Brighton History

The history of Brighton & Hove mostly in bits

A repository for historical information about the city of Brighton and Hove.


What's new-ish NEWS • The City of Brighton & Hove will be expanded to include East Saltdean, Telscombe and Peacehaven from April 2028. These areas include around 180 roads and other place names, which will be added to the street directory in due course. • The listing of silent films has been completely revised and split into five-year periods for easier navigation. The listings of feature films made in Brighton, Hove and district, to 1999 and from 2000, have been revised and updated. • All departments are dynamic and being added to regularly. The Streets gazetteer is constantly being updated, particularly with links to other references on the site. • Adjoining roads are being inserted where relevant, as they used to appear in street directories. • Archaeological finds are being noted to the Streets gazetteer. • Click on (almost) any image on the site to see it in a new window, usually enlarged.		• This website currently has 276 pages. New section • Utilities is on the way, covering the supply of water, gas and electricity to the towns that now form the city. ALSO COMING SOON • High-rise building, Pubs. Theatres. Shopping. Allotments. Self-build housing. NEW • More data has been added to the page on housing including exclusive numbers for housing starts in Brighton and Hove from 1862 to 1918. NEW • The 1940s has now been added to the Timeline. The 19th century from 1830 onwards is complete. • The 1901 listing of census districts has now been added, making the listings complete for those currently available online. If you have information you think could be included or any other comments, please send an email to David Fisher via this link.
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PLACES STREETS: an historical gazetteer All the streets and place names of Brighton and Hove. Constant additions and updates. MAPS and plans A collection of maps and street plans of Brighton and Hove. PEOPLE PEOPLE Some of the famous, infamous and interesting people who were born, lived or died in the city ARCHITECTS, etc The architects, designers and builders who created the physical environment of the city. TIMELINE CHRONOLOGY Dates. Just dates. NEW The 1940s has now been added. More coming soon. There is a separate timeline of film history. CIVICS ELECTIONS Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts. LAWS All Acts of parliament, national and local, affecting the city, including roads and railways. Bibliography		FILM HISTORY CINEMAS All the cinemas ever in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham. FILMS All the films shot in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham. REFERENCES and RESOURCES NUMBERS A repository of numerical data, including population, prices, speed, etc. WORDS Brighton PRESS Chronologies of all the local newspapers and journals since 1749. BOOKS and plays set in Brighton An ever-growing list of titles from 1811 to the present day. QUOTATIONS Things written or said about Brighton. THEMES HISTORY A collection of extended pieces and assemblies of facts about the city's history, developing themes from the rest of the site, grouped by category.

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