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The great and ancient Charter of the Cinque-Ports of Our Lord the King, and of members of the same, published 1682 (bound photocopy, 141 pp., London: Printed by T.N. for the Mayor and Jurats of Hastings) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The Hastings Guide; or a description of that Ancient Town and Port and its Environs, by J. Stell, published 1794 (Hastings: J. Stell)
The Hastings Guide or a Description of the Ancient Town and Port, published 1797 (130 pp., Hastings: James Barry) accessible at: British Library
Painting: Rescue at Hastings, by William George Moss, published 1814
A Concise Historical & Topographical Sketch Of Hastings, Winchelsea, & Rye, Including Several Other Places In The Vicinity Of Those Ancient Towns, by Frederick W. L. Stockdale, published 1817 (48 pp. + 29 plates, Hastings: M. P. Powell) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503835] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Painting: Hastings Town Hall, East Sussex, by William George Moss, published c.1823
History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings illustrated by a series of engravings from original drawings, by William George Moss, published 1824 (xix + 206 pp., London: W. G. Moss) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The history and antiquities of the Rape of Hastings, part 1, by William George Moss, published 1825 (London and Kennington: R. Jennings and W. G. Moss) accessible at: The Keep [AMS6113/5]
Observations on the strata at Hastings, in Sussex, by Thomas Webster, published 1826 in Transactions of the Geological Society of London (vol. S2-2, issue 1, article, pp.31-36) View Online
Abstract:The sea-cliffs on each side of the town of Hastings exhibit a section of the beds which lie below the clay of the wealds of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, and furnish a key to understanding the structure of the high country which is surrounded by this clay and has hitherto been but imperfectly explored. In the present communication, I propose to give some account of the line of coast extending from the White Rock on the west of Hastings to Cliff End near to Winchelsea on the east.
Along this extent (Pl. V.) several valleys of denudation occur, which have separated the cliff into different portions. One of these valleys divides the White Rock from the West Cliff on which are the ruins of the ancient castle; in another, which divides the East from the West Cliff, the town of Hastings is built. In the middle of East Cliff is the romantic valley where the stream called Eaglesbourne forms the well-known fish-ponds; and to the east of East Cliff, and between it and Fairlee Cliff, is the place called the Govers. At Cliff End the cliff terminates, and gives place to the valley that goes up to Winchelsea.
When we view this coast from the sea, we may perceive that the beds of rock form a vast, but irregular, arch, dipping at each end under the Weald clay, and rising in the middle to the greatest height in the neighbourhood of Hastings, where they may be advantageously studied.
Along this extent (Pl. V.) several valleys of denudation occur, which have separated the cliff into different portions. One of these valleys divides the White Rock from the West Cliff on which are the ruins of the ancient castle; in another, which divides the East from the West Cliff, the town of Hastings is built. In the middle of East Cliff is the romantic valley where the stream called Eaglesbourne forms the well-known fish-ponds; and to the east of East Cliff, and between it and Fairlee Cliff, is the place called the Govers. At Cliff End the cliff terminates, and gives place to the valley that goes up to Winchelsea.
When we view this coast from the sea, we may perceive that the beds of rock form a vast, but irregular, arch, dipping at each end under the Weald clay, and rising in the middle to the greatest height in the neighbourhood of Hastings, where they may be advantageously studied.
On the curative influence of the southern coast of England: especially that of Hastings: with observations on diseases in which a residence on the coast is most beneficial, by William Harwood, M.D., published 1828 (326 pp., London: Henry Colburn) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
On the adaptation of various parts of the town of Hastings as places of residence for invalids in different states of disease, by William Harwood, M.D., published 1829 (40 pp., London) accessible at: British Library
A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings, by William Henry Fitton, M.D., V.P.G.S., F.R.S., published 1833 (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green) View Online
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex - Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, St. Leonards, Rye . Forming also a guide to all the Watering Places, by John Docwra Parry and engraved by R. Martin, published 1833 (435 pp., Brighton: Wright & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 48][Lib 17333] & The Keep [LIB/504860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Journal of an Excursion round the South-Eastern Coast of England, by Baker Peter Smith, published 1834 (London: Gilbert & Rivington)
Excursions in the County of Sussex: Comprehending Historical and Topographical Delineations of the Principal Towns and Villages, together with descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and the Most Modern Improvements; Forming a Complete Guide to Brighton, Hastings, Worthing, &c. &c. , edited by Edmund Bellchambers, published 1835 (72 pp., London: Alan Bell & Co.) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Parliamentary History - Hastings, by William Durrant Cooper, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendix III, article, pp.60-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Town and Port of Hastings, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.441-463) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
A subscription for the purpose of purchasing bread and fuel for distribution amongst the poor of the Borough of Hastings, upon the celebration of the marriage of Her Majesty the Queen, on the 10th of February, 1840, published 1840 (4 pp., Hastings) accessible at: British Library
Title printed at head of folded sheet of lined paper, perhaps intended to be completed in MS. with names of subscribers and amounts given.
Ross's Hastings & St. Leonard's Guide, published c.1840 (86 pp., Hastings: T. Ross) accessible at: British Library
containing a variety of information respecting the history & antiquities of the above and neighbouring towns. With a full description of all subjects necessary to the comfort & accommodation of visitors. [With plates]
The Hand-Book for Hastings, St. Leonard's and their neighbourhood, by Mary M Howard, published 1845 (viii + 228 pp., Hastings: William Diplock) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Past and Present, with a Glimpse into the Future; being a true and faithful history of that renowned borough and neighbourhood … Committed to rhyme, by T. B., published 1847 (40 pp., Hastings: William Ransom) accessible at: British Library
Hope's Pictorial Guide to Hastings & St Leonards, with numerous illustrations of public buildings, etc., and an alphabetical list of the plants, ferns, and algae, in the neighbourhood, by I. Hope, published 1847 (Hastings: I. Hope, East Parade)
Adams's Descriptive Guide to the Watering Places of England; and complete companion to the coast, &c., by E. L. Blanchard, published 1848 (125 pp., London: W. J. Adams) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Rape, Castle, and Town, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1849 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 2, article, pp.161-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2087] & The Keep [LIB/500221] & S.A.S. library View Online
Seventeen Views in Hastings, and its environs, by Thomas Ross, published 1850 (17 pp., Hastings: T. Ross) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Liberties and Franchises within the Rape of Hastings, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, pp.57-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings Past and Present, with notices of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood, by Mary M Howard, published 1855 (lxxiv + 326 pp., Hastings: William Diplock) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
A brief account of the Hastings Ladies' Association for the schools in the East in connexion with the Church of England, published 1856 (London)
With a preface by the Rev. Thomas Vokes.
