The name Goldsmid is derived from a Jewish
financier family of the same name. Philanthropist Sir Isaac Goldsmid
first created St. Anne's Well Gardens. After his death in 1859 the
Goldsmid family continued to develop the gardens and the estate
around them.
For more about the Goldsmid Family there's an interesting page
at an online Jewish
Encyclopedia here.
With the park as its 'green lung', Goldsmid is one of the most
attractive and diverse places to live in Brighton & Hove.
The County Ground in Eaton Road is home to Sussex, the 2004 and
2006 County Cricket Champions, 2006 C&G Trophy winners, and
2008 Pro40 champions.
Hove Station provides access to London and all points east and
west. And the number 7 bus will take you all the way to the Marina.
Goldsmid's one of the largest political ward in the City with three
ward councillors serving it. There are 13,670 residents living here,
of which 47 per cent are male and 53 per cent female.
The political boundary of Goldsmid was expanded for the 2003 local
elections, to include the Clarendon area just south of Hove Station
plus the residential area just north of the Station.
As a result Goldsmid is not one community but several, each with
its own identity.
Goldsmid has a mixed political representation. Two Conservative
and one Labour councillor were elected to represent the ward at
the 2007 Brighton & Hove City Council elections. We work closely
together for the benefit of the local community.
If you are interested in knowing more about Goldsmid - for instance
its people, social and health services, even its crime rates - please
take a look at this factsheet about the ward from citystats. Click
the following link: Goldsmid
Fact Sheet (or Right-Click and choose Save Target
As to save it to your local computer as a Word document).
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