Bohemia Road
| Other Names | |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Spittleman's Down[Notes 1] Shornden Place |
| Part of | A21 |
| Junctions | |
| Junctions | London Road North Road Upper Park Road Lower South Road Upper South Road Tower Road Newgate Road Salisbury Road St Pauls Road Cornfield Terrace Chapel Park Road Church Road De Cham Road Hornyte Park Magdalen Road Falaise Road Johns Place White Rock Road |
| Construction | |
| Adopted | 1849 |
| Landmarks | |
| Places of Worship | St Leonards-on-Sea Methodist Church |
| Public Houses | Wheatsheaf Inn, 172 Bricklayers Arms, 132 Hearts of Oak, 116 Prince of Wales, 84 The Bohemia Arms, 76 |
The road was dedicated in 1849[1]. When Bohemia Road was widened in 1924, the last buildings associated with Bohemia Farm were demolished and the pond filled.[2] This road was renumbered during 1902.[3].
Images[edit]
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123-145-Bohemia-Road.-1973.-Built-in-around-1880.
Bohemia-Road.-1905.-4
Shornden-Bohemia-Road-1905
BohemiaRoad1905
Bohemia-Road-looking-north-from-the-Wheatsheaf-1905
Laying-the-Tram-Lines-in-Bohemia-Road.-1906
Tower-Road.-1906.-1
A-church-outing-outside-Park-Road-Methodist-Church-looking-towards-Bohemia-Road.-1906.
Laying-tram-rails-at-Silverhill.-1906
Bohemia-Road.-1907.-9
Bohemia-Road.-1907.-6
Bohemia-Road-in-the-Snow.-1907.
The-Wheatsheaf-Inn-172-Bohemia-Road.-1908.
St-Peters-Church-1908
2-101-Bohemia-Road.-c1925
Bohemia-Road.-1909.-1
1909 Motor Invasion, London Road
Bohemia-Road.-1909.-2
Bohemia Road c1909
Bohemia-Road.-1909.
Bohemia-Road.-1909.-10
Bohemia-Road.-1910.-7
Bohemia-Road.-1910.-3
J-Cousens-Shop-Bohemia-Road.-1910
The-Bohemia-Arms-Tower-Road-c1910
Park-Road-Wesleyan-Chapel-c1910
Corner-of-Salisbury-Road-and-Bohemia-Road.-1911.
St-Matthews-Church-Silverhill.-1912.
Bohemia-Electric-Theatre-Bohemia-Road-1912
Bohemia-Road-1914-2
Bohemia-Road-1914.
G-Gower-Greengrocer-114-Bohemia-Road.-1914.
Hastings-Pier-and-Falaise-Gardens.-c1930.
Butlers-Emporium.-c1929
Royal-East-Sussex-Hospital.-1934.-2
Royal-East-Sussex-Hospital-1934.
Resh-and-bowling-greens-in-1934
W. Freeman, 120 Bohemia Road c1940
Bohemia-Rd
St Peters Church c1950
54 & 56 Bohemia Road
Bohemia-Road.-1954.-8
AP Church Road 1950
AP Falaise Road c1950
135-137-Bohemia-Road.-1964.
Bohemia-Road.-1973.
Bohemia Circa 1975
129-135 Bohemia Road 2010
Features[edit]
| Name | Street No | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Butchers | |||
| Bohemia Bookshop | 114-116 | 1970 | 1970 |
| Bohemia Electric Theatre | 60 | ||
| Bookmans Halt | 127 | 1969 | 2011 |
| Colourful Homes | |||
| E. Smith and Son | 49 | 1878 | 1958 |
| Home and Colonial Stores | 102 | 1915 | 1969 |
| Hurst View | 1903 | 1903 | |
| Pooh House | |||
| Shornden Place | |||
| Summerfields House | 1972 | ||
| Wards | 81 | 1950 | |
| Wheatsheaf Inn | 172 | 2011 |
References & Notes
Notes[edit]
- ↑ The portion between Chapel Park Road and Tower Road
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 3 Chap. 41
- ↑ Historic Hastings J. Manwaring Baines p 108
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 5 April 1902 Pg. 0006
