In 1996 the Bexhill Museum Association published the first-ever attempt to explain how Bexhill-on-Sea's street and road names had been acquired. That work was carried out by the Museum's Local History Forum led by Alan Beecher.
The 2014 second edition was put together by the Museum's Local History Study Group led by Dr. Paul Wright. It started to include details of street names which no longer existed and some place names often found on maps. Dates of when a street first appears and adoption dates (where available) are now recorded.
This online edition is being updated regularly with all new roads and streets. If you have any additional information, suggestions or corrections, please email info@bexhill-osm.org.uk.
Please note, many of these street names are neologisms, in other words they have simply been made up by the builder or developer. These can be difficult to identify or locate official documentation for - we accept we may have missed some or misinterpreted others.
Alan Beecher, Bexhill Museum's Local History Forum, 1996
Dr. Paul Wright, Bexhill Museum's Local History Study Group, 2014
Alexis Markwick, Bexhill OpenStreetMap
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Appendix
Bexhill Museum Street Directories (website)
Rother District Council - Street Naming and Numbering (website)
The Battle and District Historical Society - Road Names Project (website)
The routes and numbers of various trunk and county roads through Bexhill have changed over the years. Four examples are included here for comparison and interest:
1930
- A259 - Barnhorn Road, Little Common Road, Belle Hill, High Street, De La Warr Road and Hastings Road.
- A269 - Chantry Lane, Holliers Hill and Ninfield Road to Lunsford Cross.
- A270 - Wrestwood Road and Hastings Road to Glyne Gap roundabout.
- B2098 - (Upper Sea Road), Station Road, Buckhurst Place, Terminus Road, Collington Avenue and Sutherland Avenue.
- B2099 - Lower Station Road (London Road).
1956
- A259 - Barnhorn Road, Little Common Road, Belle Hill, High Street, De La Warr Road and Hastings Road.
- A269 - Chantry Lane, Holliers Hill and Ninfield Road to Lunsford Cross.
- A270 - Wrestwood Road and Hastings Road to Glyne Gap roundabout.
- B2098 - Upper Sea Road, Station Road, Buckhurst Place, Terminus Road, Collington Avenue and Sutherland Avenue.
- B2099 - London Road.
- B2182 - Sea Road, Marina, West Parade, Richmond Road, Cooden Drive and Cooden Sea Road.
1973
- A259 - Barnhorn Road, Little Common Road, Belle Hill, High Street, De La Warr Road and Hastings Road.
- A269 - Dorset Road, Magdalen Road, Upper Sea Road, Station Road, Buckhurst Place, London Road and Ninfield Road to Lunsford Cross.
- A2036 - Wrestwood Road and Hastings Road to Glyne Gap roundabout.
- B2078 - Chantry Lane and Holliers Hill.
- B2098 - Buckhurst Place, Terminus Road, Collington Avenue and Sutherland Avenue.
- B2182 - Sea Road, Marina, West Parade, Richmond Road, Cooden Drive and Cooden Sea Road.
2011
- A259 - Barnhorn Road, Little Common Road, King Offa Way, De La Warr Road and Bexhill Road.
- A269 - Dorset Road, Magdalen Road, Upper Sea Road, Buckhurst Road, London Road and Ninfield Road to Lunsford Cross.
- A2036 - Wrestwood Road and Hastings Road to Glyne Gap roundabout.
- B2098 - Buckhurst Place, Terminus Road, Collington Avenue and Sutherland Avenue.
- B2182 - Holliers Hill, Chantry Lane, High Street, Upper Sea Road, Sea Road, Marina, West Parade, Richmond Road, Cooden Drive and Cooden Sea Road.
Sources
- Images from Bexhill Museum collections.
- Bartley, L J. The Story of Bexhill. Parsons, 1971.
- Mawer, A and Stenton, F M. The Place-Names of Sussex, Part 2. Cambridge University Press, 1969.
- Mills, A D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Porter, Julian. Bexhill-on-Sea, A History. Phillimore, 2004.
- Room, Adrian. The Street Names of England. Paul Watkins, 1992.
- Bexhill Census, 1841-1911.
- Bexhill Street Directories, 1890-1974.
- Borough of Bexhill Year Book, 1973-74.
- Maps in Bexhill Museum and Bexhill Library.
- East Sussex Records Office.
- Margaret Cullingworth for her knowledge of Sidley.
- Don Philips and Ann Vollor for their work on building surveys.
- Bexhill OpenStreetMap, bexhill-osm.org.uk.