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>Brighton has high levels of sunshine and a beach. Stupid question but is that why they call it Bright-on?
by pretendscholar 8y ago
>Brighton has high levels of sunshine and a beach.
Stupid question but is that why they call it Bright-on?
- chippy 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brighton#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brighton#Etymology "The etymology of the name of Brighton lies in the Old English Beorhthelmes tūn (Beorhthelm's farmstead). This name has evolved through Bristelmestune (1086), Brichtelmeston (1198), Brighthelmeston (1493) and Brighthelmston (1816). Brighton came into common use in the early 19th century"