Bevendean
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Bevendean is a district of the city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex
East Sussex
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, England
England
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The estate lies to the north-east of central Brighton, and was largely developed after World War II with a mixture of council housing
Council house
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 and private development. A large proportion of the council houses are now privately owned. The area has limited local facilities and there is only one road access route into and out of the area.

The manor of Bevendean was recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086. The name is derived from 'Beofa's valley'. It was later divided into two estates, Upper Bevendean on the hill and Lower Bevendean in the valley. Some housing development began in the 1930s, with the population expanding rapidly from 1948 onwards. An industrial estate was developed from the mid 1950s.

The local church is the Church of the Holy Nativity, built in 1963 as a Modern
Modern architecture
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-style building in brick by architect Reginald Melhuish, ARIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
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. The local school is Bevendean Primary School, a community school that educates children from the range of 3 to 11.

Cultural references

Bevendean is referenced in the chapter "The Baffling Business of the Bevendean Bat" of the fantasy novel The Brightonomicon
The Brightonomicon
The Brightonomicon is a novel by British Fantasy author Robert Rankin, the title parodying that of the fictional grimoire the Necronomicon from the Cthulhu Mythos. The author lives in Brighton and the book is set in an accurate depiction of the city...

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