Brighthelmstone

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Brighthelmstone

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Old English Beorthelmestūn (“Beorthelm's farm”)

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historical The town of Brighton; its official name until 1810. […] in Brighton & Hove, where the council were not above attempting a sort of half-hearted, class-based ethnic-cleansing-without-violence, wherein families who have been in Brighton for generations—who could probably even trace their lineage right back to Brighthelmstone if they could be bovvered […

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@misc{brighthelmstone_2026,
  title = {Brighthelmstone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brighthelmstone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}