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Brighton was a non-metropolitan district with borough status of East Sussex, England covering the town of Brighton.Formed in 1854 as a municipal borough, in 1889 it became a county borough independent of the newly formed East Sussex County Council, and from 1974 until its dissolution in 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district within the county of East Sussex.
In Brighton museum, within the new Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society display (Autumn 2006), one can view two Roman figurines unearthed from the Brighton Roman Villa. Rocky Clump, in Stanmer Park , to the north of the city, was a Romano-British farming settlement.
Henry Pelham commissioned Nicholas Dubois to rebuild the family's house, on the Stanmer estate east of Brighton. The Palladian mansion has eight bays, three of which project forwards beneath a pediment. The ashlar, brick and flint building is Dubois' only surviving work in England. [30] [31] Marlborough House and attached railings 1786: Brighton
The first Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe are held 1968: Sussex Police is formed. [9] 1972: October: Sussex Gay Liberation Front holds a demonstration in favour of gay rights, a precursor to the annual Brighton Pride event [10] 1974: April: Brighton hosts the 19th Eurovision Song Contest, where Sweden's ABBA wins with their song Waterloo ...
The borough (but not the civil parish) was first extended from 31 October 1873, when 905 acres (366 ha) was annexed from Preston civil parish. In 1894 the part outside the borough became Preston Rural civil parish and Preston civil parish continued in the borough. On 1 April 1889 Brighton became a county borough.
The Municipal Technical College on Richmond Terrace, north of Grand Parade (now flats) was designed in 1895–96 by the Brighton Borough Surveyor Francis May. Extensions of 1909 and 1935 were in a complementary style with brick and dark terracotta, and the whole complex has been described as "Free Jacobean " in style. [ 273 ]
The Merrick Art Gallery launched a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for continued restoration of an intriguing 62-foot long tunnel discovered last year beneath its historic New Brighton building.
In 1997, Brighton and Hove Borough Council was formed, and assumed responsibility for all matters of local government across both towns. Twenty years earlier, as part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, Brighton had been shortlisted as a candidate for city status , though eventually lost out to larger Derby .