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The Streets of Weymouth

An index of Street Names, Terraces and Places within the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, name changes if any, location within streets and the parishes they lay within.

The aim of this index is in particular to help family historians attempting to locate their ancestral homes. This index has been compiled using old maps, census returns, directories and any other reference identifying location. In particular, Eric Ricketts - The Buildings of Old Weymouth, and Maureen Boddy and Jack West - Weymouth - An Illustrated History, have been most helpful. Where possible, an approximate date of building is given. In some cases it has not been possible to ascertain the present location and therefore some idea of the area has been given instead, and is marked such.

During the Victorian era, much building ensued on reclaimed land on the Melcombe Regis side and many areas surrounding it were developed. The Victorian naming of rows and terraces of houses caused problems later on with further development and eventually the names of the terraces were lost, to be replaced by street names, often vastly different to their original names.

In some cases the area concerned was constructed out of land reclamation from the Backwater straddling the parish boundary between Radipole and Melcombe Regis. I have endeavoured to establish which they belonged to, but where that is uncertain, I have relied on judgement of the boundary of the Radipole tithe map. The boundary of the parishes was different to that of the parliamentary wards and borough boundaries. The parish of Radipole extended down the Dorchester Road to the beach. Once the building of St. John's church was completed in 1854, a new parish was formed. Until the boundary changes of 1895 the northern boundary of the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis lay at Lodmoor Hill on Dorchester Road.

Westham was built during the latter half of the nineteenth century and consisted of many terraces. These names are now lost, but the area is the Abbotsbury Road and side roads. Westham was part of the parish of Wyke Regis, even though it was some distance from the village of Wyke and only became part of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1895. At the same time, Westham became part of the Civil Parish of Weymouth.

Further confusion arises regarding Weymouth proper and the parish of Wyke Regis. The latter extended to the parts just behind the Weymouth side of the harbour, behind the original town and High Street of old Weymouth. Weymouth's old High Street ran from the junction with Boot Hill, along what is now Trinity Road and into Trinity Street down by the old harbour. The terraces off Rodwell Avenue and Rodwell itself were once all part of the parish of Wyke Regis. Rodwell now comes under the parish of Holy Trinity, Weymouth. It wasn't until 1836 when Holy Trinity was built that Weymouth had its own church. Parish Register entries prior to then are to be found in the registers of Wyke Regis.

