A local bricklayer, Thomas Lucas, built houses in Union Street homes from 1706 onwards. The north side of the street still has an original terrace of eighteenth century housing.
Buildings along the street were quite mixed to cater for all classes in this dockyard town – from naval officers to shipbuilders and labourers.
John Gast (1772-1837), author of radical pamphlets and dissenting preacher, lived in the King of Prussia pub.
The street was renamed as Creek Road before it became Albury Street.
Nursery pioneers the McMillan sisters held a Boys’ Night Camp at 24 Albury Street in the early twentieth century which provided poor children with the opportunity to wash and get clean nightclothes. The girls’ camp was held in Evelyn Street.
