Moulsecoomb - Bevendean History Project
Development of the Moulsecoomb estate
North MoulsecoombOn
the 12 October 1925 Brighton Corporation purchased 46 acres of land
from the Chichester Estates Company known as Hodshrove in the Parish of
Falmer in the County of Sussex as shown in the plan below. The North
Moulsecoomb estate of 390 houses was developed to a higher density than
South Moulsecoomb.
Plan of part of Hodshrove Farm c1925 on which the North Moulsecoomb housing estate was built.
Plan of part of Hodshrove Farm c1925 on which the North Moulsecoomb housing estate was built.
The land consisted of Hodshrove Meadow, which is where Moulsecoomb
Primary School was built and the Beershop field where the North
Moulsecoomb Housing Estate was built.
Barcombe, Chailey, Newick and Ringmer Roads were built between 1925 and 1929 on the land north of the railway line and south of the Lewes Road.
Map dated 1931 showing the houses built between 1925 and 1929.
Barcombe, Chailey, Newick and Ringmer Roads were built between 1925 and 1929 on the land north of the railway line and south of the Lewes Road.
Map dated 1931 showing the houses built between 1925 and 1929.
Photograph showing the Lewes road frontage at North Moulsecoomb taken about 1930.
Interior view of a bedroom in one of the houses in Bolney Road North Moulsecoomb c1930.
More pictures of North Moulsecoomb
