TheOld Steine (/ˈstiːn/) is athoroughfare inBrighton city centre,East Sussex, and is the southern terminus of theA23. The southern end leads to Marine Parade, the Brighton seafront and thePalace Pier. The Old Steine is also the site of a number of City Centrebus stops forBrighton buses. TheRoyal Pavilion is located immediately to the north of the Old Steine.
The Old Steine was originally an opengreen with astream running adjacent to the easternmost dwellings ofBrighthelmstone. The area was used by localfishermen to lay out and dry theirnets. When Brighton started to become fashionable in the late 18th century, the area became the centre for visitors. Building around the area started in 1760, and railings started to appear around the green area in the 1770s, reducing its size. This continued throughout the 19th century. The eastern lawns of the Royal Pavilion were also originally part of the Old Steine.[1]
Dr. Richard Russell, whose 1750 paper on the health benefits of sea water helped to popularise Brighton, had a house built on the Old Steine in 1759; the site is now occupied by theRoyal Albion Hotel.[2]
Maria Fitzherbert lived inSteine House on the west side of the Old Steine from 1804 until her death in 1837.[3]
The wordSteine comes from theOld Englishstoene, meaning "stony place". The name is thought to come from the number of large sarsen stones which once lay in the area.[4] Many of the stones can still be seen at the base of the Steine's Victoria Fountain, where they were placed when it was built in 1823.[5]
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