The Southern Watering Places: Hastings, St. Leonard's, Dover, and Tunbridge Wells … With remarks on the remedial influence of climate, by Edwin Lee, published 1856 (76 pp., London: J. Churchill) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
On the lowest strata of the cliffs at Hastings, by S.H. Beckles, published January 1856 in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 12, issue 1-2, article, pp.288-292) View Online
Abstract:The strata of which this communication is intended to be a very brief notice form the base of that range of cliff which extends from Hastings to Cliff End.
The group that I am about to describe consists of sandstone and clays, remarkable for their great diversity of hue, and are subordinate to those beds of conglomeratic shale and ironstone which Mr. Webster has described as the lowest strata visible in the series. They are supplemental, therefore, to the strata comprised, or intended to be comprised, in that author's notice. At the date, however, of his Memoir they were partially disclosed, although perhaps not at those detached points where he traced his lowest strata.
Mr. Webster, in speaking of the strata to the east of Hastings, remarks, that "the lowest strata visible in this series consist of a dark-coloured shale (m, m), which is seen at the Govers and at Cliff End, and contain small roundish masses of sandstone, together with several layers (two of them from two to three inches thick) of rich argillaceous iron-ore." On the west of Eaglesbourne this last bed rises, in an arch, to the height of about twelve feet and then descends to the east. At Cliff End it reappears, and may be traced at low-water, forming a ledge.
The group that I am about to describe consists of sandstone and clays, remarkable for their great diversity of hue, and are subordinate to those beds of conglomeratic shale and ironstone which Mr. Webster has described as the lowest strata visible in the series. They are supplemental, therefore, to the strata comprised, or intended to be comprised, in that author's notice. At the date, however, of his Memoir they were partially disclosed, although perhaps not at those detached points where he traced his lowest strata.
Mr. Webster, in speaking of the strata to the east of Hastings, remarks, that "the lowest strata visible in this series consist of a dark-coloured shale (m, m), which is seen at the Govers and at Cliff End, and contain small roundish masses of sandstone, together with several layers (two of them from two to three inches thick) of rich argillaceous iron-ore." On the west of Eaglesbourne this last bed rises, in an arch, to the height of about twelve feet and then descends to the east. At Cliff End it reappears, and may be traced at low-water, forming a ledge.
Excavations at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, mayor of Hastings, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, pp.366-367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings and St. Leonard's on Sea: their meteorology and climate, by John Charles Savery, published 1859 (58 pp., London: J. Churchill) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
A Medieval Pottery at Hastings, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1859 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 11, notes & queries, pp.229-230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2096] & The Keep [LIB/500230] & S.A.S. library View Online
Recorde of Thomas Lake, bailiff to Yarmouth from Hastings, and Henry Lennarde, bailiff to Yarmouth from Dover, in 1588, edited by Thomas Ross, published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, article, pp.159-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings in 1746, by Unknown Author(s), published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, article, pp.196-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library View Online
Medieval Pottery at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, notes & queries, pp.268-269) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library View Online
The College and Priory of Hastings, and the Priory of Warbleton, by Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.132-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ancient Interments at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, notes & queries, pp.308-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library View Online
Views in Hastings, with rides and drives in the neighbourhood; and other general information, published 1862 (London: Newman and Co.) accessible at: British Library
Notices of Hastings and its Municipal Rights, by W. Durrant Cooper, F.S.A. and Thomas Ross, Mayor, published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.65-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library View Online
Old Sussex Harvest Custom and Peculiarities of Speech in use at Hastings, by James Rock, alderman, published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.186-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings Parish Registers, by W. A. Greenhill, M.D., published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.191-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library View Online
On the footprint of an Iguanodon, lately found at Hastings, by Alfred Tylor, published January 1862 in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 18, issue 1-2, article, pp.247-253) View Online
Abstract:The occurrence of ichnites or footprints in the Wealden strata has on previous occasions been brought before the notice of the Geological Society by both Tagart and Beckles; and these remains have also been alluded to by Mantell in his 'Geology of the Isle of Wight' (1st edit., 1847, pp. 247, 328).
A notice of the recent discovery of similar impressions may be interesting, and may assist in throwing some light upon their nature and character, as well as lead us to some general observations on the strata in which they are found.
By the earlier observers these footprints were referred to gigantic birds, but subsequently the probability of their being reptilian has been advanced. This idea is supported by the abundant occurrence of numerous bones of the Iguanodon and other Dinosaurians in the Wealden deposits. By Dr. Mantel's exertions many of these remains were brought before the scientific world; and more lately Professor Owen, in a monograph published by the Palæontographical Society, has figured and described, among other fine specimens, the bones of the foot of a young Iguanodon, obtained by Mr. Beckles in the Isle of Wight. This foot has three toes, measures 21 inches in length and 9½ in width, and would form a print or "spoor" similar in outline to that shown by the imprint now exhibited, and by the several other imprints and natural casts of imprints found in the Wealden rocks.
A notice of the recent discovery of similar impressions may be interesting, and may assist in throwing some light upon their nature and character, as well as lead us to some general observations on the strata in which they are found.
