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Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

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Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

Graphic that adds the line: 3,000,000 lines of downloadable data

Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

Graphic that adds the line: detailed street histories & human interest stories.

Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

Graphic that adds the lines: All of these were researched, transcribed and written by volunteers.

Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

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Here in the Past

Welcome to Here in the Past, a local history resource for Brighton & Hove. Explore the history of exactly where you live!

Map of Brighton, with red pins casting oblique shadows

About 'Here in the Past'

Learn more about the project

Monochrome engraving of Lady Adelaide Russell, seated and wearing a pale silk gown.

Tell their stories

Stories about people who lived here in the past

A group of volunteers in Brunswick Square, Hove, using iPads to test storytelling software

Help us make it even better

Join our team of volunteers.

Volunteers working at our Heritage Open Days gazebo in Brighton town centre

Spreading the word

The wider view of 'Here in the Past'

Map showing Upper Norwood and South Norwood

Other towns using this model

Other neighbourhood historians are using this model

Testing storytelling software using an iPad in Brighton town centre

What next?

What next for the Here in the Past project?