A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Brighton. You may be able to find further references to Brighton in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Brighthelmstone | ancient name | Bartholomew | BRIGHTON | a town, a parish, and a district | Imperial |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Brighton within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | William Cobbett | Jan. 8th to 11th, 1822: Sussex Journal | 8 | Robert Gammage | On tramp in 1840, from London to the south coast | 5 | William Cobbett | Aug. 30th to Sept. 1st, 1823: Sussex and Kent | 4 | Robert Gammage | Liverpool and London in 1842 | 4 | Henry Broadhurst | In Journeyings Often | 3 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 2, Part 2: Canterbury and Sussex | 3 | William Camden | Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex | 2 | William Cobbett | July 30th to Aug. 2nd, 1823: Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire | 2 | William Cobbett | Oct. 18th to 26th, 1826: Weston to Kensington | 2 | Robert Gammage | Hampshire, Lancashire, and final reflections | 2 | George Head | Durham Coast | 2 | William Cobbett | Nov. 9th to 21st, 1821: Gloucester to Berghclere | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 1, Part 3: Norfolk and Cambridgeshire | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 2, Part 3: Hampshire and Surrey | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 5 (London), Part 2: The City | 1 | George Head | Visiting Mull | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Whalebone | 0 | 2 |
| Preston | 0 | 4 |
| Kemp Town | 0 | 1 |
| Prestonville | 0 | 1 |
| Ovingdean | 0 | 2 |
| Younsmere | 0 | 2 |
| Falmer | 0 | 2 |
| Patcham | 0 | 2 |
| Dean | 0 | 2 |
| Stanmer | 0 | 2 |
| Rottingdean | 0 | 2 |
| Hove | 0 | 2 |
| West Blatchington | 0 | 2 |
| Aldrington | 1 | 2 |
| Hangleton | 0 | 2 |
| Swanborough | 0 | 2 |
| Iford | 0 | 3 |
| Pyecombe | 0 | 3 |
| Telscombe | 0 | 2 |
| Portslade By Sea | 1 | 2 |
