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Hove is a town on the south coast of England located adjacent to the west of Brighton . Together they form a single Conurbation along with some smaller towns running along the coast. As part of Local Government Reform Brighton and Hove were merged to form the borough of Brighton And Hove in 1997. In 2000 the combined towns officially attained City Status becoming the "The City of Brighton and Hove". Hove is between Brighton on the east and Portslade-by-Sea on the west. The pre-1997 borough of Hove, formed in 1974, included Portslade. COMMERCIAL The town centre received substantial renovation in the late 1990s when the popular George Street was partly pedestrianised. These small shops have recently been joined by the centre's first large supermarket (a Tesco ), built on the site of a former Gasometer in what has traditionally been an area populated by small locally-owned businesses and smaller branches of national chains. Much concern about the development and its impact was expressed by residents, the Evening Argus newspaper, and small locally-owned shops. PUBLIC TRANSPORT Hove benefits from a comprehensive public transport system, including buses to all districts, a bus monitoring system with screens at some bus stops (a system integrated with Brighton) and two railway stations ( Hove and Aldrington) on a line which has direct access to London . Additionally, Hove and Brighton benefitted from becoming a unitary authority, in that taxis are able to pick up in a wider area than before. EDUCATION Hove is home to three main places of secondary education: Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove Park Secondary School and Blatchington Mill High School. Brighton, Hove And Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) is Hove's only dedicated place of Further Education . A notable feature of Hove is the number of schools for foreign students of the English language. NOTABLE INHABITANTS Hove was the home of James Crump (1812-1892), a noted educator and founder of St. Aubyn's School, Woodford Green. Crump and his family lived at 27 St. Aubyn's and he named his school after the road. They lived there from the late 1860s to the mid 1870s. ARCHITECTURE Hove's wide boulevards are in contrast the bustle of Brighton, although many of the grand Regency and Victorian mansions have been converted into flats. Marlborough Court was once the residence of the Duchess Of Marlborough , aunt of Winston Churchill . BRUNSWICK ESTATE The Brunswick Estate on and near the seafront in the east of Hove is made up of large Regency houses. This area was developed far from the original settlement, deliberately on the edge of Brighton, as a fashionable resort in the early 19th Century, during the period of influence of George IV who famously commissioned Brighton's Pavilion. The Brunswick estate originally boasted its own police, riding schools, and a theatre, which it retains. Further west, the seafront forms the end of a series of avenues, named in numerical order beginning with First Avenue, which are mostly composed of fine Victorian villas built as yet another well-integrated housing scheme, featuring mews for artisans and service buildings. Much 1950s housing redevelopment in Hove took place on the outskirts of west Hove, Hangleton and the Knowle estate. This was mostly in the form of terraced and detached Council Housing . RECENT HISTORY Hove's seafront and beach, particularly the area starting on the west side of Brighton's West Pier (actually the first 300 metres are in Brighton) have recently become fashionable after some years of decline during the 20th Century. The same is certainly true of the houses of the developments mentioned above, most of which now command relatively high prices, having been in some cases very run down during the 1950s and 1960s. TRIVIA Hove is often referred to by locals as "Hove, actually". This is because when a questioner asks a Hove resident whether they live in Brighton, they are reputedly met with the response "No, Hove actually!". This saying originates from the Victorian era, Where residents of hove liked to have some identification with the very expensive Hove - hence "Hove actually", where as brighton was regarded with some disdain as a home to manual workers etc. SEE ALSO |
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