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A timeline of St Peter's in Brighton.<\/h4><\/div>
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1787<\/div><\/div>
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George IV as Prince Regent commissions a Neo-Classical Villa on the site of the Brighton Pavilion. Brighton is a fishing town with a population of around 4,000. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1818<\/div><\/div>
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Brighton Vestry passes a resolution to build a new church following the New \t\tChurches Act of Parliament to promote church building in populous areas.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1820<\/div><\/div>
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Prince Regent becomes King George IV aged 57<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1822<\/div><\/div>
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Construction of the Brighton Pavilion is completed.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1823<\/div><\/div>
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Royal Suspension Chain Pier opens. Construction begins on the Kemp Town Estate.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1824<\/div><\/div>
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Vicar of Brighton Reverand Carr lays the foundation stone for the construction of St Peter\u2019s Church designed by Charles Barry.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1828<\/div><\/div>
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Construction of St Peter\u2019s finishes, the new church is consecrated and opens with seats for 1,800 people, of which half are free pews. Rev. Thomas Cooke leads the church as perpetual curate.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1831<\/div><\/div>
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Brighton\u2019s population soars to more than 40,000.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1841<\/div><\/div>
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Charles Barry designs a spire for St Peter\u2019s but it is never built. \nBrighton Station is built, designed by David Mocatta. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1850<\/div><\/div>
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Queen Victoria sells the Pavilion to the town council. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1864<\/div><\/div>
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Grand Hotel is built with one of the first hydraulic lifts in the UK.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1866<\/div><\/div>
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The West Pier, designed by Eugenius Birch, opens.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1872<\/div><\/div>
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Rev. Cooke Retires.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1873<\/div><\/div>
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St Peter\u2019s becomes Brighton\u2019s parish church.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1882<\/div><\/div>
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Ring of eight bells cast by John Warner & Sons replaces three existing bells, including two on loan from St Nicholas Church.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1888<\/div><\/div>
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Clock tower on Queens Road is built to commemorate Queen Victoria\u2019s Golden \tJubilee.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1896<\/div><\/div>
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Chain Pier is demolished in a storm.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1898<\/div><\/div>
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Construction begins at St Peter\u2019s on a new chancel, designed by Somers Clarke and J.T. Mickelthwaite. Barry\u2019s semi-hexagonal apse is demolished.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1899<\/div><\/div>
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Brighton Marine and Palace Pier opens.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1901<\/div><\/div>
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Brighton\u2019s population reaches more than 120,000.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1906<\/div><\/div>
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St Peter\u2019s new chancel, completed with a new north-facing window, is consecrated in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most Reverend Randall Thomas Davidson.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1910<\/div><\/div>
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Henry Willis pipe organ is installed at St Peter\u2019s. The church holds a service to commemorate the death of King Edward VII followed by a second service outside attended by 10,000 people.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1914<\/div><\/div>
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Ring of eight bells is replaced by 10 bells cast by Mears & Stainbank.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1927<\/div><\/div>
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Building of St Peter\u2019s Memorial Hall to commemorate World War I finishes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1948<\/div><\/div>
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Richard Major, master butcher, alderman, former mayor of Brighton, and churchwarden for 20 years dies. He and his wife Ruth are memorialised in a stained-glass window in St Peter\u2019s.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1950<\/div><\/div>
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St Peter\u2019s is designated a Grade II building.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1952<\/div><\/div>
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Borough of Brighton World War II book of remembrance including around 800 names is unveiled at a service on 11 November and kept at St Peter\u2019s.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1975<\/div><\/div>
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The West Pier closes to the public due to safety concerns and falls into disrepair.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1982<\/div><\/div>
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Restoration of the Pavilion begins.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1985<\/div><\/div>
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The carved wooden reredos behind St Peter\u2019s alter is destroyed in an arson attack. The stone floor around the alter is raised.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1987<\/div><\/div>
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Great storm fells trees around St Peter\u2019s.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1994<\/div><\/div>
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Repairs take place on the church\u2019s organ chamber roof.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1996<\/div><\/div>
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The nave roof is repaired.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1999<\/div><\/div>
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Asbestos is cleared from the under croft.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2000<\/div><\/div>
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Hundreds of partygoers celebrate the turn of the Millenium at St Peter\u2019s.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2002<\/div><\/div>
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Roof gullies damaged by dry rot are replaced.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2005<\/div><\/div>
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Rising repair costs and a shrinking congregation lead the Diocesan Pastoral Committee to recommend that the church closes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2007<\/div><\/div>
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The Parochial Church Council votes for church redundancy. Church Commissioners begin a formal consultation over closure. A congregation-led campaign begins to save the church. The \u2018Friends of St Peter\u2019s Church\u2019 deliver a petition of 4,000 signatures to the Diocese of Chichester.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2008<\/div><\/div>
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Holy Trinity Brompton Vicar Nicky Gumbel meets with the Bishop of Chichester to discuss sending a team to take over St Peter\u2019s. Church Commissioners reject the proposal to close the church after meeting with campaigners and receiving their petition.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2009<\/div><\/div>
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The diocese and HTB announce the church is saved. The last Sunday Service, on St Peter\u2019s Day in June, closes the church in its current form. A 50-strong team from HTB led by Archie and Sam Coates arrives at St Peter\u2019s. The church reopens with a service on 1 November with only the chancel, side chapel and hall safe to use. St Peter\u2019s is no longer the Parish Church of Brighton.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2010<\/div><\/div>
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A two-year internal repair project begins.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2012<\/div><\/div>
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The east aisle opens, and then the entire nave. The congregation is reorientated to face south. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2014<\/div><\/div>
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A St Peter\u2019s team moves to revive St Cuthman\u2019s Church in Whitehawk. Scaffold goes up.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div><\/div>
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i360 tower opens on Brighton seafront. Work begins on St Peter\u2019s tower funded by a \u00a3250,000 grant from the Heritage Fund and donations from The All Churches Trust, American Express, Garfield Weston and The Sussex Historic Churches Trust. The World War II book of remembrance is transferred to The Keep.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2017<\/div><\/div>
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Work continues on the tower funded by a second Heritage Fund grant.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/div><\/div>
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St Peter\u2019s opens as a food distribution centre during the Coronavirus Pandemic. \nIt receives a \u00a3245,000 Culture Recovery Fund grant to carry out repairs to the upper portion of the tower.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2021<\/div><\/div>
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A team from St Peter\u2019s start services at St Leonard\u2019s Hove after five years without a vicar. St Richard\u2019s Church, Hollingdean re-opens as part of the family of churches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2022<\/div><\/div>
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A team from St Peter\u2019s joins with All Saints Church, Patcham. City of Brighton & Hove is home to 278,000 residents. Pipe organ is moved to St John\u2019s College Chapel, Cambridge. St Matthias Church becomes part of the St Peter\u2019s family of churches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2024<\/div><\/div>
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St Peter\u2019s is a vibrant church in the heart of the community, hosting four \t\tSunday services, weekly Safehaven drop-ins, the Alpha Course, Faith in \t\tRecovery meetings and youth groups among its outreach ministries under the \tleadership of Dan and Kate Millest.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]Sources:<\/span><\/span> A History of St Peter’s Church, Brighton<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>by P<\/span>DW<\/span> Nicholl<\/span>;<\/span> St Peter\u2019s Church Archives; <\/span>public domain<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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