Robinson Road
Originally named New Road, it was renamed Church Road by 1864, then Post Office Road after the new post office was built there in 1895 (which later moved to the High Street in 1928). In about 1940 it was renamed again, this time Robinson Road, after Sarah Robinson, founder of the British School. The south side of Robinson Road was demolished in 1995 to make way for the High Street relief road and new development.
Sources & Further ReadingCrawley .....Before ASDA, Nadine Hygate (Nadine Hygate, 2015)
Sussex & Surrey Courier, 23rd December 1939
Crawley News, 24th May 2000
Please note that the lists below are largely based on directories for 1913, 1924, 1938 and 1951,
Goad plans for 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1998, 2006 and 2012 and later personal surveys, and consequently are incomplete.
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1-5 Post Office Road/Robinson Road
1 Post Office Road Bertha Smith - Draper(1913) Southdown & East Grinstead Breweries - Brewery (1913) 1 Robinson Road Mitchells House Furnishers - Furnishers (1951) Milnthorpe, D. - Betting Office (1968) William Hill - Betting Office (1972-1976) Advance SOS Security (1980) Street Beat (1986) The Little Video Box (1986) 1A Post office Road Margery Sadler - Ladies' Outfitter (1924) 1A Robinson Road David Argent? - Mens Fashion (1968) R. Henry - Ladies Hairdresser (1972-1980) Photo? - Photagraphy (1986) 3 Post Office Road Frank Thomas Mitchell - House Furnisher (1924-1938) 3 Robinson Road Mitchells House Furnishers (1951) 5 Post Office Road Crawley & Ifield Cottage Hospital (1924-1938) (Kale, Alfred G., Hon, Secretary, Rolls, Miss Marion, Matron 1924; Hy. J. Sadler Secretary 1938) Frank Thomas Mitchell - House Furnisher (1938) 5 Robinson Road Mitchells House Furnishers (1951) Crawley Heating Centre - Coal Merchant, Electrical Appliances (1968-1972) R. Henry - Ladies Hairdresser (1980) County Council School Crawley College Annexe (1983) Robinson House Crawley Urban District Council(1983) 7-9 Post Office Road 9 Post Office Road Marion Rolls - District Nurse (1913) 11-13 Post Office Road Rose Cottage, 15 Post Office Road Bethel Chapel Oak Lodge |
2-4 Post Office Road/Robinson Road
2 Post Office Road Kate Charman - Confectioner (1913-1924) Cecil Clarence Peters - Confectioner (1938) 4 Post Office Road Revitt, Elizabeth Annie - Draper (1924) Wm. H. Hogger - Electrical Engineer (1938) 4 Robinson Road F.N.M. Hogger - Confectioner (1951) Doreen and Dan's - Confectioner, Tobacconist, Stationer (1968-1976) Vi and Vics - Grocer (1980-1986) Post Office (Daniel Clarke, Postmaster, 1924) A.H. Selwyn - Glove Manufacturers (1951) 6-12 Post Office Road/Robinson Road 6 Robinson Road Ernest Hayes - Turf Accountant (1951) 8 Post Office Road George William Lanham - Apartments (1913) Congregational Church Buffalo Villa, 16 Post Office Road/Robinson Road 18-20 Post Office Road/Robinson Road Oak Cottage, 22 Post Office Road/Robinson Road St Joseph's Cottage, 24 Post Office Road/Robinson Road 26-28 Post Office Road/Robinson Road 30 Post Office Road/Robinson Road ? Post Office Road Henry Court - Decorator (1913) |