Name	Present Day Location if changed	Parish	Date
Adelaide Place/Court	Queen Street	Melcombe Regis
Albert Cottages	West Parade later Park Street	Melcombe Regis	1862
Albert Street		Melcombe Regis	1861
Alexandra Road	Off Dorchester Road	Radipole
Alexandra Terrace	Commercial Road	Melcombe Regis	1864
Antwerp Villas	203-209 Dorchester Road	Radipole
Argyle Road		Radipole	c.1855
Augusta Place (Hotels)	35-40 Esplanade; hotels: Victoria, Weymouth	Melcombe Regis
Augusta Place	27-29 Walpole Street	Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Bank Buildings Bath Street	17 Esplanade & Edward Court	Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis	c.1841
Baytree Cottages	Now part of Shrubbery Lane	Wyke Regis
Belvidere (1-16)	116-131 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1820
Belvidere Cottages	27-32 Crescent St	Melcombe Regis
Belvidere Court	Crescent St	Melcombe Regis
Belvidere Mews	18-26 Crescent St	Melcombe Regis	1845
Blackdown	Buxton Road/Connaught Rd area	Weymouth/Wyke	1860s
Bond Street		Melcombe Regis
Bond Street, Lower	Pre 1872 Coneygar Lane	Melcombe Regis
Borough House	Was on the pre 1895 boundary at Radipole of the Borough	Radipole
Boulton Villa	Became Wyke Lodge, now demolished - housing estate now on the site	Wyke Regis
Brownlow Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Brunswick Buildings	Brunswick Terrace, Greenhill		c.1825
Burdon Hotel	Now the Prince Regent	Melcombe Regis	1856
Bury Street	Demolished 1975, now under the multi-storey car park, Commercial Road	Melcombe Regis
Caroline Place Carter's Cottages		Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis	c.1836 1835
Chalbury Lodge		Preston
Charles Street		Melcombe Regis	c. 1870
Charlotte Row	47A-51 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis
Chelmsford Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Chesterfield Place Clarence Buildings	59 Esplanade 19-30 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis
Clifton Place		Melcombe Regis	1861
Coburg Place	In St. Thomas Street	Melcombe Regis
Commercial Road		Melcombe Regis
Coneygar Lane	Bond Street since 1872	Melcombe Regis
Connaught House	Formerly called Portmore	Weymouth/Wyke
Connaught Road	Formerly Blackdown area, part of Belfield estate	Weymouth/Wyke
Corfe Hill		Radipole
Corney Terrace	Part of Newstead Road, Westham	Westham/Wyke
Crocker's Folly	Cottages around the now Newstead Road area	Weymouth/Westham	Pre 1857
Derby Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Devenish Place	Off Governor's Lane, north side, demolished (now East St. car park)	Melcombe Regis	16-18th C
Devonshire Buildings	1-6 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1815
Dorset Place	Dorchester Road (Lodmoor Hill)	Radipole	c.1835
Dorset Place	Rodwell area	Weymouth/Wyke
East Street		Melcombe Regis
Edward Street		Melcombe Regis	1841
Elwell Manor	No.70 Rodwell Road	Weymouth/Wyke	Rebuilt 1854
Excelsior Terrace	Part of Abbotsbury Road	Westham/Wyke
Florissant House	40 Brownlow Street	Melcombe Regis
Florissant Terrace	12-16 Brownlow Street	Melcombe Regis
Franchise Street	Chapelhay area	Weymouth
Frederick Place	in St. Thomas Street	Melcombe Regis	c.1830
Gas House Lane	Now Newstead Road	Weymouth/Westham
Gloucester Hotel Gloucester Mews Gloucester Row (1-5) Gloucester Row (7-14) Gloucester Street Gloucester Terrace	85 Esplanade 86-89 Esplanade 92-99 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis	1842 1862
Gordon Place	(28 & 30) Greenhill	Radipole
Gordon Terrace	Part of Melbury Road, Westham	Westham/Wyke
Governor's Lane	Part demolished 1960s	Melcombe Regis
Great George Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1836
Greenhill Cottage	Greenhill	Radipole
Greenhill House	(The Grand) Greenhill	Radipole	c.1840
Grosvenor Place	31-34 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis
Grosvenor Road	Built on site of Radipole Barrack field	Radipole	c.1868
Hardwick Cottages/Row/Terrace	All part of Hardwick Road	Melcombe Regis
Harmony Court/Place	Off Conygar Lane	Melcombe Regis
Hartford Terace		Melcombe Regis	c.1836
Harwick Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Hell Lane High Street High West Street	Helen Lane High West Street no longer exists	Melcombe Regis Weymouth Weymouth
Hockerhill	Part of Nottington, on the boundary of the parishes of Radipole and Broadwey	Radipole
Hotel Burdon	Hotel Prince Regent, 139 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	1855
Jockey Row	Demolished, about where the fire station is now	Weymouth
John Street	Off St. Nicholas St.	Melcombe Regis
Johns Court	Off Lower Bond St.	Melcombe Regis
Johnstone Row	65-66 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	1811
Johnstones Farm		Radipole
Landsdowne		Wyke Regis
Lennox House	Formerly known as Victoria Villa	Melcombe Regis
Lennox Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Little George Street	Westham Road	Melcombe Regis	c.1836
Lodmoor House	Lodmoor Hill	Radipole
Lodmoor Row/Cottages	Lodmoor Hill	Radipole
Love Lane Court	Love Lane between nos.16 & 17 (1861 census)	Weymouth
Longhill Road	Became Rodwell Road in 1872	Weymouth/Wyke
Lower Bond Street	Pre 1872 Conygar Lane or Conygar Ditch	Melcombe Regis
Luce's Hotel	Became Victoria Hotel, Augusta Place	Melcombe Regis	1800-50
Maiden Street		Melcombe Regis	C16th
