the route north to a terminus with a tram shelter past the Grammar School (now BHASVIC) over the Old Shoreham Road to Woodruff Avenue/Tivoli Crescent. jgc_30_099
James Gray: Another view. jgc_30_112
James Gray: The view at the fountain and St Peter’s Church was probably taken before the 1914-18 War. jgc_10_058
2018: Looking north at the junction of Richmond & York Place. St Peter’s Church is unrecognisable surrounded by cladding and scaffolding whilst it undergoes a heritage restoration programme. Hopefully, the drinking fountain, now in a state of disrepair, will also be included. The road taken by the tram between the fountain and church is now a garden pathway used as a shortcut between the roads. (Photographer: Jane Jordan)
James Gray: See caption for jgc_30_099 above. jgc_30_100
James Gray: This view is of the 1900 period and it is interesting that the four ornamental gas lamps (see jgc_30_105) had been replaced by four smaller posts. jgc_30_103
James Gray: As the trees in these photographs [see also jgc_30_108] screen any other buildings from view, one can only guess at the period. Judging by the state of the road and the carriages, I should say a year or two either side of 1870. jgc_30_107
James Gray: At first glance this seems to be just another photograph of St Peter’s Church, which of course it is, but look to the left. This, to me, is the most interesting feature for there one can see almost all of York Place in its original condition of private residencies, with just a single shop at the corner of Trafalgar Street. I have seen this on no other photograph. The period is the 1880s. The York Place properties were converted to shops during the 1890s. jgc_30_120
James Gray: These two old photographs [see also jgc_30_105] were obviously taken many years ago, though it is impossible to say exactly when. They are probably of roughly the same period. jgc_30_104
James Gray: The fountain, erected by Mr Frederick Chatfield in 1871, looks quite new so it seems as if they date from the early 1870s [see also jgc_30_104]. Note the unusual design of the gas lamps. jgc_30_105
James Gray: Three more photographs of this church probably dating within a few years of its being made the Parish Church, in place of St Nicholas. [See also jgc_30_111 below and jgc_30_112 above.] This is the same view of a smaller copy on the previous page. [See jgc_30_107 above.] jgc_30_110
James Gray: Three more photographs of this church probably dating within a few years of its being made the Parish Church, in place of St Nicholas. [See also jgc_30_110 and 112 above.] [This is the same view of a smaller copy on the previous page. See jgc_30_110 above.] There are no clues to the exact period. Almost certainly however this is within a year or two of 1870. jgc_30_111
James Gray: Photographs [see also jgc_30_116 on the Richmond Place page] of this, the Parish Church of Brighton, though at the time of the this photograph it probably was not so. This seems to have been taken about 1870. jgc_30_115
James Gray: Another view. jgc_30_119
James Gray: These two photographs [see also jgc_30_122 on the Richmond Place page] should be considered in conjunction with those on the previous pages [see jgc_30_121 and 124 on this page] as they complete the view of the crossing from four points. This is the view from Gloucester Place across to Richmond Place. jgc_30_123