-
Bronze Age,
Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The
ancient settlement of "
Brighthelmstone" was do****ented in the
Domesday Book (1086). The town's importance...
- Ogilby's 1762 map,
although a
windmill is
shown on Lambert's View of
Brighthelmstone which is
dated 1765. In the 1790s, the
windmill was
owned by John Streeter...
- The
Tierney Baronetcy, of
Brighthelmstone in the
County of Sus**** and of
Dover Street in the
County of Middle****, was a
title that was
created twice in...
- The
Otway baronetcy, of
Brighthelmstone in the
County of Sus****, was a
title in the
Baronetage of the
United Kingdom. It was
created 30
September 1831...
-
being found in a
chalk cliff collapse "while he was a
schoolboy at
Brighthelmstone",
though the man
denied being an eyewitness. However, he
writes that...
-
Horton and the Duke of ****berland was
described as a "conquest at
Brighthelmstone" (now Brighton) by Mrs. Horton, "who",
Horace Walpole says, "had for...
- area that is now the
Lanes was part of the
original settlement of
Brighthelmstone, but they were
built up
during the late 18th
century and were fully...
-
Martha Gunn was born in
Brighthelmstone (Brighton) as
Martha Killick (1726–1815) and was said to be the most
famous of the "dippers",
certainly the most...
- John 'Smoaker'
Miles was a
notable "bather" in
Brighthelmstone (later
called Brighton, England). The male
occupation of "bather" and the
female equivalent...
- [citation needed] In June 1514, the
fishing village (by then
known as
Brighthelmstone) was
burnt to the
ground by the
French as part of a war
which began...