History of Brighthelmston

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Author

Erredge, John Ackerson, -1862

Title

History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It With a Chronological Table of Local Events

Credits

Transcribed from the 1862 E. Lewis edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Brighton (England) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50551

Release Date

November 25, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF BRIGHTHELMSTON OR Brighton as I View it and others Knew it, WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LOCAL EVENTS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.Chapter I. THE ROMANS AT BRIGHTON.
5. 5.Chapter II. SITUATION, SOIL, GEOLOGY, AND CLIMATE OF BRIGHTON.
6. 6.Chapter III. THE ETYMOLOGY AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRIGHTON.
7. 7.Chapter IV. AFTER THE CONQUEST, TO 1513.
8. 8.Chapter V. ANCIENT AND MODERN GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWN.
9. 9.Chapter VI. THE BOOK OF ALL THE “AUNCIENT CUSTOMS.”
10. 10.Chapter VII. THE TENANTRY LANDS.
11. 11.Chapter VIII. THE BARTHOLOMEWS.
12. 12.Chapter IX. THE WORKHOUSE.
13. 13.Chapter X. THE ATTACK ON BRIGHTHELMSTON BY THE FRENCH, IN 1545.
14. 14.Chapter XI. FORTIFICATIONS OF THE TOWN.
15. 15.Chapter XII. THE INCURSIONS OF THE SEA UPON THE TOWN.
16. 16.Chapter XIII. THE DOWER OF ANN OF CLEVES.
17. 17.Chapter XIV. THE PARISH CHURCH, ST. NICHOLAS.
18. 18.Chapter XV. DR. VICESIMUS KNOX AND THE SURREY MILITIA.
19. 19.Chapter XVI. THE OLD CHURCHYARDS.
20. 20.Chapter XVII. MARTYRDOM OF DERYK [118b] CARVER.
21. 21.Chapter XVIII. THE ESCAPE OF CHARLES II.
22. 22.Chapter XIX. PERSECUTIONS FOR CONSCIENCE’ SAKE.
23. 23.Chapter XX. THE BIRDS AND THEIR HAUNTS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRIGHTON.
24. 24.Chapter XXI. THE WILD FLOWERS AND MOSSES ABOUT BRIGHTON.
25. 25.Chapter XXII. BRIGHTON CAMP AND THE TRAGEDIES OF GOLDSTONE BOTTOM.
26. 26.Chapter XXIII. THE STEINE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
27. 27.Chapter XXIX. THE THEATRES.
28. 28.Chapter XXV. BRIGHTON FROM ITS SIMPLICITY TO ITS PRESENT RENOWN.
29. 29.Chapter XXVI. THE MARINE PAVILION AND ITS OCCUPANTS.
30. 30.Chapter XXVII. ON AND ABOUT THE RACE-COURSE.
31. 31.Chapter XXVIII. PAST AND PRESENT PASTIMES.
32. 32.Chapter XXVIII. THE HISTORICAL STREET OF THE TOWN.
33. 33.Chapter XXIX. THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CHARITIES, AND ENDOWMENTS.
34. 34.Chapter XXX. THE CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.
35. 35.Chapter XXXI. HOVE AND CLIFTONVILLE.
36. 36.Chronological table of local events .
37. 37.FOOTNOTES

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