By the earlier observers these footprints were referred to gigantic birds, but subsequently the probability of their being reptilian has been advanced. This idea is supported by the abundant occurrence of numerous bones of the Iguanodon and other Dinosaurians in the Wealden deposits. By Dr. Mantel's exertions many of these remains were brought before the scientific world; and more lately Professor Owen, in a monograph published by the Palæontographical Society, has figured and described, among other fine specimens, the bones of the foot of a young Iguanodon, obtained by Mr. Beckles in the Isle of Wight. This foot has three toes, measures 21 inches in length and 9½ in width, and would form a print or "spoor" similar in outline to that shown by the imprint now exhibited, and by the several other imprints and natural casts of imprints found in the Wealden rocks.
The Gossiping Photographer at Hastings. [Being photographs; with descriptive letter-press], by Francis Frith, published 1864 (29 pp., Reigate: Frith) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Tokens found at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, notes & queries, p.257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library View Online
Cinque Ports' Summons to Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, notes & queries, p.258) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ancient Pottery at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, notes & queries, p.190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 1867 (120 pp., St Leonards: Karl Burg) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Notes on Worked Flints, found in the neighbourhood of Hastings, by Dr Thomas William Wake Smart, M.D., published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, article, pp.53-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ancient Signet found near Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, p.195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
An Ancient Hastings Will, by Thomas Ross, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.196-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
Presentments, &c., at Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.198-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
Antiquities of Hastings, by T. H. Cole, M.A., published March 1867 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 23, issue 1, article, pp.34-66) View Online
On the History of St. Mary's Collegiate Church in Hastings Castle, by Edward Levien, M.A., F.S.A., published June 1867 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 23, issue 2, article, pp.124-134) View Online
The Rise and Race of Hastings, by George T. Clark, published 1869 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 26, article, pp.12-19; 121-136; 236-257) View Online
Hastings, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.215-225, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159] View Online
Historical and descriptive account of HastingsCastle, published 1871 (8 pp., Hastings) accessible at: British Library
Hastings Documents, by Thomas Ross, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.85-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library View Online
Wall Paintings in All Saints' Church, Hastings, by Thomas Ross, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.192-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library View Online
Effectual prevention of epidemic diseases. An account of means adopted by the Sanitary Aid Association of the borough of Hastings., by a member of the Association, published 1873 (16 pp., London) accessible at: British Library
Reminiscences of Smugglers and Smuggling, by John Banks, published 1873 (viii + 128 pp., London: J. C. Hotten) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Whiteman's Guide to Hastings, St. Leonards and the Neighbourhood, by Spencer Whiteman, published 1875 (sixth edition, S. Whiteman) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The Highlands of Hastings and St Leonards as a Health Resort, by F. J. Parsons, M.D., published 1877 (29 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The story of our Sunday trip to Hastings as related by one of the party a member of theWorking-Men's Lord's Day Rest Association, published 1879 (158 pp., London: Spottiswoode) accessible at: British Library
A complete description of S. Clement's Caves, Hastings. Illustrated, etc., published 1880 (pamphlet, 19 pp., London: C. Irons & Co.) accessible at: British Library
Thirty views and scenery of Hastings, by Alfred Palmer, published c.1880 (30 leaves of plates, published by the author) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Contains 30 engravings of Hastings and district, each signed by Rock & Co., London, dated between 1852 and 1875
A few notes, archaeological and historical, about the ancient Parish and destroyed Parish Church of St. Leonards, juxta Hastings, etc., by Samuel Hadden Parkes, published 1881 (16 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea: J. Dorman) accessible at: British Library
Parsons' Illustrated Guide to Hastings and St Leonards, by Frederick James Parsons, published 1881 (147 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Norman May's Guide to Hastings and St. Leonard's. Illustrated with maps, photographs, etc., published 1884 (vi + 122 pp., London: N. May & Co.) accessible at: British Library
Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea as a Health and Pleasure Resort, with Statistics and Local Information, edited by T. H. Cole and H. Colborne, M.R.C.S., F.M.S. (Meteorolgical Report), published 1884 (38 pp., Hastings and St Leonards Publicity Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield with Maps and a Plan of the Battle, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 1884 (new enlarged and revised edition,xiv & 238 pp., Hastings and St Leonards Philosophical Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
Pike's Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards, with map, published 1888 (98 + xlvi pp., Hastings: Robinson, Son & Pike) accessible at: British Library
The First Seven Years of Lord Brassey's Reference Library, 1881-1887, by Edward H. Marshall, published 1888 (Reprinted from the Hastings & St. Leonard's Observer, 8 pp., Hastings) accessible at: British Library
On the Mortality and Public Health of Hastings, by William Alexander Greenhill, published 1890 (11 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: British Library
Eastbourne, Hastings, and St. Leonard's: a pocket-book, etc. [Illustrated], by Charles Eyre Pascoe, published 1891 (86 pp., London: Hazell, Watson & Co.) accessible at: British Library
The Minnis Rock Hermitage at Hastings, by G. Byng Gattie, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, article, pp.129-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Free Chapel, Hastings, AD 1343, by Rev. Rose Fuller Whistler, M.A., published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library View Online
Treasures found at Hastings, by The Editor, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, p.226, , report in Southern Weekly News for nov 15, 1890) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library View Online
A Concise Account of the St Clement's Caves, Hastings, by R. H. Gamson, published 18 September 1892 (8 pp.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502735] & East Sussex Libraries
The Hastings Water Supply, past and present, by Thomas Elworthy, published 1894 (8 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea : Daniel & Co.) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings v Senlac, by Sir George F. Duckett, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, article, pp.28-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library View Online
A Hastings Token, by W. Thurston, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, p.208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Minnis Rock, Hastings, by Charles Dawson, F.G.S., published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library View Online
Apel's Album of Art Photographs of Hastings & St. Leonards, and neighbourhood, published 1895 (Hastings: H. Apel) accessible at: British Library
Description of and Remarks on the Dungeon Cells at Hastings Castle, by Charles Dawson and J Lewes, C.E., F.S.A., published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.222-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library View Online
Inscriptions in the Churchyard of All Saints, Hastings, by Alfred Ridley Bax, F.S.A., published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.236-253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library View Online
