Editing Brighton and Hove (section)

===Hove===
[[File:Hove Town Hall, Norton Road-Tisbury Road-Church Road, Hove (December 2016) (2).JPG|thumb|left|Hove Town Hall on Church Road]]
{{See also|Hove}}
A small parish at the end of the 18th century, '''Hove''' began to expand in the early 19th century alongside the westward development of Brighton, and in 1832 became incorporated into [[Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)|the parliamentary constituency of Brighton]].<ref name="Hove Borough">{{cite book|last= Salzman|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|pages=265–268|publisher=British History Online|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> In 1873 commissioners from Hove, West Hove and [[Brunswick, Hove|Brunswick]] were amalgamated as means to guard against the dominance of Brighton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records of Hove Borough Council and its predecessors|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f2b9528c-09ad-45a6-9e98-b26a08618653|website=National Archives|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> The first public buildings were completed in the late 19th century, including [[Hove Town Hall|the original town hall]] in 1882. The parish of [[Aldrington]] was annexed by Hove in 1893.<ref name="Hove Borough" /> A [[municipal borough]] of Hove was formed by royal charter in 1889, granting Hove administrative autonomy. Further expansion took place in 1927, with the addition of the parishes of Preston Rural and [[Hangleton]] and westerly sections of [[West Blatchington]] and [[Patcham]].<ref name="Hove Borough" /> Hove gained [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|its own parliamentary constituency]] in 1950. The [[Local Government Act 1972]] abolished the remaining parishes of Hove, Aldrington and Hangleton and West Blatchington to form the unparished [[non-metropolitan district]] of Hove.<ref>{{cite web|title=HOVE REGISTRATION DISTRICT|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/hove.html|website=UK BMD|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> It also incorporated the nearby town of [[Portslade-by-Sea]] into the new district. The new boundaries established by the Act remained largely the same until unification with Brighton a quarter of a century later.