the original " Crown." The premises extended' to the Tackleway with extensive yard and stabling on the present site of Scrivens, Buildings in Crown Lane. As at the Swan Assemblies, Balls, and Dinners were held here, Coaches started from the Crown to London and Brighton, and as no Union Street then existed, the Coaches turned out of All Saints' Street, through East Bourne Street. This Inn also once belonged to Mr. John Collier. In the deeds dated 1796, the boundary of the property is set out as being "on the Hill.
called 'All Holland Hill,' (no doubt a corruption of "All Hallows), and the 'Tackle Way' (two words), and 'the footpath' (now Union Street) leading from the High Street to the Hill."
At the bottom or sea end of All Saints' Street is another famous house, known as East Hill House, once owned and occupied by the late Mr. Edwin Smith, Furniture Dealer. It was built bv Mr. Edward Capel in 1762 (who is mentioned in the " Collier Letters ") at a cost of £5,000, and after his death was sold for about £1,300.
