CHAPTER _Page_. I. THE ROMANS AT BRIGHTON 1 II. SITUATION, SOIL, GEOLOGY, AND CLIMATE OF 5 BRIGHTON III. THE ETYMOLOGY, AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRIGHTON 11 IV. AFTER THE CONQUEST, TO 1513 15 V. ANCIENT AND MODERN GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWN 21 VI. THE BOOK OF ALL THE “AUNCIENT CUSTOMS.” 26 VII. THE TENANTRY LANDS 45 VIII. THE BARTHOLOMEWS 50 IX. THE WORKHOUSE 62 X. THE ATTACK ON BRIGHTHELMSTON BY THE FRENCH, 61 IN 1545 XI. FORTIFICATIONS OF THE TOWN 63 XII. THE INCURSIONS OF THE SEA ON THE TOWN 73 XIII. THE DOWER OF ANN CLEVES 80 XIV. THE PARISH CHURCH, ST. NICHOLAS 82 XV. DR. VICESIMUS KNOX AND THE SURREY MILITIA 92 XVI. THE OLD CHURCHYARD 102 XVII. MARTYRDOM OF DERYK CARVER 118 XVIII. THE ESCAPE OF CHARLES II. 124 XIX. PERSECUTIONS FOR CONSCIENCE’ SAKE 134 XX. THE BIRDS AND THEIR HAUNTS IN THE 139 NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRIGHTON XXI. THE WILD FLOWERS AND MOSSES ABOUT BRIGHTON 158 XXII. BRIGHTON CAMP AND THE TRAGEDIES OF GOLDSTONE 168 BOTTOM XXIII. THE STEINE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 182 XXIV. THE THEATRES 206 XXV. BRIGHTON FROM ITS SIMPLICITY TO ITS PRESENT 217 RENOWN XXVI. THE MARINE PAVILION AND ITS OCCUPANTS 251 XXVII. ON AND ABOUT THE RACE-COURSE 280 XXVIII. PAST AND PRESENT PASTIMES 295 ,, THE HISTORICAL STREET OF THE TOWN 329 XXIX. THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CHARITIES, AND 336 ENDOWMENTS XXX. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS 359 XXXI. HOVE AND CLIFTONVILLE 371 CHAPTER I. THE ROMANS AT BRIGHTON.