Public Houses
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Inns, taverns and alehouses
Prestonville
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A 19th century middle class housing estate
Preston Road
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North of Preston Village
Preston Road
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Preston Village
Preston Road
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Large villas replaced by office blocks
Preston Road
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South of Preston Park
Preston Park
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The Rockery: designed in 1935
Preston Park
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Covers an area of 63 acres
Preston Park
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Purchased for £50,000 in 1883
Preston Village
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The heart of Preston
St Peter's Preston
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Built in early English style c1250
Preston Manor
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Origins dating to 13th century
Preston Park Avenue
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Developed with red-brick villas c1880
Preston Drove
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Once formed an ancient trackway
Florence Road
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Developed from the 1880s
Stanford Avenue
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Developed from the 1880s
Introduction to Preston
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The parish of Preston
Introduction to Preston
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Victorian housing developments c1860
Postal Services
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Town's first pillar-box erected in 1858
Postal Services
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Earliest reference to a mail service - 1675
Port Of Brighton
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On official list of ports c1301
Population
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15th largest town in 1851
Housing
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First council built houses c1890
Slums
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As bad as any in London
Charitable institutions
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Nineteenth century charities
Welfare
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First 'poor house' situated in East Street c1690
Pool Valley
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Mentioned in a document of 1296
Brighton Polytechnic
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Established in 1970
Police
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District police stations
Police
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Ten officers and fifty-one men 1854
Police
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1810 Brighton Town Act
Introduction to Patcham
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Map of Patcham Village
Peace Gardens, Patcham
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Purchased from the Abergavenny estate in June 1928
Old London Road
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Patcham's main village street
Patcham Place
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Built originally in 1558: rebuilt in 1764
Church Hill, Patcham
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Once known as Spring Street
All Saints Church, Patcham
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Dates from the 12th century
Patcham Court Farm
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One of the oldest farms in the borough
Introduction to Patcham
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One of the largest settlements in the Domesday Book
Park Crescent
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Site of the former Gaiety Theatre
Park Crescent
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Congress Hall of the Salvation Army
Park Crescent
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Designed by Amon Wilds: built c1849
Council parks and recreations
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Land of more than 2,546 acres
Parishes
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The 'Hundreds' - an important division of the county
Parishes
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Guardians of the poor
Parishes
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The 'vestry': composed of parish ratepayers
Parishes
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Ecclesiastical and civil
Brighton Pier
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Formerly known as Palace Pier