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===Churches and other places of worship=== {{Further|List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove}} [[File:Church Of St Nicholas Of Myra April 2018 01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|St Nicholas Church, Brighton's original [[parish church]] (April 2018)]] [[St Nicholas Church, Brighton|St Nicholas Church]] may be the oldest building in Brighton (the [[Domesday Book]] records the presence of an Anglo-Saxon church, valued at [[pound sterling|Β£]]12)<ref name="Salzman 1940">{{cite book |last=Salzman |year=1940 |pages=244β263 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp244-263 |title=The borough of Brighton |series=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes ed. L F Salzman |place=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513091940/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp244-263 |archive-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> and is commonly known as "The Mother Church".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regencybrighton.com/outabout/st_nicholas/ |title=St. Nicholas Church β Out & About β Regency Square Area Society |access-date=11 April 2007 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620121409/http://regencybrighton.com/outabout/st_nicholas/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable Anglican churches include the very tall (the highest church interior in Britain) brick-built [[St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton|St Bartholomew's]] (1874) designed by the architect Edmund Scott;<ref name=BRIGHT1>{{cite book |title=A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton |author1=Atkinson, Clive |author2=Matthews, David |author3=Savile, Andrew |author4=Tunna, Robert |author5=Weighill, Tim |author6=Macdonald, Ken |publisher=McMillan Martin Ltd |date=1990 |isbn=9781869865030 |pages=50β4G |chapter=Saint Bartholomew's Church β Anne Street β Description with dates and reference to the architect}}</ref> [[St Peter's Church, Brighton|St Peter's]] (1828); and [[St Martin's Church, Brighton|St Martin's]] (1875), noted for its ornate interior. Brighton's [[Quakers]] run the [[Brighton Friends Meeting House|Friends Meeting House]] in the Lanes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brighton Quaker Meeting House |url=https://www.visitbrighton.com/things-to-do/brighton-quaker-meeting-house-p350751 |website=visitbrighton.com |publisher=Visit Brighton |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727051652/https://www.visitbrighton.com/things-to-do/brighton-quaker-meeting-house-p350751 |url-status=live}}</ref> There is an active [[Brighton Unitarian Church|Unitarian community]] based in a Grade II listed building in New Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Our Venue |url=http://www.brightonunitarian.org.uk/about-our-venue.html |publisher=Brighton Unitarians |access-date=3 October 2018 |language=en |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220905/http://www.brightonunitarian.org.uk/about-our-venue.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Brighton has six listed Roman Catholic churches; [[St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton|St John the Baptist's Church]] (1835) in Kemptown is the earliest surviving Roman Catholic church in the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |title=Brighton Churches |publisher=Routledge |location=London |year=1989 |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |page=186}}</ref> Brighton and Hove has five synagogues: New Church Road Synagogue; Holland Road Synagogue; [[Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue]]; [[Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue]]; and [[Middle Street Synagogue]]. The Middle Street Synagogue is a Grade II listed building built in 1874β75; it is being gradually restored by [[English Heritage]]. There are also several mosques<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonmosque.com/ |title=Al-Quds Mosque |publisher=Brightonmosque.com |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522214352/http://brightonmosque.com/ |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead}} :{{cite web |author=Al-Medinah Mosque |url=http://www.bhmf.org.uk/al-medinah-mosque-timetable |title=Al Medina mosque |website=bhmf.org.uk |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818155844/http://www.bhmf.org.uk/al-medinah-mosque-timetable |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] centres.<ref>{{cite web |author=Welcome to the Brighton Buddhist Centre |url=http://www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk/ |title=Brighton Buddhist Centre |publisher=Brighton Buddhist Centre |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502144853/http://www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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