Note On the Seals of the Barons and of the Bailiffs of Hastings, by Charles Dawson, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.261-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings by Camera and in Canto, etc., by John Morgan, published 1897 (93 pp., Hastings: Burfield & Pennells) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Visitor's Alphabetical Handy Guide of Hastings and Environs, published 1898 (32 pp., Hastings: P. A. White) accessible at: British Library
The pre-historic races of Hastings, by William James Lewis Abbott, published 1898 (Reprinted from the Saint Paul's Magazine, 1898, 12 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Inscriptions in the Churchyard of All Saints, Hastings, by Alfred Ridley Bax, F.S.A., published 1898 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 41, article, pp.216-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2126] & The Keep [LIB/500259] & S.A.S. library View Online
Hastings, by Wilbur C. Abbott, published July 1898 in The English Historical Review (vol. xiii, issue li, article, pp.439-463, ISSN: 0013-8266) View Online
Black's guide to Hastings & Eastbourne : St Leonards, Bexhill, Rye, Winchelsea, etc, by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, published 1899 (120 pp., London: Adam and Charles Black) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Inscriptions in the Churchyard of All Saints, Hastings, by Alfred Ridley Bax, F.S.A., published 1900 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 43, article, pp.252-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2128] & The Keep [LIB/500261] & S.A.S. library View Online
Sunny Days in Hastings and St. Leonards: a handbook for south-east Sussex , by W. H. Sanders with contributions by Prescott Row, published 1901 (xii + 136 pp., Hastings St. Leonards: C. Whittaker) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
with special contributions on the geology and pre-historic races of the district, by W. G. Lewis-Abbott, F.G.S., and sea and fresh-water angling, by H. Dowsett.
The Services of the Barons of the Cinque Ports at the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England, and the Precedency of Hastings Port, by Charles Dawson, published 1901 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 44, article, pp.45-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2129] & The Keep [LIB/500262] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Correspondence of John Collier, Five Times Mayor of Hastings, and his connection with the Pelham Family, by W. V. Crake, published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, article, pp.62-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library View Online
Note on the Hastings Corporation Relics of Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England, by Charles Dawson, F.S.A., F.G.S., published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, article, pp.110-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library View Online
Corrections to Correspondence of John Collier, by W. V. Crake, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, notes & queries, pp.238-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library
Hastings, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XXXVI, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142] View Online
Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings. Jubilee year, 1906, published 1906 (132 pp., Hastings : Brooker; Brown & Woodley) accessible at: British Library
The Hastings Road and the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge", by Charles George Harper, published 1906 (x + 287 pp., London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings: jubilee year, 1906, by Charles New, published 1906 (132 pp., Hastings: Brooker) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Inscriptions in the Churchyard and Crypt of St Clement's Church, and in the Croft Chapel and Burial Ground, Hastings, by Alfred Ridley Bax, F.S.A., published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, article, pp.105-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library View Online
Correspondence of Mr John Collier and his family, 1716 - 1780, edited by Charles Lane Sayer, published 1907 (two volumes, London: C. F. Hodgson & Son) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503739][LIB/503740][LIB/504886] & East Sussex Libraries
Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Hastings, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.75-77, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Collegiate churches: Hastings, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.112-117, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Hospitals: Hastings, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, p.103, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
An Early Hastings Charter, by Hamilton Hall, published 1907 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 50, notes & queries, pp.177-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2135] & The Keep [LIB/500268] & S.A.S. library View Online
History of Hastings Castle : the castlery, Rape and Battle of Hastings, to which is added a history of the Collegiate Church within the castle, and its prebends, by Charles Dawson, published 1909 (2 volumes, xiii + 356 & vii + 359-579 pp., London: Constable) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503823][Lib/503824] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings of Bygone Days - and the Present, by Henry Cousins, published 1911 (xviii + 304 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons Ltd.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings & Environs. A sketch-book, by H. G. Hampton, published 1915 (London: A. & C. Black) accessible at: The Keep [BHSR486] & British Library
Hastings Castle, 1050-1100, and the Chapel of St Mary, by Hon. F. H. Baring, published 1915 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 57, article, pp.119-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2142] & The Keep [LIB/500275] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake, by Margaret Todd, M.D., published 1918 (xviii + 574 pp., London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: British Library View Online
Abstract:Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912) was born in Hastings and died in Rotherfield. She was a pioneer in woman's education and was the first woman to practise as a doctor in Scotland
Hastings of Bygone Days - and the Present, by Henry Cousins, published 1920 (2nd edition, 357 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons Ltd.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
Hastings and neighbourhood, by Walter Higgins and painted by E. W. Haslehurst, published 1920 (64 pp., London: Blackie & Sons) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Iron ores of the Hastings beds of Sussex, by Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood, 1920 at University of London (M.Sc. thesis)
The Evolution of the Hastings Coastline, by E. M. Ward, published August 1920 in The Geographical Journal (vol. 56, no. 2, article, pp.107-120) View Online
The Evolution of the Hastings Coastline: Discussion, by J. S. Owens, J. W. Evans, Mr. Hinks and E. M. ward, published August 1920 in The Geographical Journal (vol. 56, no. 2, article, pp.120-123) View Online
The story of the English towns: Hastings, by L. F. Salzman, published 1921 (London: S.P.C.K.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503830]
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, notes & queries, p.262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library
Report on the Manuscripts of Lord de L'Isle & Dudley Preserved at Penshurst Place, by Historical Manuscripts Commission, published 1925 (vol. I, H. M. Stationery Office)
The Geology of the Eastbourne - Hastings Coastline: With Special Reference to the Localities visited by the Association in June, 1925. Weald Research Committee Report No. 3, by H. B. Milner, M.A., D.I.C., F.G.S. and A. J. Bull, M.Sc., F.G.S., published 1925 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 36 issue 3, article, pp.291-316) View Online
Abstract:The following pages present in outline the geology of the coast-section exposed from Beachy Head to Cliff End, beyond Fairlight, a distance of 26 miles. One of us (A.J.B.) is responsible for the survey from Beachy Head to Rockhouse Bank, the other (H.B. M.) from Rockhouse Bank eastward to Cliff End. The work forms part of the six-inch geological survey of the Weald being under taken by members of the Weald Research Committee of the Geologists' Association.
