Brighton

Brighton was best known for being a very popular seaside resort. It was also referred to in Melville’s 1850 Directory as “one of the finest marine towns in the world”.

A piece of land called ‘the Steine’ was used for boat building and net making, and fishermen rapidly began to move into the surrounding area, and so houses were built in the area surrounding the Steine.

Brighton was also brought into the public eye on account of a Dr Russell, who lived there, and who was famous for his treatment of glandular diseases. He “introduced [Brighton] to the notice of the fashionable world”, and this attracted more people to visit it as a resort, or to settle there.  In fact, Brighton became a favourite place of the Prince of Wales (later George IV), who built the famous Royal Pavilion in 1784.