Brighthelmstone

E257533
former settlement name historic place name

Brighthelmstone is the historic name of the English coastal town now known as Brighton, a popular seaside resort on the south coast of England.

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Label Occurrences
Brighthelmstone canonical 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement name ⓘ
historic place name ⓘ
associatedWith health tourism ⓘ
sea bathing ⓘ
country England ⓘ
developedInto fashionable resort ⓘ
developmentPeriod 18th century ⓘ
earliestRecordedAs Bristelmestune ⓘ
earliestRecordedCentury 11th century ⓘ
economicActivity fishing village ⓘ
hasSettlementType coastal town ⓘ
seaside resort ⓘ
historicalCounty Sussex ⓘ
historicNameOf Brighton ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Brighton ⓘ
surface form: Brighton and Hove
locatedInRegion South East England ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf south coast of England ⓘ
mentionedIn Domesday Book survey ⓘ
surface form: Domesday Book
modernNameStandardizedAs Brighton ⓘ
nowInCeremonialCounty East Sussex ⓘ
nowInUnitaryAuthority Brighton ⓘ
surface form: Brighton and Hove
parishChurchDedicatedTo St Nicholas Church ⓘ
surface form: St Nicholas
partOf Brighton ⓘ
replacedBy Brighton ⓘ
toponymyContainsElement Old English "tūn" (farm or settlement) ⓘ
toponymyPossiblyDerivedFrom personal name Beorthelm ⓘ
usedAsOfficialNameUntil early 19th century ⓘ

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Brighton → formerName → Brighthelmstone ⓘ