The authors wish to point out that they do not here include the inland geology of the districts traversed, except in so far as exigencies of building or similar circumstances necessitate a detour for a few hundred yards inland to preserve continuity of geological description. For this reason much that is generally known to be of unusual interest in the region, especially in the vicinity of Hastings and S1. Leonards, finds no mention here, the object being rather to draw attention to this exceptionally fine coast-section, wherein is displayed such varied stratigraphy and tectonics, and also to render it possible for casual visitor or more serious student to explore it with some guide to the trend and sequence of geological events.
The description of the coast is arranged from west (Beachy Head) to east (Cliff End); but so as to enable those who desire to pick up the thread at any particular place, insets in the text indicating localities have been employed, from which a start can be made at will.
This section of coast has on it the towns of Eastbourne, Bexhill, St. Leonards and Hastings, while smaller residential and holiday resorts are springing up at Fairlight and Cooden, and even in unpromising places on the edge of the marsh-land.
The authors wish to point out that they do not here include the inland geology of the districts traversed, except in so far as exigencies of building or similar circumstances necessitate a detour for a few hundred yards inland to preserve continuity of geological description. For this reason much that is generally known to be of unusual interest in the region, especially in the vicinity of Hastings and S1. Leonards, finds no mention here, the object being rather to draw attention to this exceptionally fine coast-section, wherein is displayed such varied stratigraphy and tectonics, and also to render it possible for casual visitor or more serious student to explore it with some guide to the trend and sequence of geological events.
The description of the coast is arranged from west (Beachy Head) to east (Cliff End); but so as to enable those who desire to pick up the thread at any particular place, insets in the text indicating localities have been employed, from which a start can be made at will.
This section of coast has on it the towns of Eastbourne, Bexhill, St. Leonards and Hastings, while smaller residential and holiday resorts are springing up at Fairlight and Cooden, and even in unpromising places on the edge of the marsh-land.
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, notes & queries, pp.240-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, p.226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library
Harpsichord House, by Leonard Selden, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 13, article, p.587) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
The Court of Brotherhood and Guestling, by G. H. Wilson, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 13, article, pp.588-589) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
The Memoirs of a Mayor of Hastings, by T. S. Dymond, published 1928 (148 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503822] & East Sussex Libraries
Where did William land?, by Rev. E. H. Rudkin, M.A., B.D., published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 2, article, pp.60-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
St Clement's Caves, Hastings, by G. H. Wilson, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 7, article, pp.292-295) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
Famous South Coast Pleasure Resorts Past & Present, their historical associations, their rise to fame and a forecast of their future development, by Harold Clunn, published 1929 (T. Whittingham) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Hastings, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1929 in Kipling's Sussex Revisited (pp.123-132, London: H. Jenkins Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15871][Lib 17092] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, pp.218-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library
The Hastings "Chop-Backs", by Arthur Beckett, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.242-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]
The Development of Modern Hastings, by W. H. Dyer, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.250-257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]
The Town and Port of Hastings, by J. E. Ray, F.R.Hist.Soc., published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.258-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]
The Place-names of Sussex, Part II: The Rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings, by Allen Mawer and Frank Merry Stenton, published 1930 (Cambridge University Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10137][Lib 5597][Lib 8295] & The Keep [LIB/500115][Lib/504722] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Review in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1930:The second, and concluding, volume of the English Place-Name Society on Sussex has followed the first at a commendably short interval, and brings to completion a very notable piece of work, which must long remain a standard book of reference for all students of Sussex history.
This volume deals with the place-names in the three eastern rapes; and as these are larger in area than the western rapes the material to be worked through is more extensive. There is no further introductory matter, though many readers would have welcomed comment from Professor Mawer and perhaps fresh light on the early settlement of Sussex. But after the individual names have been disposed of there is, as in the other volumes in the series, a chapter on field names, and another on the distribution of the various elements. Finally there is the indispensable index to the two volumes.
This volume deals with the place-names in the three eastern rapes; and as these are larger in area than the western rapes the material to be worked through is more extensive. There is no further introductory matter, though many readers would have welcomed comment from Professor Mawer and perhaps fresh light on the early settlement of Sussex. But after the individual names have been disposed of there is, as in the other volumes in the series, a chapter on field names, and another on the distribution of the various elements. Finally there is the indispensable index to the two volumes.
