User talk:Seaweed

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[edit] Latest Brighton article improvements

Hi! It's nice to see you back and keeping an eye on the Brighton article.

I'd like to tweak a couple of your changes today, but thought I'd run them by you first. It seems a shame to lose the fact that the Lanes do follow some of the street pattern of the original fishing settlement. (I'm presuming you haven't come up with anything that says that is a myth?) And I'd like to reinstate or replace some of the wording which mentioned the early settlement in that context.

And as for Atlingworth... interesting. I'm particularly interested cos my Brighton address is on Atlingworth Street. I have seen a map (I think it was a 1904 one, in an atlas of England, but I'll need to check) labelling the area as a Laine, so the Manor reference is not, perhaps, mutually exclusive. Does your source shed more detail on this? In the absense of a categorical disproof, I think a published map is good enough source material to justify putting the Laine reference back. Whadya reckon? – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 20:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Kieran, sorry for the delay in responding. Been a bit busy. When I researched the Domesday entry for Brighton, I'm pretty certain I read about "Atlingworth" being in recongnition of one the ancient manors. However, I must admit I have no source to verify this with. Hmm. I'll try and find out in better detail. However, I'm pretty certain that the only laines were: Little Laine, Hilly Laine, West Laine and North Laine. Possibly East Laine. I think Little Laine was where sort of St James's Street is around. I'll research and get back to you. Although my bold outpouring of opinion of the Brighton talk page might not be followed up with much action from me at the moment. I'm trying to just work on Wikipedia once a week otherwise it'll take over my life! --Seaweed 16:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I found the source I was after. In the Historical Atlas of Sussex(p.94), there is a map of Brighton parish c.1740 which has been prepared from some other sources. The area is divided into:

• "Town" (bounded by West Street, North Street, The Steine and the sea)
• West Laine (west of West Street up to Hove parish)
• North Laine (north of North Street up to Preston Parish)
• Hilly Laine (sort-of Islingword Road accross to Queens Park Road down to Edward Street)
• Little Laine (quite small, just east of the Steine to about Rock Gardens, and
• East Laine (beyond Little Laine to about Lewes Crescent and north to the Bristol Estate).

So no Atlingworth Laine I'm afraid. I'm still pretty certain Atlingworth originates regarding one of the ancient manors, but I'm still scratching my head on where I read that. --Seaweed 21:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Interesting stuff – thanks for remembering and coming back to it :-) – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 22:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whitehawk

I've added a full history of Whitehawk, as someone who has an interest in Brighton articles, I'd really appreciate it if you could do a proof read for me at some point. Feel free to correct anything that needs it. I am planning on expanding the Brighton Marina article as my next project. If your interested, I also put in an article on the legendary Peter Ward, found at Peter Ward (English footballer), although I desperately need a picture of him in Brighton kit that is eligible to be uploaded to wikipedia! Thanks. Fork me 09:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New WikiProject for Brighton

Hi. If you read this, user:Kierant suggested I should contact you as someone who has put in a lot of work on Brighton-related articles. Thanks to the initiative of user:Unisouth, there is a new WikiProject for Brighton and Hove articles. Getting new members is an urgent task and if you wanted to join it would be very welcome indeed. However, I appreciate that you may not be contributing much or at all at the moment. Best wishes. Itsmejudith 16:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)