The study of the maps in Brighton and Hove reference libraries will often uncover historic curiosities.
One local authority collected all its old maps, put them together in chronological order, reproduced the maps in book form and sold them to the public.
This preserved the original maps, which were gradually disintegrating, as are the maps in both Hove and Brighton reference libraries.
Until looking at maps, I did not realise that the original Hove station, which opened in 1840, was at the north end of Holland Road. Furthermore, the coast line was in service a year before the London-to-Brighton line opened.
History would be much less accurate without the Domesday Book.
Brighton and Hove's historic maps ought to be collated and preserved in gallery form, put on computer and published in book form for future generations.
-John Stanaway, Hove
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