Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOVE

HOVE, a town and a parish in Steyning district, Sussex. The town stands on the coast and on the South Coast railway, contiguous to Brighton; was, not long ago, a small village of scattered houses; is now a suburb or rather part of Brighton; is united to the main body of that town by a series of streets and squares; extends to the W; comprises handsome streets, squares, and terraces, equal or superior to the best in other parts of Brighton; is a coast guard station; and has two stations, of the names of Hove and Cliftonville, on the railway, and a post office † under Brighton. The parish is all within Brighton parliamentary borough; and comprises 712 acres of land and 160 of water. Real property, £88, 660. Pop. in 1851, 4, 104; in 1861, 9, 624. Houses, 1, 256. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the extension of Brighton. Hove House is the residence of W. Rigden, Esq., the famous feeder of Southdown sheep; and nearly all the land is occupied by him. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Preston, in the diocese of Chichester; and there are four separate livings, all p. curacies, called St. Andrew, St. John the Baptist, StPatrick and St. James, and Holy Trinity-with-PrestonCliftonville. Value of the vicarage, £306; * of the p. curacies, not reported. Patron of the vicarage, the Bishop of Chichester; of St. Andrew. Sir H. Fleetwood; of St. John the Baptist and Holy Trinity, the Vicar; of St. Patrick and St. James, the Rev. James O'Brien. The parochial church stands at Cliftonville; is Norman, with retention of the original arches; was thoroughly restored in 1834; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. St. Andrew's church stands in Waterloo street; and is a neat edifice, containing several handsome tablets. St. John's church stands at the W end of the Westernroad; and is a cruciform edifice, in the early English style. St. James' church stands in Cambridge road; was built, in 1858, at the expense of the Rev. James O'Brien; is a large and noble edifice, in the early decorated English style; and comprises entrance cloister, lofty nave, chancel, two aisles, and chapels. Holy Trinity church stands at Cliftonville; was built in 1864; is in the early English style; and contains 650 sittings. There are also non-established places of worship, and public schools. See Brighton.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a town and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Hove AP/CP       Steyning RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Hove

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