Borough of Hastings town planning scheme: report on the general development plan, by T. A. Mawson & Sons and Adams, Thompson & Fry, published 1930 (51 pp., illus., & maps, Hastings: Borough of Hastings) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, pp.263-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library
Romantic Hastings, by M. Adeline Boulter-Cooke and Olive V. Boulter-Cooke, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 1, article, pp.17-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]
Edward Capell at Hastings, by Ethel Lofft Wade, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 1, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]
The Hastings "Rope Houses", by G. Herbert Wilson, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 4, article, pp.302-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1931 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 72, notes & queries, pp.277-278) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2157] & The Keep [LIB/500357] & S.A.S. library
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, notes & queries, p.206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library
Historic Houses of Sussex - East Hill House, Old Hastings, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.485-487) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]
The Waters of Health and Happiness: the book of the White Rock Baths Hastings, published 1933 (13 pp., Hastings: White Rock Baths Committee)
Hastings Rape Records, by Elinor J. Courthope and Beryl E. R. Formoy, published 1933 (vol. 37, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2253] & The Keep [LIB/500409]
Report of Local Secretary. Hastings, by J. E. Ray, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, p.247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library
A Tour into Sussex, 1788, continued, by Hon. John Byng, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 3, article, pp.193-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
An Historical Survey of Hastings, by Kenneth Saville, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 8, article, pp.502-505) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
Change of Battalion headquarters: Middle Street to Bulverhythe, published December 1933 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 8, article, pp.137-139)
History of the Cinque Ports Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment headquarters, 1895-1933. Middle Street is in Hastings.
Old Wesley Methodist Church, Bourne Street, Hastings: centenary 1834-1934: programme of celebrations, published 1934 (32 pp.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
A Church on No Man's Land: Being the Romance of Holy Trinity, Hastings, by Rev. E. W. Leachman, published 1934 (128 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: King Bros. & Potts) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings & St Leonards Ladies College, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 3, article, p.197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]
The old drill shed, Hastings, by J.L. Fidler, published June 1934 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 3, no. 9, article, pp.18-20)
The drill hall on Middle Street used by the Cinque Ports battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Describes the layout. Illustrated by a line drawing of its appearance and a layout plan.
Hastings & St. Leonards Official Handbook, by W. H. Dyer, published 1935 (80 pp., Hastings: Hastings and St Leonards Borough Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
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]
Literary Associations in Hastings, by N. Scarlyn Wilson, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 11, article, pp.730-733) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]
Report on Human Remains Excavated at Hastings Castle , by L. H. Dudley Buxton, D.Sc., F.S.A., published May 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 2, article, pp.43-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library
Hastings A Survey Of Times Past And Present, edited by Anthony Belt, published 1937 (Kenneth Saville) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503831] & East Sussex Libraries
The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, edited by L. F. Salzman, M.A., F.S.A., published 1937 (vol. 9: The Rape of Hastings, xv + 279 pp. (facsimile edition published 1973), London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905901 & ISBN-13: 9780712905909) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2402] & The Keep [LIB/500080][Lib/504285] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Borough of Hastings, Cinque Ports, Borough of Rye, Winchelsea.
Baldslow Hundred: Crowhurst, Hollington, Ore, Westfield
Battle Hundred: Battle, Whatlington
Review in Sussex Notes and Queries, November 1937.:Baldslow Hundred: Crowhurst, Hollington, Ore, Westfield
Battle Hundred: Battle, Whatlington
The issue of a volume of this County History is looked forward to with keen interest, and the new volume fully maintains the high standard expected. It will, no doubt, make a wide appeal from the fact that the area covered contains such well-known places as Battle Abbey, Bodiam Castle and Herstmonceux Castle, as well as the ancient Towns of Rye and Winchelsea.
An editorial note explains that Dr. William Page at the time of his death was preparing the material for the volume, which is geographically the ninth volume of the History, though fourth in order of issue. Then, following a general account of the Rape and Honour of Hastings, the Borough of Hastings is dealt with from every conceivable aspect, descriptive, architectural, historical, economic, manorial and ecclesiastical; the castle and churches receive particular attention, and the article concludes with the unusual but useful feature - adopted also throughout the volume - of a detailed statement of the various Charities, in this case extending to no less than five and a half pages. Truly Hastings has been favoured with a host of benefactors, not the least being the compilers of this history, the study of which greatly enhances one's respect for this ancient port.
The story of the Cinque Ports is probably the most complete that has ever been written; and under this head the Boroughs of Rye and Winchelsea receive similar treatment to that accorded to Hastings. In the remaining 200 pages of the volume each of the thirteen Hundreds in the Rape, with the parishes and manors they contain, comes under review, and when we add that 40 ancient parishes and over 140 manors are included, some idea will be gathered of the enormous amount of research involved. The architectural descriptions of the churches are in nearly every case accompanied by dated ground plans, and we note that the responsibility for these plans is shared by Mr. W. H. Godfrey and Mr. John E. Ray, while the actual draughtmanship is by Mr. E. F. Harvey whose excellent work is familiar to the readers of these pages.
A statement concerning the officers of the Hundred of Foxearle (p.125), which is apparently a quotation from the Burrell MSS. calls for some comment, as the position suggested seems to depart from the normal. We read :- "The officers of the hundred, who were always chosen at the Easter court, were two headboroughs, only one of whom was sworn, two constables and two alderman". This is not altogether borne out by the Court Rolls which show that in the time of Henry VIII the officers were chosen at an Easter court, as stated, but in the reign of Elizabeth and also in the late 17th century, for which periods alone rolls are available, the elections were at the Michaelmas court. In regard to headboroughs, we find as might be expected, that each of the six tithings had one headborough ; two names in each case were put before the court, but the second was an alternative choice, failing the first, who was usually appointed and sworn. Two constables and one alderman were appointed for the hundred, but another may have been appointed at the Lawday which is mentioned as being held for Boreham and Wareing.
The detailed descriptions of the devolution of the various manors furnish a mass of useful genealogical material, and perhaps one of the most noticeable cases is that of the manor of Pett (p.191) which on the death of the last male member of the Thatcher family in or about 1650 became divisible, with the other family estates, between his seven sisters or their descendants, involving some 10 marriages and much sub-division of the shares. It is said with truth that after 1650 the division is confused, but what happened later is clear. In 1698 a partition of the estates was made and the manors of Pett and Mersham fell to the share of Andrew Wharton, and it was he who sold to Joseph Gage in 1699.
