Brighton History

The history of Brighton & Hove mostly in bits

A repository for historical information about the city of Brighton and Hove.
All departments are dynamic and being added to regularly.


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What's new-ish NEW The laws about Brighton and Hove have been revised and expanded for the city and its administration, transport and utilities. New section Utilities is on the way, covering the supply of water, gas and electricity to the towns that now form the city. • A note about trolley buses from 1939 to 1961 has been added with one about electric buses in service in Brighton & Hove 1909-1917.	• Local government administration, including the wards for elections since 1854. 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. • The 1901 listing of census districts has now been added, making the listings complete for those currently available online. Also, the 1830s and 1840s have now been added to the Timeline. • COMING SOON Food, Pubs.	• 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 appeared in street directories. • More streets are still being added, either established or lost ones, discovered or overlooked, such as Pepper Alley, College Terrace, Cornish Mews and Gorse Way, or new-build, such as Swallows Rise. Lark View and Magpie Way.	• Where were Budd's Buildings, Bun House Cotttages, Martin's Gardens, Saw Mill Lane, Seafield Cottages and Walls Court? • 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. If you have information you think could be included, please send an email to David Fisher via this link.

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. TIMELINE CHRONOLOGY Dates. Just dates. NEW The 1840s have now been added. More coming soon. There is now a separate timeline of film history. RESOURCES References to source material and other information available online and elsewhere (in progress). Film and cinema resources Bibliography	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. NARRATIVE 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.	CIVICS ELECTIONS Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts. LAWS All Local Acts of parliament for the city, including roads and railways.> CHARITIES The charitable institutions and societies that once existed in the city. FILM More to come HISTORY CINEMAS All the cinemas ever in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham. FILMS All the films shot in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham.	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. NEW Elizabeth Fry on beggars in Brighton and her solution.

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Terra Media [media history]
Brighton Hippodrome

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