Brighton before the Pavilion
Brighton is generally associated with being a seaside resort with the Royal Pavilion as its centre piece. Dr Geoffrey Mead’s talk looks at Brighton before leisure pursuits and the royal family stamped that image on the place; a town of fishermen and small farmers on an unforgiving storm-wracked coast with steep hills as its backdrop. He will look at the physical landscape of chalk downlands and shingle shorelines and why, even pre-George IV it was an important town.
Picture: Brighton 1779 (credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove)
Event Information
Event Date | 08-03-2023 7:30 pm |
Event End Date | 08-03-2023 9:00 pm |
Speaker | Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Open to | Non members |