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Brunswick Square Police truncheon, made in circa 1858 and used by Jesse Burchell.
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The first major development within Hove's parish boundary took place in the 1820s. This new development became known as Brunswick Town or West Brighton.
Before the building of Brunswick, Hove consisted of a few buildings at Hove Street. The population was so small that church services at St Andrew's took place only once every six weeks.
The profile of Brighton as a seaside resort had been growing due to the popularity of seawater cures from the 1750s and visits by George, Prince of Wales since the 1780s.
Developers in Hove saw an opportunity to take advantage of neighbouring Brighton's success by building on the Brighton and Hove border. Grand houses were designed for Brunswick Terrace and Brunswick Square. The surrounding streets were used for houses for the middle and working classes, a chapel, a market building, shops, pubs and public baths.
Although within the Hove parish boundary, Brunswick Town had little connection with the rural village at Hove Street. In 1830 an Act of Parliament gave Brunswick Town its own Board of Commissioners. The Commissioners all owned land in Brunswick and were given responsibility for the area's policing and upkeep.
See objects in the Georgian section of the local history gallery, Hove Museum & Art Gallery
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