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The Brighton Literary Society, its successor the Brighton Royal Literary and Scientific Institution and its rival the Sussex Scientific Institution between them established a "very fine collection" [1] of publications by the mid-19th century, and these books were donated to the town when a public library was founded in 1871. Neighbouring Hove ...
Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, separated from the main part of the city by downland and the Brighton Racecourse.The name Woodingdean came from Woodendean (i.e. wooded valley) Farm which was situated in the south end of what is now Ovingdean.
Sussex University, built on open land near Stanmer as the first new university of the post-war era, was designed by Sir Basil Spence; Falmer House, the main building on the campus, received a Grade I listing in 1993 and is the most recently built Grade I building in the city.
The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres (1,280 ft) deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse. [1] [2] Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on 16 March 1862. It is located just outside the Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean, in Brighton and Hove, England, United ...
The adjacent village of Woodingdean was formerly (until 1933) part of Rottingdean parish. Also formerly in the parish were most of the district of what is now Saltdean ; Roedean School , an independent school for girls; and the Blind Veterans UK Centre , a rehabilitation centre for blinded ex-Service personnel.
The Richold Collection may have had something of a base in the seaside resort of Brighton, East Sussex, because in 1931 Todd and his family moved from Scarborough to Woodingdean, Brighton where, according his daughter, Una Wilson (née Todd), her “father ran an exhibition of architectural models at the Royal Pavilion," [8] and a later ...
Sikh community members say anxiety over the immigration crackdown is hindering how some, including naturalized citizens, practice their faith.
Balsdean. Balsdean is a deserted hamlet in a remote downland valley east of Brighton, East Sussex, England, on record since about 1100.It was formerly a chapelry of the parish of Rottingdean, and its territory touched that of the mother parish only at a single point.