The history of Brighton and Hove - general
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The Encyclopaedia of Brighton Carder, Timothy
Guide to Printed Sources for the Study... Farrant, Sue
Development of Brighton as a Resort Town Owen, Patricia
Trimingham's Brighton Trimingham, Adam
Brighton Then & Now Vol 1 Horlock, Christopher
The Brighton Story Huddlestone, John
Brighton Town and Brighton People Dale, Antony
Bygone Brighton Jones, Malcolm (editor)
Brighton Burble Edwards, Robert (Brighton as a health resort.)
Georgian Brighton 1740 to 1820 Farrant, Sue
Brighton Garrison 1793-1900 Grant, Roy Christopher
Brighton Election, 1832 East Sussex County Council
Brighton Fishery in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Fleet, Charles
Growth of Brighton and Hove, 1840-1939 Farrant, Sue
Dr Brighton's Indian Patients December 1914 - January 1916 Indian Army & the Gurkhas Collins, Joyce
Blighty Brighton Corum, Michael, et al (pictures, songs, recollections and memories of First World War Brighton)
Brighton 1930 (1981 facsimile edition)
The Brighton Blitz Rowland, David (detailed story of air attacks on Brighton during the Second World War)
Brighton in the Fifties Chapman, Brigit
Century of Brighton Arscott, David
Short Economic and Social History of Brighton, Lewes and the Downland Region Between the Adur and the Ouse Brent, Colin
The Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton British birds, butterflies, skeletons, a whale, dinosaur bones
Brighton Ghosts, Hove Hauntings Rackham, John and R.H. Nibbs (Illustrator)
Brighton's First Trunk Murderer Johnson, W.H.
Brighton College 1845-1995 Jones, Martin D.W. (Head of History) Not just an average Public School - corruption, bankruptcies, scandals!Some of the books listed below may be difficult to obtain. Use the SEARCH ENGINE at the foot of this page to find used copies.
Brighton & Hove - architecture
Aldrich, Megan (ed.), The Craces, Royal Decorators 1768-1899, 1990.
Aldrich, Megan, 'The Furniture of J.G. Crace and Sons', Antiques, 139, June 1991, p.1141.
Anderson, David, Dudley, Caroline and Wenda & Allan
Bradley, Hollingbury Camp - its archeology and history 1983 Brighton Museum Publication
Ashton, Helen, Footman in Powder Dodd, Mead & Company, New York 1954 Congress Catalog Card Number: 54-8498
Batey, Mavis, 'Regency Setting Restored', Country Life, April 26 1984.
Beard, Geoffrey and Christopher Gilber (eds.), Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1986.
Bloch, Maurice, 'Regency Styling, the Prince and the Decorator', The Connoisseur, June 1953, No.531.
Brayley, Edward W., Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton, 1838.
Conner, Patrick, Oriental Architecture in the West, 1979.
Dale, Antony About Brighton (guide to the architecture and the outlying parishes of Brighton) 1951 and 1965
Dale, Antony Brighton Old and New
Dale, Antony Brighton Town and Brighton People
Dale, Antony Fashionable Brighton: 1820-1860 (on the Regency buildings, architects and developers) 1947
Dale, Antony The History and Architecture of Brighton 1950
Dale, Antony The Theatre Royal Brighton Oriel Press Ltd. (Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.) Branch End Stockfield NE43 7NA first published in 1980 ISBN 0 85362 185 3
Daniell, Thomas and William, Oriental Scenery, 6 vols., 1795-1808.
De Bellaigue, Geoffrey, 'George IV: his approach to furniture', Furniture History Society Journal, vol. XXI, 1985.
De Bellaigue, Geoffrey, Carlton House: The Past Glories of George IV's Palace, 1991.
Dinkel, John, The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, published by A.G. Elliott 1983
Farrant, Sue, 'The Physical Development of the Royal Pavilion Estate and Its Influence on Brighton (1785-1823)', Sussex Archaeological Collections, 120, 1982, pp.171-184
Gervase, Views of the Royal Pavilion (reprint of Nash's Views with a commentary), 1991
Honour, Hugh, Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay, 1961. Jackson-Stops,
Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre & QueenSpark Books, A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton 1987
Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre / Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums & the, The Buildings Of Brighton Four cardboard brochures with maps: 1. The Old Town / 2. Montpelier / 3. Kemp Town / 4. The Level / 1984-1985
Mansbridge, Michael, John Nash: A Complete Catalogue, 1991.
