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Old Town Maps

  • Contemporary map of the area

    Contemporary map of the area

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  • Map based on survey of Yeakell & Gardner 1779

    Map based on survey of Yeakell & Gardner 1779

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Old Town
  • 'Tudorbethan' show house
  • A history of Brighton Quaker Meetings
  • A musty-smelling haven
  • A prim and proper store
  • A strange shop
  • A trip down memory lane?
  • An apprentice chef in 1956
  • An architectural reflection of cosmopolitan Brighton
  • An extraordinary discovery!
  • An interview with Pat Norman
  • Andrew's Cottages: 5/6 Little East Street
  • Antique shop window
  • Are you in this photograph?
  • Battling to survive
  • Brighton Fisherman's Society c.1999
  • Buildings of interest
  • Can you identify this house?
  • Cannon Cinema, East Street and Grand Junction Road
  • Catering for the meatheads
  • Christmas night, 1967
  • Clarence House: numbers 20-31
  • Completed in 1842
  • Construction completed in 1842
  • Definitely a 'must see' venue
  • Developed by the mid 17th century
  • Developed during the 16th/17th centuries
  • Developed from the early 17th century
  • Developed rapidly in the 18th century
  • Development of North Street since the 14th century
  • Developments and modernisations
  • Earliest development of the Old Town
  • Earliest records date from 1665
  • Established in 1981
  • First cinema opened in 1911
  • First non-conformist chapel erected here c1698
  • First shop opened on 25 July 1808
  • Fishing mural
  • Formerly known as 'The Knab'
  • Formerly The Savoy
  • From bakers to solicitors
  • Growing up in the 1950/60s
  • Happy days in the Lorelei coffee bar
  • Henry Thrale's house
  • Hester and Henry Thrale's house stood in West Street
  • History notes
  • History Notes
  • History notes and photo gallery
  • History of an impressive Georgian townhouse
  • In 1777 the most exclusive part of the town
  • Introducing the Museum
  • It's like stepping back in time
  • James Philips' provisions shop
  • Jolly Fisherman public house
  • July 2001: Restoring the Clock Tower
  • Leads from Bartholomews to the sea front
  • Look up to find history
  • Mechanical movements
  • Memories of the 1930/40s
  • Missana's hairdressers
  • Most ancient part of the Old Town
  • My great-grandfather, some character
  • Named for Nelson's victory in 1798
  • Named from the Presbyterian Meeting House
  • Old Ship Hotel: Head Porter
  • Originally a small twitten
  • Originally known as St. Bartholomew's Lane
  • People thought I was barmy!
  • Photo of Brighton Meeting House, 1875
  • Photo of the store
  • Photographed in the 1970s
  • Photographs from 1860-2015
  • Photographs: then and now
  • Photos across the years
  • Photos then and now
  • Photos then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Photos: then and now
  • Post office in the 19th century
  • Principal street for food shops in the 18th century
  • Protection of the old town from encroachment by the sea
  • Quaker meeting house
  • Quirky press release
  • Reminders of Geneva
  • Ship Street Gardens
  • Soper's
  • Sounds Unlimited, 149 North Street
  • SS Brighton:opened 1934
  • St Paul's Church built 1846/8
  • Summer 1953
  • The 'House of Correction' Part I
  • The 'House of Correction' Part II
  • The Countess of Huntingdon's Church
  • The key to the Clock Tower 125 years on
  • The Killing of Sister George, 1969
  • The mechanism
  • The oldest houses in Brighton?
  • The place to be in the 1950s
  • The Sussex Arms
  • The Traveller's Rest
  • The Unicorn Inn
  • The uniform generations
  • The Victorian meets the Georgian
  • The Virgin record store
  • Then and now photos
  • Then and now photos
  • Then and now photos
  • Then and now photos
  • Then and now photos
  • Tikkai tikkai tikk forekai
  • Traditional pizzas from wood burning ovens
  • Used to be the town slum
  • Walking into the past
  • West Street 1892 - 2013
  • West Street photographed c1927
  • West Street shops in 1984
  • West Sussex Poultry Game & Venison Supplies c1918/21
  • What a disappointment for visitors!
  • When the shops were cosy and welcoming
  • Working as a hotel telephonist in the 1940s
  • Black Lion Street
  • Expansion from the Lower Town
  • Old Town Maps
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