Seaton Road
Seaton Road
Named after the Devonshire resort
Seaton Road was laid out on land owned by the Whitmash-Mayo family of Seaton House and the family's close association with the Devonshire resort led to the naming of the street.
The
road does not
appear on the
1903 Ordnance
Survey but a
datestone (shown
at left) in the
street testifies
that the road
had been built
and at least
some houses and
Young & Co's
glove factory,
originally built
as an
Engineering
works,
had been built
by 1910.
The factory is
now flats.
Seaton Road was
built on the
western side of
that section of
Dodham Brook
running parallel
to Beer Street
between
West
Hendford and
West Street. At
the bend in West
Street the
Dodham Brook
comes from the
west and the
northern section
of Seaton Road
also veered
west, again
running parallel
to the brook.
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The Young & Co glove factory building at centre seen within the residential setting of Seaton Road - something that wouldn't be allowed today.