Morley, John, The Making of the Royal Pavilion, 1984.
Musgrave, Clifford, Royal Pavilion: A Study in the Romantic, 1951.
Nairn, Ian and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex 1965 (comprehensive guide full of architectural detail)
Nash, John, Views of the Royal Pavilion, 1826
Repton, Humphry, Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton, 1808.
Roberts, Henry, A History of the Royal Pavilion, with an account of its original furniture and decoration (London Country Life Limited) Brighton, 1939.
Rutherford, Jessica, 'The Great Kitchen, Royal Pavilion', Country Life, December 14 1989.
Rutherford, Jessica, 'Redecoration and restoration: The Crace Firm at the Royal Pavilion 1863-1900', in Aldrich, 1990.
Rutherford, Jessica, "As full of lamps as Hancock's Shop": lighting in the Royal Pavilion 1815-1900', Country House Lighting, Temple Newsam, Leeds, 1992.
Stroud, Dorothy, Humphry Repton, 1962.
Stroud, Dorothy, Henry Holland: His Life and Architecture, 1966.
Summerson, John, The Life and Work of John Nash, 1980
Brighton & Hove - guide books
Clun, Harold, The Capital By - The - Sea A Survey of Brighton, Hove and Worthing, including the adjacent Towns of Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham, Lancing and the Surrounding Countryside, The Southern Publishing Co. Ltd. 1953
Hollingdale, Eileen and N.J. McCarthy, The Old Town Of Brighton History Trails No. 2 BBC Radio Brighton
Parry, John, An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex, 1883.
Relhan, A., A Short History of Brighthemstone (earliest history and guide) 1761
Robinson, L.J., The Lanes of Brighton
Rutherford, Jessica, The Royal Pavilion - The Palace of George IV Official Guidebook published by Brighton & Hove Council.
Smith, G. and L. Shuttleworth, The Juicy Guide To Brighton & Hove 2000 & 2001 ISBN 1-903320-00-3
Wigstead, Henry and Thomas Rowlandson, An Excursion to An Excursion to Brighthelmstone, 1790.
Brighton & Hove - history
Aitchison, George, Unknown Brighton with 24 Reproductions from Aquatints and numerous Text Illustrations by Stella Langdale, London The Bodley Head Ltd 1926
Attree, Thomas, Topography of Brighton, 1809.
Bishop, John George, A peep into the past, Brighton in the olden time 1880 and 1892 Bishop, John George, The Brighton Pavilion, 10th edition, 1900 (first edition 1875).
Bunt, Peggy, Sussex Long Ago (tracks, encampments, roads) James Pike Ltd St Ives Cornwall 1976 ISBN 0 85932 170 3
Campbell, Cynthia, The Most Polished Gentleman - George IV and the Women In His Life Kudos Books Limited 1995 ISBN 1-8605200-3-0
Carder, Timothy, The Encyclopaedia of Brighton East Sussex County Libraries 1990 ISBN 086 147 3159
Davies, Peter Historic Brighton and Hove Jarrold & Sons Ltd Norwich England 1982 ISBN 0-7117-0042-7
Farrant, J. and S. Aspects of Brighton 1650-1800 1978
Farrant, J. and S. Brighton 1580-1820: Tudor Town to Regency Resort Sussex Archeological Collections. No. 118
Farrant, J. The Rise and Decline of a South Coast Seafaring Town: Brighton 1555-1750 The Mariners Mirror vol 71 no 1.
Farrant, Sue, Brighton Before Dr Russell 1976
Farrant, Sue, Georgian Brighton 1740-1820 1981
Gilbert, Edmund, Brighton, Old Oceans Bauble (health resort) 1954
Gooch, Janet, A history of Brighton General Hospital Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 1980 ISBN 0 85033 363 6
Granville, Countess of (ed.), Lord Granville Leveson Gower, Private Correspondence, 1781-1821, 1916.
