All departments are dynamic and being added to regularly.
• FILM & CINEMA DEPARTMENT (formerly brightonfilm.com) now added as Beta version. Click on the drop-down menu above. • New section about local government administration, including the wards for elections since 1854, and an embryonic page on housing data. |
• Click on (almost) any image on the site to see it in a new window.
• 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 |
• Electric buses in service in Brighton & Hove 1909-1917. • The 'Streets' gazetteer is constantly being updated, particularly with links to other references on the site. |
• Archaeological finds are being noted to the 'Streets' gazetteer. • Where was Saw Mill Lane?
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STREETS: an historical gazetteer  All the streets and place names of Brighton and Hove. Constant additions. MAPS and plans CHRONOLOGY  Dates. Just dates. More coming soon. There is now a separate timeline of film history.
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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 HISTORY  A collection of articles about the city's history. |
ELECTIONS  Candidates, results, majorities, electorates and noteworthy facts. LAWS CHARITIES HISTORY  CINEMAS FILMS |
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 QUOTATIONS |
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