In conclusion, we must mention the illustrations which add greatly to the interest and beauty of the volume; there are 30 full-page plates of photographic reproductions of very high merit, besides many line drawings in the text, and other plans besides those of the churches already mentioned. Altogether it is a sumptious book and the Editor and his staff and all connected with its publication are to be warmly congratulated upon their work.
An editorial note explains that Dr. William Page at the time of his death was preparing the material for the volume, which is geographically the ninth volume of the History, though fourth in order of issue. Then, following a general account of the Rape and Honour of Hastings, the Borough of Hastings is dealt with from every conceivable aspect, descriptive, architectural, historical, economic, manorial and ecclesiastical; the castle and churches receive particular attention, and the article concludes with the unusual but useful feature - adopted also throughout the volume - of a detailed statement of the various Charities, in this case extending to no less than five and a half pages. Truly Hastings has been favoured with a host of benefactors, not the least being the compilers of this history, the study of which greatly enhances one's respect for this ancient port.
The story of the Cinque Ports is probably the most complete that has ever been written; and under this head the Boroughs of Rye and Winchelsea receive similar treatment to that accorded to Hastings. In the remaining 200 pages of the volume each of the thirteen Hundreds in the Rape, with the parishes and manors they contain, comes under review, and when we add that 40 ancient parishes and over 140 manors are included, some idea will be gathered of the enormous amount of research involved. The architectural descriptions of the churches are in nearly every case accompanied by dated ground plans, and we note that the responsibility for these plans is shared by Mr. W. H. Godfrey and Mr. John E. Ray, while the actual draughtmanship is by Mr. E. F. Harvey whose excellent work is familiar to the readers of these pages.
A statement concerning the officers of the Hundred of Foxearle (p.125), which is apparently a quotation from the Burrell MSS. calls for some comment, as the position suggested seems to depart from the normal. We read :- "The officers of the hundred, who were always chosen at the Easter court, were two headboroughs, only one of whom was sworn, two constables and two alderman". This is not altogether borne out by the Court Rolls which show that in the time of Henry VIII the officers were chosen at an Easter court, as stated, but in the reign of Elizabeth and also in the late 17th century, for which periods alone rolls are available, the elections were at the Michaelmas court. In regard to headboroughs, we find as might be expected, that each of the six tithings had one headborough ; two names in each case were put before the court, but the second was an alternative choice, failing the first, who was usually appointed and sworn. Two constables and one alderman were appointed for the hundred, but another may have been appointed at the Lawday which is mentioned as being held for Boreham and Wareing.
The detailed descriptions of the devolution of the various manors furnish a mass of useful genealogical material, and perhaps one of the most noticeable cases is that of the manor of Pett (p.191) which on the death of the last male member of the Thatcher family in or about 1650 became divisible, with the other family estates, between his seven sisters or their descendants, involving some 10 marriages and much sub-division of the shares. It is said with truth that after 1650 the division is confused, but what happened later is clear. In 1698 a partition of the estates was made and the manors of Pett and Mersham fell to the share of Andrew Wharton, and it was he who sold to Joseph Gage in 1699.
In conclusion, we must mention the illustrations which add greatly to the interest and beauty of the volume; there are 30 full-page plates of photographic reproductions of very high merit, besides many line drawings in the text, and other plans besides those of the churches already mentioned. Altogether it is a sumptious book and the Editor and his staff and all connected with its publication are to be warmly congratulated upon their work.
Hastings: A Survey of Times Past and Present, edited by Members of the Hastings Natural History Society and others, and edited by Anthony Belt, F.L.S., published 1937 (Hastings Local History Group & printed at Kenneth Saville, Hastings)
The Fishing Boats of Hastings, by James Hornell, F.L.S., F.R.A.I., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 11, article, pp.700-705; no. 12, pp.766-771) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]
An Englishman's House, by H. W. Wright, published 1938 (9 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library
A record of events at Hastings illustrating the revival of arbitrary and unjust government in England. An account of attempts to evict Henry George Johnson from his house after it had been condemned by the Hastings Corporation as unfit for habitation.
The fishing luggers of Hastings: Part 1, by James Hornell, published 1938 in The Mariner's Mirror (24(3), article, pp.259-274)
The fishing luggers of Hastings: Part 2, by James Hornell, published 1938 in The Mariner's Mirror (24(4), article, pp.409-428)
Literary Celebrities at Hastings, by J. Quigley, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 2, article, pp.78-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
The Price of Freedom, by J. Manwairing Baines, B.Sc., F.R.S.A., F.Z.S., published November 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 8, article, pp.232-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library
Bishop's Transcripts: Archdeaconries of Lewes and Hastings , by W. H. Challen, published February 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.9-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library
Bishop's Transcripts: Archdeaconries of Lewes and Hastings , by W. H. Challen, published May 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 2, article, pp.27-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library
Hastings & Its Harbours, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1946 (16 pp., Hastings: Kenneth Saville) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502764] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings and the Romans, by J. Manwaring Baines, published May 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 2, article, pp.35-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library
Ancient Coin from Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published August 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 3, note, pp.66-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library
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]
Sussex Church Plans LXXXV: St. Clement, Hastings, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 4, article, pp.76-77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library
Cryed in Old Hastings 1766-1794, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1949 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502737] & East Sussex Libraries
Sussex Church Plans LXXXVI: All Saints, Hastings, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.102-103) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library
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 Railway Battle of Hastings, by R. A. H. Weight, published June 1951 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.407-408) Download PDF
The Freeman of Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1952 (12 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502739]
Problems of Hastings water supply, by S. Little, published 1 January 1952 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 72, no. 1, article, pp.34-41)
Hastings Remembered by a Huguenot, by W. H. Challen, published May 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 9 & 10, note, pp.212-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
The Ships of the Cinque Ports in 1586/7, by J. Manwaring Baines, curator of the Hastings Museum, published November 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.241-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
Hastings Saga. A history of the Wenham family of Hastings., by Marion Alice Nona Marshall, published 1953 (84 pp. & 5 illus., Saint Catherine Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings and Men of Letters, by Gerald Brodribb, published 1954 (Hastings Public Library) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502748] & East Sussex Libraries
Review by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston] in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1955:This is a notice in chronological order of the various men of letters who have lived in or written about Hastings, with copious extracts from their writings and a list of novels in which Hastings or its district is featured. The eight plates are a delight; six reproduce prints of the early 19th century and the other two are modern photographs.