Mann Lodge		Radipole
Market Street		Melcombe Regis	1870
Melcombe Place		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Mitchell Street		Melcombe Regis	1873
Mulberry Cottage	Demolished	Melcombe Regis
Mulberry Terrace	Off Commercial Rd and School St	Melcombe Regis
New Court		Melcombe Regis
New Street		Melcombe Regis	C.16th
Newstead Road	Formerly Gas House Lane	Westham/Weymouth
Nottington	Within the parish of Broadwey, although Nottington House was in the parish of Radipole	Broadwey
Oakley Place	Rodwell area	Wyke Regis
Park Cottages	Part of Hardwick St.	Melcombe Regis
Park Hotel	Dorchester Road	Radipole
Park Street	West Parade	Melcombe Regis	c.1840
Park Terrace	Melcombe Place	Melcombe Regis	c.1837
Park Villa	Alexandra Road	Radipole
Penny Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Petticoat Lane	From 1872 St. Alban Street	Melcombe Regis
Portland Place	43-46 Lennox Street	Melcombe Regis
Portmore	became Connaught House	Wyke Regis
Prospect Place	Dorchester Road	Radipole
Prospect Terrace	Now Melbury Road, Westham	Westham/Wyke
Pulteney Buildings	7-15 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1815
Quebec Place		Melcombe Regis	c.1841
Queens Row	Chapelhay	Wyke Regis
Quiet Place	East Street	Melcombe Regis
Radipole Farm	Also known as Nangles, Dorchester Road	Radipole
Radipole House	There were two. This one, north of the pre 1895 borough boundary, later renamed Radipole Villa, set back from the Dorchester Road	Radipole	c.1827
Radipole House (2)	This one was nearer the sea and near the end of Dorchester Rd, appears to have been the farmhouse of Radipole or Nangles Farm.	Radipole
Radipole Terrace	Dorchester Road (Lodmoor Hill area)	Radipole
Ranalagh Road		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Redlands	Boundary of the parishes of Radipole and Broadwey	Radipole
Richmond Terrace	part of King Street	Melcombe Regis	1861
Ridgeway	A hamlet within the parish of Upwey	Upwey
Rock(s) Terrace	Part of Newstead Rd, site of hospital built in 1871	Westham/Wyke Regis	1871
Rodwell Road	Until 1872 called Longhill Road	Weymouth/Wyke
Rolls Court	St Mary St	Melcombe Regis
Royal Crescent	101-115 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1800
Royal Hotel	90-91 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis
Royal Terrace	68-84 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1817
Royal York Terrace	1-5 Lennox Street	Melcombe Regis	1861
St. Alban Street	formerly Petticoat Lane pre 1872	Melcombe Regis
St. Andrews Square	End of East St where it meets the Esplanade	Melcombe Regis
St. Edmund Street		Melcombe Regis
St. Mary Street		Melcombe Regis
St. Nicholas Street St. Nicholas Street	Renamed 1872 Chapelhay Street	Weymouth Melcombe Regis
St. Thomas Street		Melcombe Regis
Salem Place	near Hope Square/Nothe	Weymouth
Sandesfort House	Rylands Lane; became Thornlow School	Wyke Regis
School Street		Melcombe Regis
Seymour Street	Now under the multi-storey car park area of Commercial Road	Melcombe Regis
Sharraw Buildings	Dorchester Road	Radipole
Sherborne Terrace	St. Nicholas St, also Francis St, now Chapelhay St.	Weymouth
Silver Street	Demolished, where the old fire station was	Weymouth
Somerset House	Greenhill now the Greenhill Hotel	Radipole	c.1840
Southdown Lodge		Preston
Spa Road		Radipole	c.1840
Spa View Terrace	Spa Road	Radipole	c.1897
Spring Gardens	Rodwell area	Weymouth/Wyke
Spring Lane	Rodwell area	Weymouth/Wyke
Spring Place	Part of Rodwell Avenue	Weymouth/Wyke	Pre 1857
Stanley Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Steward's Court	demolished 1960s	Melcombe Regis
Talavera Villas	Dorchester Road	Radipole
Terminus Street		Melcombe Regis	1860
Terrace Street		Melcombe Regis	1862
Turton Street		Melcombe Regis	1860
Union Place	Off Rodwell Avenue	Wyke Regis
Union Place	Dorchester Road (Lodmoor Hill)	Radipole
Upwey Street		Melcombe Regis	1861
Victoria Cottages	In Park Street	Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Victoria Hotel	Formerly Luce's Hotel, Augusta Place	Melcombe Regis	1800-50
Victoria Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Victoria Terrace	132-146 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	1856
Victoria Villa	Renamed Lennox House	Melcombe Regis
Walpole Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Walpole Terrace	46-59 Walpole Street	Melcombe Regis	1863
Waterloo Place	End of Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	c.1835
Wellington House	Dorchester Road	Radipole	c.1835
Wellington Place	Dorchester Road	Radipole	c.1835
Wesley Street		Melcombe Regis	1852
West Parade	Leads across Westham Rd to Park Street	Melcombe Regis	c.1836
West Street	Off St. Albans St.	Melcombe Regis
West Street	Became High West Street	Weymouth
Westbourne Road	Off Dorchester Road	Radipole
Westbrook House		Upwey
Westdown Lodge		Wyke Regis
William Street		Melcombe Regis	c.1870
Wooperton Street		Melcombe Regis	1863
Wyke House	Became hotel, demolished 1974, now housing estate in Wyke Square	Wyke Regis
Wyke Lodge	Formerly Boulton Villa, housing estate now on site	Wyke Regis
York Buildings	53-57 Esplanade	Melcombe Regis	1784
York Villa	24-26 Alexandra Road	Radipole

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1844 Directory of Melcombe Regis

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