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Brighton History
The Domesday book describes Brighton as a tiny fishing village of Brithelmeston. A quiet town, Brighton always went unnoticed until the mid-eighteenth century when the sea-bathing trend established it as a famous resort and since then there has been no looking back.
The fad of sea bathing received royal approval in the 1770s when the decadent Prince Regent, later George IV, began patronizing the town in the company of his mistress. This set a precedent for the common people as the "dirty weekend" and is many times known as Brighton’s major contribution to the English collective consciousness. This blowsy reputation was shaken off when Brighton highlighted its Georgian charm with classy restaurants, up market shops and a thriving conference industry. Trying to present itself as a comfortable middle-class town, Brighton it however found attractive due to a certain faintly Bohemian appeal. Brighton’s population consists of a mix of English holiday makers, thousands of young foreign students from various language schools, a thriving gay community, and the energetic local student population from the art college and two universities.
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