brighton council – An Introduction to Burgess Hill – West Sussex
Posted on December 24th, 2009
The English town of Burgess Hill is located in the county of West Sussex close to the coastal town of Brighton. It has been administered by its own civil authority called Burgess Hill Town Council since 2006.
Burgess Hill takes its name from a historical resident called John Burgeys and has been in existence since the 11th century. It is not known for sure which hill in the area is the one after which the town is named. There are two probable landmarks. One is the present sighting of the town’s railway station, the other is a hill on which a Burgess Farm is sited. It is known that Burgess Hill was in succession part of the parishes of Clayton followed by Keymer and then Ditching. The land on which most of the present day town centre is located was once common land habited by the farming tenants of these three parishes.
The traditional economic activity of Burgess Hill was sheep rearing. Sheep were driven to London along the London to Brighton Road but this practice died out after the birth of the railways and the development of the mainline train route from Brighton to the capital. Industry began to appear in Burgess Hill from the 18th century. Brick and tile making became important mainstays of the local economy.
With the growth of industry, open common land began to get built upon and thus was the beginnings of the residential town. Occupancy of Burgess Hill significantly increased with the development of nearby Brighton. Middle classed professionals began to move to the area and by the mid 19th century Burgess Hill had already assumed its suburban character that has survived till the present day.
By the mid 20th century Burgess Hill was one of the largest towns in Sussex. Housing estates were built and people were resettled to the town from surrounding run down areas. Today, Burgess Hill is a cosmopolitan town and the administrative seat of many national and international companies. It has modern supermarkets and shopping complexes and is home to a mainly middleclass population.
For accommodation in Burgess Hill check this list of Burgess Hill hotels.
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