Brighthelmstone

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Brighthelmstone is the historic name of the English coastal town now known as Brighton, a popular seaside resort on the south coast of England.

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Label Occurrences
Brighthelmstone canonical 6

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement name ⓘ
historic place name ⓘ
associatedWith health tourism ⓘ
sea bathing ⓘ
country England ⓘ
developedInto fashionable resort ⓘ
developmentPeriod 18th century ⓘ
earliestRecordedAs Bristelmestune ⓘ
earliestRecordedCentury 11th century ⓘ
economicActivity fishing village ⓘ
hasSettlementType coastal town ⓘ
seaside resort ⓘ
historicalCounty Sussex ⓘ
historicNameOf Brighton ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Brighton and Hove ⓘ
linked to: Brighton
locatedInRegion South East England ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf south coast of England ⓘ
mentionedIn Domesday Book ⓘ
modernNameStandardizedAs Brighton ⓘ
nowInCeremonialCounty East Sussex ⓘ
nowInUnitaryAuthority Brighton and Hove ⓘ
linked to: Brighton
parishChurchDedicatedTo St Nicholas ⓘ
linked to: St Nicholas Church
partOf Brighton ⓘ
replacedBy Brighton ⓘ
toponymyContainsElement Old English "tūn" (farm or settlement) ⓘ
toponymyPossiblyDerivedFrom personal name Beorthelm ⓘ
usedAsOfficialNameUntil early 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brighton → formerName → Brighthelmstone ⓘ
Bristelmestune → refersTo → Brighthelmstone ⓘ
Bristelmestune → isEarlyNameOf → Brighthelmstone ⓘ
Bristelmestune → hasLaterName → Brighthelmstone ⓘ
Bristelmestune → nameEvolvedInto → Brighthelmstone ⓘ
Bristelmestune → hasEtymologicalRelationTo → Brighthelmstone ⓘ