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Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th century as communications with central London improved. Brixton is mainly residential, though includes Brixton Market and a substantial retail sector. [4] It is a multi-ethnic community, with a large percentage of its population of Afro-Caribbean descent. [5]
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Brixton is a village, parish and former manor situated near Plymouth in South Hams, Devon, England. It is located on the A379 Plymouth to Kingsbridge road and is about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Plymouth. Its population is 1207. The parish contains the former manors of Brixton Reigny and Brixton English. [1] It has views of the River Yealm.
Brixton is a predominantly working class suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the site of the landmark Sentech Tower , and is near the suburbs of Auckland Park and Melville . History
The Market began on Atlantic Road in the 1870s and subsequently spread to Brixton Road which had a very wide footway. Brixton then was a rapidly expanding London railway suburb with newly opening shops, including the first London branch of David Greig at 54-58 Atlantic Road in 1870, and London's first purpose-built department store, Bon Marché, on Brixton Road in 1877. [2]
Brixton in South London was an area with serious social and economic problems. [6] The United Kingdom was affected by a recession by 1981, but the local African-Caribbean community was suffering particularly high unemployment, poor housing, and a higher-than-average crime rate.
Brixton Market in Electric Avenue, 2007. Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London built in 1888. [1] It was the first market street to be lit by electric lights. [2] [3] Today, Electric Avenue contains national retail chains (Boots, Greggs, and Iceland), plus various local food and housewares retailers.
Brixton Cycles is a workers co-operative bike shop in Brixton in the London borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It was established in 1983. It was established in 1983. Its formation was part of an increasing trend in the 1970s and 1980s of a new cycling shops co-op movement across the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]