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 A note about trolley buses from 1939 to 1961 has been added with one about electric buses in service in Brighton & Hove 1909-1917.

NEW 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.

• Adjoining roads are being inserted where relevant, as they appeared in street directories.

FILM & CINEMA DEPARTMENT (formerly brightonfilm.com) now added as Beta version. Click on the drop-down menu above. More pages to come.

New sections
Utilities is on the way, covering the supply of water, gas and electricity to the towns that are now the city.
Local government administration, including the wards for elections since 1854, and an embryonic page on housing data.

• The Streets gazetteer is constantly being updated, particularly with links to other references on the site.

• 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.

• Archaeological finds are being noted to the Streets gazetteer.


COMING SOON Food, Pubs.

• Where were Budd's Buildings, Bun House Cotttages, Martin's Gardens, Saw Mill Lane, Seafield Cottages and Walls Court?

• 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
Streets

All the streets and place names of Brighton and Hove. Constant additions and updates.

MAPS and plans
Maps

A collection of maps and street plans of Brighton and Hove.


TIMELINE
CHRONOLOGY
Timeline

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
People

Some of the famous, infamous and interesting people who were born, lived or died in the city
NEW Albert Lamborne, Colonel George Edward Gouraud, Jeffery Farnol

ARCHITECTS, etc
Architects

The architects, designers and builders who created the physical environment of the city.


NARRATIVE
HISTORY
History

A collection of extended pieces aand assmblies of facts about the city's history, developing themes from the rest of the site, grouped by category.


CIVICS
ELECTIONS
elections

Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts.

LAWS
Laws

All Local Acts of parliament for the city, including roads and railways.>

CHARITIES
Laws

The charitable institutions and societies that once existed in the city.


FILM More to come
HISTORY
film

CINEMAS
Cinemas

All the cinemas ever in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham.

FILMS
Films

All the films shot in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham.

NUMBERS
Numbers
A repository of numerical data, including population, prices, speed, etc.

WORDS
Brighton PRESS
Press

Chronologies of all the local newspapers and journals since 1749.

BOOKS and plays set in Brighton
Brighton books

An ever-growing list of titles from 1811 to the present day.

QUOTATIONS
Quotations

Things written or said about Brighton.
NEW Elizabeth Fry on beggars in Brighton and her solution.


Links to associated sites
Terra Media [media history]
Brighton Hippodrome
Twitter

Much more to come
Comments and contributions are most welcome.
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Copyright
Copyright in all images on this website remains with the owners and is credited where known.
If any use is not appropriately acknowledged, please send an email.

 

Page updated 2 January 2024
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