Jennings, L.J., (ed.), The Croker Papers: Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honorable John Wilson Croker, 1885.
Moore, J. Sussex Legends & Folklore James Pike Ltd St Ives Cornwall 1976 ISBN 0 85932 169 X
Moorehouse, Ruth and Chris Randall The Life of Phoebe Hessel (A Brighton legend, Phoebe was believed to have secretly dressed up as a boy to join the army in the early part of the 17th century. Her last years were spent in Brighton where she received a pension from Prince George) ISBN 0 904733 59 9 Musgrave, Clifford, Life in Brighton 1970 and 1980
Puckler-Muskau, Prince, A Regency Visitor. The English Tour of Prince Puckler-Muskau described in his Letters 1826-1828, 1957 Quennell, Peter (ed.), The Private Letters of Princess Lieven to Prince Metternich 1820-1826, 1948.
Sitwell, Osbert and Margaret Barton, Brighton London Faber and Faber Ltd 1935 Swinfen, Warden, Armada! Sussex and the Spanish threat BBC Radio Sussex 1988. ISBN 0 9509510 4 5
Trusler, Dr, The Honours of the table, or rules for behaviour during meals; and the whole art of carving, 1788.
Brighton & Hove - maps
Barnetts Brighton and Hove, Saltdean, Rottingdean, Shoreham-by-sea, Portslade-on-sea with Town Centre Car Parks Plan Street Plan with Index
Brighton Map & Guide published by the infopoint Map Company ISBN 1-899852-06-9 Tel: 01865 793318 Fax 01865 268301 Electric Av. Ferry Hinksey Rd Oxford OX2 OBY United Kingdom
Estate Publications Super Red Book Brighton Street Maps with Index ISBN 0 86084 332 7
Estate Publications Sussex Town Centre & Road Maps, Administrative & Postcode Districts ISBN 0 86084 078 6
Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Pathfinder 1307 (TQ 20/30) map of Brighton
Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Pathfinder 1307 (TQ 40/50) map of Newhaven and Polegate
Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Pathfinder 1324 (TV 49/59/60) map of Eastbourne and Seaford
Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Pathfinder 1288 (TQ 21/31) map of Burgess Hill
Brighton & Hove - people
Adams, Mary, Those Lost Years for almost 50 years the author lived as a resident in St Maryes Convent (founded in 1904 and closing in 1994) in Portslade to the west of Brighton & Hove. She and the other nuns witnessed many social changes. QueenSpark Market Books 1995 £1.50
Batchelor, Marjory, A Life Behind Bars (Born in 1908 at the Marquess of Exeter pub in Brighton, Marjory spent most of her working life as a barmaid and landlady in various pubs in and around the town. She recalls living through two World Wars and observes the evolution of pub culture up to the present day) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 75 0 £4.25
Brighton Books Publishing, D-Day: Brighton Remembers 1994 available from c/o ETP, 9 South Road, Brighton BN1 6SB England (Phone & Fax: 01273 542660)
Brighton Books Publishing, Past & Present: the story of Blakers Park (one of the citys most scenic parks looking down from high up Preston Grove in N. Brighton towards the sea) 1995 available from c/o ETP, 9 South Road, Brighton BN1 6SB England (Phone & Fax: 01273 542660)
Collins, Joyce, Dr Brightons Indian Patients December 1914-January 1916 (the story of the wounded soldiers from the trenches in France who were brought to Brighton for treatment in temporary hospitals in the grounds of the Royal Pavilion and at the Kitchener Hospital - now Brighton General Hospital) Brighton Books Publishing no. 2 published in 1997. (Phone & Fax: 01273 542660) ISBN 1-901454-01-0
Cummins, Jack, The Landlord Cometh (Memories of the First World War by a self-confessed anarchist and pacifist) QueenSpark Books 1981 £0.50
