What is the name of this place?
Brighton
What is it?
a seaside resort
Where?
England
Which part?
on the south coast
Which county is it in?
Sussex
How long has it been inhabited by people?
the Bronze Age
Any other periods?
Roman and Anglo-Saxon
What is the first reference of it?
The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone"
Where was that found?
in the "Domesday Book"
When?
1086
When did it become an important place?
in the Middle Ages
Did anything affect this>
foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population
Are there any interesting attractions in it?
sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses
What was it thought of as?
a fashionable seaside resort
When?
In the Georgian era
Why was that?
the patronage of the Prince Regent
What did he build?
the Royal Pavilion
Where?
in the Regency era
When did it become known for tourism?
following the arrival of the railways
When?
in 1841