• Click on (almost) any image on the site to see it in a new window.

• Electric buses in service in Brighton & Hove 1909-1917.
• New section about local government administration, including the wards for elections since 1854, and an embryonic page on housing data.

• Several other new maps have been added, including the Whitehawk estate as originally laid out in the mid 1930s and one by the Boundary Commission with an account of the parliamentary constituency revisions of 1885

• The complete listings of census districts in 1891 and 1911. Only 1901 to add now. • Land and properties acquired by Brighton Borough Council are now being added (February 2021).

• Archaeological finds are being noted to the 'Streets' gazetteer.
• Where was Saw Mill Lane?

If you have information you think could be included, please send an email to David Fisher via this link.

STREETS: an historical gazetteer

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

MAPS and plans

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

CHRONOLOGY

Dates. Just dates. More coming soon.

Bibliography

PEOPLE

Some of the famous, infamous and interesting people who were born, lived or died in the city
NEW Constantine Alexander Ionides, Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson, Theodosia Meade, Lady Emma Pennant, Percy Shakespeare and various people whose names begin with R

ARCHITECTS, etc

The architects, designers and builders who created the physical environment of the city.
NEW Peter Frederick Robinson, Joseph Henry Good, John Starling Chapple. Listing work by local architects and builders continues: see avove.

HISTORY

A collection of articles about the city's history.

ELECTIONS

Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts.

LAWS

All Local Acts of parliament concerning the city, including roads and railways, since 1772.

CHARITIES

A growing list of the charitable institutions and societies that once existed in the city.

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.
NEW Several titles added

QUOTATIONS

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

RESOURCES
References to source material and other information available online and elsewhere.
NEW Film and cinema resources