Bevendean
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- For the Bevendean grand Estate and Bevendean school, see Oxshott
Bevendean is a district of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex.
The estate lies to the north-east of central Brighton, and was largely developed after the World War II with a mixture of council housing and private development. A large proportion of the council houses are now privately owned. The area has limited local facilities and there is only one access route into and out of the area.
The manor of Bevendean was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is derived from 'Beofa's valley'. It was later divided into two estates, Upper Bevendean on the hill and Lower Bevendean in the valley. Some housing development began in the 1930s, with the population expanding rapidly from 1948 onwards. An industrial estate was developed from the mid 1950s.
The local church is the Church of the Holy Nativity, built in 1963 as a Modern-style building in brick by architect Reginald Melhuish Ariba. The local school is Bevendean Primary School, a community school that educates children from the range of 3 to 11.
