Elphinstone Road
| Other Names | |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Ore Lane |
| Named After | Sir Howard Elphinstone (1773-1846) |
| Junctions | |
| Junctions | Baldslow Road,Mount Pleasant Road,Hughenden Road,Laton Road,Beaconsfield Road |
Etymology[edit]
Elphinstone Road was originally named Ore Lane and the name recalls Sir Howard Elphinstone (1773-1846) who owned Ore Place and Ridge Farm.
Numbers 50 to 60, known as Franklin Terrace, possibly extending down to the Langham Hotel certainly existed circa 1880[1]
Prior to 1869, the road was not much more than a track above what is now the junction with Mount Pleasant Road when proposals were made to improve the route. This resulted in a number of court cases arising due to land-owners, in particular Charles Hay Frewen whose land abutted the most dangerous area of the lane - that abutting the Ponbay Bridge - the case reaching the House of Lords after a series of appeals by him[2], who held the adjoining lands refusing to sell portions of their land.[3]
- Images
Tram-in-Elphinstone-Road-just-past-Hughenden.-Place.-1905
Workmen-holding-back-a-hand-cart-on-Elphinstone-Road.-1905.
Elphinstone-Road.-1910.
Mansfield-19-Elphinstone-Road.-1910.
At-the-cemetery-turning-point-1956.
Elphinstone Road Horse Trough c2019
| Name | Street No | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Terrace | 50-60 | 1880 | |
| Langham Hotel | 16 | 1878 | 2010 |
|
19 | ||
| Morningside |
Footnotes (including sources)[edit]
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 3 Chap 27
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 12 March 1867 pg. 3
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 26 March 1869
