History & Heritage · 3 min read
How Hove Lawns Became Public Space
Trace the preservation and civic management of the open seafront lawns amid intense building pressure.
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Results for “19th–20th centuries”
History, neighbourhoods, civic explainers and environmental stories — independently researched and organised for unhurried reading.
Architecture & Conservation · 3 min read
Two Town Halls, Two Civic Traditions
Compare Brighton and Hove’s municipal buildings as expressions of distinct government, taste and local identity.
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The Long Argument Over Brighton and Hove Unification
Trace Hove’s independent identity and the recurring political debates that preceded the 1997 authority.
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Bevendean: Valley Farms to Post-war Estate
Show how topography and housing policy transformed a rural valley into a planned neighbourhood.
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Hollingdean’s Roads, Railways and Housing
Explain how transport infrastructure and municipal development formed an unusually enclosed neighbourhood.
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From Village to Portslade-by-Sea
Explain how coastal settlement and suburban streets created a second, markedly different Portslade.
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Portslade’s Industrial Landscape Without the Company Mythology
Study land use, infrastructure, labour and environmental change across the industrial waterfront rather than profiling individual firms.
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Mile Oak’s Journey From Farms to Housing Estate
Chart piecemeal suburban growth and the persistence of downland boundaries on the city’s fringe.
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Schooling and Childhood in Portslade
Use school records, photographs and oral histories to compare education and childhood across village, coastal and estate communities.
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North Laine Before the Colourful Shopfronts
Recover the dense working neighbourhood of workshops, yards, homes and clearance proposals beneath its later cultural identity.
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Carlton Hill and the Lost Streets of Edward Street
Use maps and photographs to reconstruct a working-class district reshaped by twentieth-century clearance.
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From Hove Commissioners to County Borough
Chart the institutions through which a fast-growing settlement gained autonomy and civic confidence.
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Round Hill: Villas, Railways and Terraces
Trace the transition from open downland to a distinctive hillside neighbourhood divided by transport routes.
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