A maternity hospital (The Lying-in Institution and Dispensary for Women and Children) opened in 1830 and transferred to a new site on West Street in 1854. A later name was the Brighton and Hove Women's Hospital. A final move took place in 1922, by which time it was known as the Sussex Maternity Hospital: it transferred to a former school building on Buckingham Road in the West Hill area. Branches existed at various times in Hove, the Carlton Hill area, the Elm Grove area and Whitehawk. All maternity services transferred to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in 1969–70 and the Buckingham Road building was demolished in 1976.
