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• This website currently has 265 pages.
• 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.
• The Streets gazetteer is constantly being updated, particularly with links to other references on the site.
• COMING SOON High-rise building, Pubs. Theatres. Shopping. Allotments. Self-build housing.
• Adjoining roads are being inserted where relevant, as they appeared in street directories.
• 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 1870s have now been added to the Timeline.
• 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.
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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
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.
CHRONOLOGY
Dates. Just dates.
NEW The 1870s have now been added. More coming soon.
There is now a separate timeline of film history.
ELECTIONS
Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts.
LAWS
All Acts of parliament, national and local, affecting the city, including roads and railways.
HISTORY
CINEMAS
All the cinemas ever in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham.
FILMS
All the films shot in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham.
A repository of numerical data, including population, prices, speed, etc.
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.
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.