History of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove and Sussex

Place:

Brighton Sussex

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Brighton. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
BRIGHTHELMSTONE	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BRIGHTON	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BRIGHTON	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Brighton. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
00ML	District/Unitary Authority (UA)	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BRIGHTELMSTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTELMSTON	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTHELMSTONE	Ancient District (AD_Town)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BRIGHTHELMSTONE	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BRIGHTON	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Constituency (PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
	Local Government District (CB/MB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 693.
	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 694.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 777.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 696.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
BRIGHTON ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ALL SOULS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON AND HOVE	District/Unitary Authority (UA)	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BRIGHTON AND HOVE	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.)
BRIGHTON CHRIST CHURCH	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON PAVILION	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRIGHTON ST ALBAN PRESTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST ANNE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST AUGUSTINE PRESTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST BARTHOLOMEW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST LUKE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MARGARET	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MARTIN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MARY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MARY AND ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MARY MAGDALEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MATTHEW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MATTHIAS PRESTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST NICHOLAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST PAUL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST PETER	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST SAVIOUR PRESTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST STEPHEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON ST WILFRED	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON THE ANNUNCIATION	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON THE CHAPEL ROYAL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BRIGHTON THE GOOD SHEPHERD PRESTON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
E371029	Local Government District (CB/MB)
EAST BRIGHTON	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
KEMP TOWN	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PAVILION	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
ST PETER	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
THE PALACE	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
THE PAVILION	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WEST BRIGHTON	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Brighton, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Brighton, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove and Sussex | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/554/names

Date accessed: 30th October 2024