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