 Brighton's extensive chain of Victorian cemeteries, set into an undulating valley formerly used as farmland, lie immediately north of Hartington Road and separate the Elm Grove district from the Bear Road/Coombe Road district, another hillside area of dense terraced housing.Several Roman roads have been identified running across the area covered by the city of Brighton and Hove.One ran west–east inland from the coast along the line of the present Old Shoreham Road.