History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It
History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It

Author: John Ackerson Erredge

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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This is an incredible history of Brighton, earlier known as Brighthelmstone, a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove. It is located on the south coast of England, in East Sussex. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The writer entertains the readers with vivid descriptions of the site and several unknown facts. In addition, histories of the places and brief biographies of famous people that lived there are also included in this book.

Brighton Crime and Vice, 1800-2000
Brighton Crime and Vice, 1800-2000

Author: Douglas D'Enno

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1845630300

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Brighton has a dark side - it has a well-deserved reputation as a hotbed of crime. Robbery, violence, murder and every type of vice have flourished in this seaside town. In this book, Douglas d'Enno records, in graphic detail, two centuries of this criminal history in all its shocking variety.

Brighton in Diaries
Brighton in Diaries

Author: Paul K Lyons

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0750954086

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This fascinating collection of extracts contains diarists famous and ordinary, young and old, serious and cynical, but with Brighton always setting the scene. Many legendary writers - including Walter Scott, Arnold Bennett and Virginia Woolf (who described Brighton as 'a love corner for slugs') – inhabit these pages, often appearing in their most unguarded guises. Here also are less well-known characters, such William Tayler (a footman), Gideon Mantell (a surgeon and dinosaur bone collector), and Xue Fucheng (an early Chinese diplomat). There are also several diarists whose writing has never appeared in print before - Olive Stammer, for example, who kept a diary during the Second World War; and Ross Reeves, a young gay musician whose diary extracts are from 2005-2006. By turn insightful, hilarious and profound, Brighton in Diaries will delight residents and visitors alike.