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After founding his new town of St Leonards-on-Sea, James Burton gained permission by an Act of Parliament of 1837 to build a turnpike road northwards from Maze Hill to avoid the congestion in Hastings. [5] However, when this was authorized, the Hastings Council also obtained the necessary Turnpike Act to build a new road towards London.
St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) is a town and seaside resort in the borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings.
The TN postcode area, also known as the Tonbridge postcode area, [2] is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns.These cover south and west Kent (including Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, Sevenoaks, Westerham, Cranbrook, Edenbridge, New Romney, Romney Marsh and Tenterden) and northern and eastern East Sussex (including Hastings, Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea ...
Crown House, 57 Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea, Borough of Hastings, East Sussex, England. The first building in the new resort of St Leonards-on-Sea. Princess (later Queen) Victoria stayed here in 1834–35. Grade II*-listed since 1951. Date: 11 June 2015: Source: Own work: Author: Hassocks5489: Other versions
Gensing is a local government ward and district of St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 6,591. It is served by St Leonards Warrior Square railway station. [1] Warrior Square station
The building is part of the St Leonards West Conservation Area, [21] one of 18 conservation areas in the borough of Hastings. [22] The central seafront of St Leonards-on-Sea is dominated by tall Regency-style terraces built between the early 1830s and the mid-1850s, all designed by James Burton.
St Leonards-on-Sea experienced continuous rapid growth after it was founded in 1828 by London-based builder and speculator James Burton. [2] The seaside resort, immediately west of the ancient port of Hastings, had a 2 ⁄ 3-mile (1.1 km) esplanade with high-class buildings facing the English Channel, [3] but also extended a long way inland by the late 19th century as housing was built up the ...
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