Transcribed from the 1862 E. Lewis edition ,

HISTORY
OF
BRIGHTHELMSTON
OR
Brighton as I View it and others Knew it,
WITH A
CHRONOLOGICAL
TABLE OF LOCAL EVENTS.

By JOHNACKERSON ERREDGE,

(Author of “TheStudents’ Hand Book,” &c.)

BRIGHTON:
PRINTED BY E. LEWIS,“OBSERVER” OFFICE, 52a, NORTH STREET.

1862.

p.vPREFACE.

The publication of the History of Brighton had proceeded, withthe most gratifying success, through ten monthly numbers, when itwas suddenly interrupted by the lamented decease of theAuthor—Mr. J. A. Erredge.  Death came upon him, notstealthily, but in its most awful form.  It surprised himliterally at the desk.  Whilst talking cheerfully to thepublisher, the hand of Death was laid upon him, and he fell deadto the ground;—the ink of these pages was still wet whilstthe Author was extended on the floor a corpse.  So terriblean occurrence for a brief space delayed the publication of thework, but fortunately for the family of the author, the MS. wasnearly completed, and his sons were enabled, from the materialsleft by their lamented father, to compile the few last pages andsend the two concluding numbers through the press.  TheHistory of Brighton is now completed, and whatever shortcomingsmay be detected in the two concluding numbers, which had not theadvantage of being corrected by the Author, will no doubt bepardoned by a generous public.

p.viiCONTENTS.