Cunningham, Ron, The Crowd Roars (From Hastings to Piccadilly in a coffin, jumping off Brightons West Pier bound in chains, light bulb eating, Ron relates some of his stunts as THE GREAT OMANI, the Brighton-based escapologist.) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 70X £4.50
Dunn, Ruby, Moulsecoomb Days (Learning & Teaching on a Brighton Council Estate 1922-1947) QueenSpark Book 23 published 1990
Gardiner, Marjorie, The Other Side of the Counter (a rumbustious account of work in a Brighton hat shop between the wars) QueenSpark Books 1985
Griffiths, Neil, Shops Book - Brighton 1900-1930 QueenSpark Book 6 1978
Healey, Bert, Hard Times Easy Times (The entertaining story of a Queens Park cockney and wide boy) QueenSpark Book 9 published 1980
Knight, John, A Haporth of Sweets (John gives us a childs eye view of the mischievous 1930s and troublesome 1940s in the Albion Hill area of E. Brighton) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 661 £4.50
Manville, Sid, Our Small Corner (growing up in a lively neighbourhood in N.E. Brightons Bear Road during the 1920s and 30s) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 27 3 £1.50
Mason, Ernie A working Man: a century of Hove memories (Ernie was born in 1906 when Hove was full of market gardens, orchards and fields - an almost forgotten way of life. The book depicts a fascinating personal history) QueeenSpark Books ISBN 0904733 71 8 £3.75
Mitchell, Daphne, Oh! What a Lovely Pier (Daphnes work as a waitress on the West Pier between 1956 and 1970 with memories of the Great Omani floating by, dolphins basking, the Red Arrows and all the life of the pier) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 51 3 £1.50
Moss, Les , Live and Learn: a life and struggle for progress” (One mans trade union and political activism in London and Brighton from the 1920s onward) QueenSpark Books 1979.
Noaks, Daisy, The Town Beehive (Daisys years in domestic service in Brighton between 1910 and 1934) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 41 6 £2.95
Packman, Maurice, The Church Round The Corner (a humorous account of the community of St Annes, Burlington Street in the heart of Kemp Town E. Brighton. The church has been demolished but comes to life again through the eyes of the autor, a choirboy in the 1930s, whose mother was the church cleaner) QueenSpark Books. £4.00
Parsons, Joan, Jobs for Life (a light-hearted account of Joans employment in Brighton including many years as a toilet attendant) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 84 X £1.50
Paul, Albert, Poverty: Hardship but Happiness - Those were the days 1903-1917 (the story of a Brighton working class boys life early in the 20th century) QueenSpark Books 1974, 1975 and 1981
Paul, Albert, Hard Work and No Consideration: 51 years as a carpenter-joiner 1917-1968 (a mans working life in Brighton England during two wars) QueenSpark Books 1981 £0.50
QueenSpark Books, Brighton on the Rocks (the effect of Mrs Thatchers monetarism on welfare & jobs in Brighton) 1983
QueenSpark Books , Who was Harry Cowley? (the Brighton Chimney Sweep who took on the authorities and started the Open Market in the 1920s) 1984
QueenSpark Books, Backyard Brighton 1988
QueenSpark Books, Backstreet Brighton (photos of houses scheduled for demolition, with reminiscences of people who lived in them) 1989
QueenSpark Books, Brighton Behind the Front: photographs and memories of the Second World War 1990 ISBN 0-904733-40-8
QueenSpark Books, Blighty Brighton (pictures, songs and personal recollections: collective memories of Brighton during the First World War) 1991 ISBN 0 904733 55 6 £3.00 from QueenSpark.
