Neighbourhoods · 3 min read
Preston Village Before Brighton Reached It
Recover the parish, manor, farms and roadside settlement that predated suburban absorption.
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History & Heritage · 3 min read
How Portslade Old Village Took Shape
Read roads, plots, flint walls and historic buildings as a record of gradual village development.
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St Andrew’s Old Church and the Revival of Hove Village
Trace the ancient church, its period of decline and its restoration amid nineteenth-century expansion.
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Sheep, Corn and the Downland Economy
Show how grazing, arable farming and drove routes sustained the settlements that later became the city.
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Manors, Farms and Landholding in Old Hove
Show how estates and agricultural parcels determined the routes and plots of the later town.
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