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Catalogue of Maps & Plans in the Exhibition of Local Maps & Map Making, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1936 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502740]
Rushlights and Candles, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1947 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502736]
Events in Hastings History, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1948 (Science and Art School and Museum, Hastings) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502742]
Cryed in Old Hastings 1766-1794, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1949 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502737] & East Sussex Libraries
The Bailiff of the Bourne and his office, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1950 (16 pp., Hastings Museum and Art Gallery) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502745]
Hastings and the Royal Mail, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1951 (16 pp., Science and Art School and Museum, Hastings) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502738]
The Freeman of Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1952 (12 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502739]
Burton's St Leonards, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1956 (68 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum)
Review by E. A. W. in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1957:This little book outlines the career of James Burton and the history of the town which he founded on a part of Gensing farm near Hastings in 1828.
James was descended from the Haliburtons of Roxburghshire, but assumed the shortened name before the birth of Decimus his more famous son, whose works include the great arch at Hyde Park Corner, the Atheneum and Charing Cross Hospital.
Enough remains of James' St. Leonards for his designs to be appreciated, though some of it has been pulled down, such as the baths opposite the Central Hotel (now called the Royal Victoria) and some, such as the church, destroyed by air raids. The excellent illustrations from drawings made about 1830 incite the reader to go, book in hand, for a stroll round the district.
The improvements of the town, its government by Commissioners, the problem of road-building and of keeping in check the sea, the rules about bathing, the coming of the railway, and the final amalgamation with Hastings are all described. There is a chapter on royal visitors, one of whom was the little princess Victoria. It is satisfactory to know that the house in which she stayed (originally Burton's own) has been saved from destruction by the efforts of such as Mr. Baines.
The book has three appendices and an index.
James was descended from the Haliburtons of Roxburghshire, but assumed the shortened name before the birth of Decimus his more famous son, whose works include the great arch at Hyde Park Corner, the Atheneum and Charing Cross Hospital.
Enough remains of James' St. Leonards for his designs to be appreciated, though some of it has been pulled down, such as the baths opposite the Central Hotel (now called the Royal Victoria) and some, such as the church, destroyed by air raids. The excellent illustrations from drawings made about 1830 incite the reader to go, book in hand, for a stroll round the district.
The improvements of the town, its government by Commissioners, the problem of road-building and of keeping in check the sea, the rules about bathing, the coming of the railway, and the final amalgamation with Hastings are all described. There is a chapter on royal visitors, one of whom was the little princess Victoria. It is satisfactory to know that the house in which she stayed (originally Burton's own) has been saved from destruction by the efforts of such as Mr. Baines.
The book has three appendices and an index.
Wealden Firebacks, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1958 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502351]
Hastings Elizabethan Charter, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1962 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502759]
An Outline of Hastings History, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1967 (31 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502744]
Hastings in 1605, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1971 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502753]