QueenSpark Books,Catching Stories - Voices from the Brighton Fishing Community (An oral history of some of the individuals that made up Brightons fishing community - a historical overview with photographs: short-listed for the Raymond Williams Prize 1997) ISBN 0 904733 46 7 £6.50
QueenSpark Books, Pullman Craftsmen (records the reminiscences of three craftsmen employed in the Preston Park Works of the Pullman Car Company between 1948 and 1963) ISBN 0 904733 50 5 £3.00
QueenSpark Books, The Childrens Millennium Diary (based on extracts from 400 diaries completed by Brighton & Hove children aged between 5 and 11 during the year 2000: a scrapbook style anthology with a foreword by Sue Townsend) £5.99
Ravenett, Janis, Snapshots (Janiss childhhood snapshots of growing up in a terraced house in the Hannover area of E. Brighton: self-contained stories that form a complete picture) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 99 8 £1.50
Thicket, Arthur, Deckhand, West Pier (Life on Brightons West Pier from 1970) QueenSpark Market Books 1999 ISBN 0 904733 24 6 £1.50
Ward, Margaret, One Camp Chair In The Living Room (a womans life in Rottingdean from her birth in 1916) QueenSpark book no. 19 published 1988
Winter, Sheila, Moulsecoomb Memories (Sheila was born raised and married in North Moulsecoomb during the years 1929 to 1950 and witnessed the growth of the area) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 60 2 £3.00
Wilson, Michael and Leslie, A Far Cry From The White Apron (Leslie was an 18-year old Brighton shop assistant when he was called up in 1943. But instead of joining the armed forces, he found himself working down a mine in Wales as one of the Bevin Boys equipped with nothing but the clothes he stood up in. The story refutes the popular belief that the Bevin Boys were all conscientious objectors) QueenSpark Books £4.00
Wren, Tim, Flying Sparks (Tim left school in March 1942 and began work as an apprentice electrician. His work took him to places as varied as the Royal Pavilion and a Prisoner of War camp with frequent stops in the teashops of Brighton) QueenSpark Books ISBN 0 904733 610 £4.50
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Brighton & Hove - picture books
Beavers, David and John Roles, A Pictorial History of Brighton © Royal Pavilion Art Gallery & Museums, Brighton 1993 The Breedon Books Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 1 873626 54 1
Beavers, David, Brighton Revealed - Through Artists Eyes c.1760-c.1960 Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums 1995 ISBN 0 948723 25 4
Betjeman, John and J.S. Gray, Victorian and Edwardian Brighton from old photographs
Elliot, A.G., A Portrait of Brighton, circa 1911 and Today (photos) 1980
Elliot, A.G., A Portrait of Hove (photos) published by A.G. Elliott 1979
Elliot, A.G., Another Portrait of Hove (photos) published by A.G. Elliott 1987 ISBN 0 9511241 1 0
Elliot, A.G., A Portrait of Portslade (photos) published by A.G. Elliott 1978
Elliot, A.G., Another Portrait of Portslade (photos) published by A.G. Elliott 1984 ISBN 0 9506387 8 1
Elliot, A.G., A Second Portrait of Portslade and Brighton (photos) 1981
Elliot, A.G., A Portrait of Southwick (photos) published by A.G. Elliot 1982
Elliot, A.G., A Portrait of Brighton Trams (photos) published by A.G. Elliott 1979
Elliot, A.G., An Early Portrait of Brighton, Coast and Town (photos) 1983
Elliot, A.G., An Early Portrait of the Villages and Hamlets of Brighton and Hove (photos) published by A.G. Elliot 1984
Hollingdale, E and A & H. Drummond, Brighton in Retrospect East Sussex County Library Local History Series 1974 (photos illustrating Brighton up to World War 1) ISBN 0 900348 17 8
Brighton & Hove - transport
Baker, Michael, London to Brighton 1989
Blew, W., Brighton and its Coaches: A History of the London and Brighton Road 1894
Clark, P. Railways of the Devils Dyke 1976
Elliott, A, A Portrait of the Brighton Trams 1901-39 1979
Farrant, S, TheDevelopment of Coaching Services from Brighton to London c1750-1822 The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian March 1986
Gray, A. , The London to Brighton Line 1841-1977
Harding, Peter, The Kemp Town Branch Line from the author at “Mossgiel”, Bagshot Road, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2SG United Kingdom 1999 ISBN 0 9523458 4 6
Harley, Robert, Brightons Tramways Middleton Press 1992 ISBN 1 873783 02 2
Jackson, Alan, Volks Railway Brighton published by the Light Railway Transport League, 3 Kings Orchard, Eltham, London SE9 5TJ 1968
Kaye, D and M. Nimmo, The Trolley Buses of Brighton and Hove 1968
Oppitz, Leslie, Sussex Railways Remembered 1987
Owen, N, The Brighton Belle 1972
Peasgood, A. The Horse Buses of Brighton and Hove 1985
Roberts, J., British Bus and Trolley-Bus Systems: Brighton, Hove and District 1980 (covers the history of all services within the Brighton area)
Searle, M. Down the Line to Brighton 1986
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