Editing Hove (section)

===Former Hove borough===
[[File:Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove (October 2012).JPG|thumb|[[Hove Town Hall]], completed in 1974]]
The [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parish]] of Hove originally consisted of only {{convert|778|acres}} and in 1801 had a population of just 101.<ref name="VCH">{{cite book |editor-last=Salzman |editor-first=L F |date=1940 |title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268 |location=London |publisher=Victoria County History |pages=265–268 |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206141513/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1829, local landowners petitioned parliament for powers to improve the [[Brunswick, Hove|Brunswick Town]] area of Hove with paving, lighting and drainage, resulting in the appointment of a body known as the Brunswick Commissioners in the following year. Subsequently, further commissioners were appointed for West Hove and to administer the Hove Police, all three bodies being united by the Hove Commissioners Act of 1873. In 1893 the civil parish of [[Aldrington]] was joined to Hove and in 1894, the Hove Commissioners were replaced by an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|Urban District Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f2b9528c-09ad-45a6-9e98-b26a08618653 |title=Records of Hove Borough Council and its predecessors |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727221434/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f2b9528c-09ad-45a6-9e98-b26a08618653 |url-status=live }}</ref> Finally in 1898 the [[Municipal Borough]] of Hove received its [[royal charter]]. This was enlarged in 1927 by the addition of the parishes of [[Preston Village, Brighton|Preston Rural]] and [[Hangleton]] along with parts of [[West Blatchington]] and [[Patcham]]. The corporation consisted of a [[Mayors in England|mayor]], ten [[Alderman|aldermen]], and thirty [[councillor]]s, elected from ten [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]]s. The first [[town hall]] was built in 1882.<ref name="VCH"/> On 1 April 1997 Brighton Borough Council and [[Borough of Hove|Hove]] Borough Council were merged to form [[Brighton and Hove City Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/history/history/ |title=History of East Sussex County Council |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.eastsussex.gov.uk |publisher=East Sussex County Council |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823162432/https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/history/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>