Numbers 8 and 9 Binford Place are now the oldest surviving buildings on the street, dating to sometime around 1800. They are listed Grade II.
Number 9 has served as the manse for the adjoining Roman Catholic Chapel, St Josephs on the Quay, since at least the chapel was built in 1882. In the 1881 census we find Rev Patrick Walsh, then in 1891 Alexander Lock(?), in 1901 Rev. Robert Wadman. In the 1937 Whitby Light and Lane town directory we find Rev C.W Davey. In the Kelly’s directory it was occupied by Rev. J. O’Brien the Catholic priest in 1960, then Rev William Dee in 1967.
Prior to 1881 the house seems to have been in private hands. In 1861 Alfred Haviland, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons lived there, who worked across the river in the Infirmary. In 1851 Fanny Ford, an annuitant lived there.
Turning to number 8, in 1851 we find Maria Bussell ‘sea captain’s wife’ living there. In 1861 John Matthews a herbalist and his family. In 1881 Thomas Hale, boiler maker. In 1901 William Morgan Scott a vetinary surgeon. In the 1937 Whitby Light and Lane town directory number 8 was occupied by a G. Williams. In the 1960 Kelly’s Directory number 8 was occupied by L.H. Hilling, an upholsterer, who had a shop in the adjoining property. In 1967 he was still there, although the next door property had been demolished.