Welcome to The Martha Gunn Trust. In 2026/7 it will be the 300th anniversary of the birth of Martha Gunn. We have created this Trust in order to raise awareness and to generate funds for us, as a City, to be able to commemorate this incredible lady for the next 300 years.

Martha was an ordinary woman, not from a poor family, as many believe, but certainly from a hard working family of fisher-folk. Born around 1727, she became well-known for running the bathing machines at Brighton, dipping the nobility and wealthy that flocked to our town from as early as the 1750’s. She was full of character and good friends with George, Prince of Wales, who made Brighton his favourite residence.

If you are descended from the fishing communities at Brighton, you can almost certainly guarantee you are somehow related, which makes her even more special, the Grandmother of Brighton even!

This website is to keep you updated on how we are doing as a Trust and to keep you informed of future events and how our fundraiser is going.

Many thanks to Brighton & Hove Museums for the use of the image of Martha above.

We look forward to meeting up with you in the future,

Best wishes,

The Martha Gunn Trust.

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Quadropheniaalley.com

Brighton & Hove Museums.

Stick Up Media.