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- Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th century as communications with central London improved. Brixton is mainly residential, though includes Brixton Market and a substantial retail sector. It is a multi-ethnic community, with a large percentage of its population of Afro-Caribbean descent.
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Oct 30, 2023 · The long history of Market Row and Granville Arcade, now known as Brixton Village, has borne witness to everything from world wars to destitution and regeneration. 'South London's Oxford Street'
Ethosheia Hylton, a 32-year-old filmmaker, has lived in and around Brixton since she was a toddler.
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Three people who have lived in Brixton have blue plaques marking their former homes: Havelock Ellis, pioneer sexologist lived at Dover Mansions on Canterbury Crescent [127] C. L. R. James, the writer and black political activist, lived in Railton Road, [128] above the offices of Race Today. [129]
Oct 30, 2022 · This is how a mum who has lived and worked in Brixton for 13 years feels. She is raising her two children in the area but said ‘it’s completely different’ to how it used to be.
Early Victorian Brixton. 1850s Angell Town laid out on east side of Brixton Road around Wiltshire Road on property belonging to the Angell family. 1852 Brixton Prison converted to a woman’s correctional facility and increased in size. 1853 St John’s Church opened in Angell Town.
Jun 22, 2016 · “Brixton is a great place to live”; 1.2 “I am proud to live in Brixton” In the words of interviewees: “I love it because of the way the wide cross-section of cultures, ages, religions, characters share the centre without losing any of their own identity – everyone can proudly be themselves.
The earliest surviving traces of human activity in the area are the lines of two Roman roads, Clapham Road (A3) and Brixton Rd (A23), with the A3 being the more important, linking the City of London with the port of Chichester.