Hastings and the Cinque Ports Coat of Arms, by Leopold A. Vdler, published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, note, pp.27-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library
There is a cavern in the town: the inside story of St. Clement's Caves, published c.1955 (20 pp., Hastings: Hastings Corporation) accessible at: British Library
Historic Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1955 (xiii + 433 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Review by E. A. W. [E. A. Wilson] in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1956:"This is not a history of Hastings," says the preface. But it is an important book directing attention rather to the people of the town. Naturally a good deal must be revealed about the many rules which influenced their lives - the laws of the realm, the customs of the Cinque Ports, and what we now call bye-laws, regulating conduct, trade, fishery, health, care of the poor and sick and many other things. So first comes a description of the government of the town and its officials, from the bailiff, later the mayor, down to the gaoler, the diary of one of whom is the substance of chapter 14. The ancient hospital, priory and churches; inns, schools and windmills; the Georgian workhouse; together with place names, plaques and fire-fighting later appear: and trade and communications, and of course the sea, with smuggling and fighting, fishing and shipbuilding, lead on to a study of notable visitors, local societies and sport. There is something to interest, amuse and inform every taste.
The reviewer's fancy was particularly taken by Mr. Baines disposal of Hastings claim to be the premier port in the confederation. The Hundred (one of the town's four courts) seem to have overlapped with the ecclesiastical courts in its jurisdiction over some offences. Another privilege of the Ports is suggested by a licence to beg granted by the town some 25 years after these were forbidden by statute. A suit in Chancery is described, filed, apparently, with the sole object of maintaining the town's right as a beneficiary after expiry of a life interest, the corporation being uneasy that the lady concerned showed no signs of dying. Some of the smugglers stories are exciting; others curious, as that of the man who was caught in bed, the Customs officers finding in the room what they "thought was Odd dyet for a sick person." The many quotations are a delight if only for the old spelling. "The Prince of Whales" may be forgiven a seafaring community! Strange it seems now that the corporation should have refused a telephone line proposed in 1879 so as "not to cross the view of persons looking out of the first-floor windows."
Some minor criticisms. A description of the Armada is redundant, for Hastings' part in its defeat is unknown, and the list of vessels possessed or provided at the time could have been added to another chapter. The many excellent pictures, though bound near their subjects to the text are not as readily found as a reference would have made them. The author has excused omissions - "this is but one volume and not ten." We hope he will write another nine, including an account of the castle "which played little part in the life of the town"; telling us what was Sir Cloudesley Shovell's connection with the house (in the frontispiece) which bears his name; and dealing with sport other than cricket.
It is ludicrous that Mr. Baines should be one of a company called "cranks." The town, the county and our Society are fortunate in having there a member and a museum curator who is interested in its archives as well as its buildings and its inhabitants, and who has had the experience, time and energy to produce such a work.
The reviewer's fancy was particularly taken by Mr. Baines disposal of Hastings claim to be the premier port in the confederation. The Hundred (one of the town's four courts) seem to have overlapped with the ecclesiastical courts in its jurisdiction over some offences. Another privilege of the Ports is suggested by a licence to beg granted by the town some 25 years after these were forbidden by statute. A suit in Chancery is described, filed, apparently, with the sole object of maintaining the town's right as a beneficiary after expiry of a life interest, the corporation being uneasy that the lady concerned showed no signs of dying. Some of the smugglers stories are exciting; others curious, as that of the man who was caught in bed, the Customs officers finding in the room what they "thought was Odd dyet for a sick person." The many quotations are a delight if only for the old spelling. "The Prince of Whales" may be forgiven a seafaring community! Strange it seems now that the corporation should have refused a telephone line proposed in 1879 so as "not to cross the view of persons looking out of the first-floor windows."
Some minor criticisms. A description of the Armada is redundant, for Hastings' part in its defeat is unknown, and the list of vessels possessed or provided at the time could have been added to another chapter. The many excellent pictures, though bound near their subjects to the text are not as readily found as a reference would have made them. The author has excused omissions - "this is but one volume and not ten." We hope he will write another nine, including an account of the castle "which played little part in the life of the town"; telling us what was Sir Cloudesley Shovell's connection with the house (in the frontispiece) which bears his name; and dealing with sport other than cricket.
It is ludicrous that Mr. Baines should be one of a company called "cranks." The town, the county and our Society are fortunate in having there a member and a museum curator who is interested in its archives as well as its buildings and its inhabitants, and who has had the experience, time and energy to produce such a work.
The History of Hastings Grammar School, 1619-1956, by J. Manwaring Baines and L. R. Conisbee, published 1956 (248 pp., Hastings Grammar School Foundation) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503829] & East Sussex Libraries
Architectural and historical notes: the Borough Church of St Clement, Hastings, by H. C. B. Foyster, published 1956 (5th edition, 18 pp.) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library
Sir Thomas Eversfield, M.P. for Hastings and his two wives, Elizabeth (Goring) and Jane (Alford, by Sir Gyles Isham and Margaret Toynbee, published November 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 15 & 16, article, pp.253-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library
Geology of the Central Weald: The Hastings Beds, by Percival Allen, published 1958 (Geologists' Association Guide no. 24, Geologist's Association)
Hastings Castle, by W. H. Dyer, published 1960 (Hastings Corporation) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502769] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Guide Books, by J. Manwaring Baines, published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, note, pp.272-273) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Hastings Elizabethan Charter, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1962 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502759]
The Keeping of Sessions of the Peace in the Borough of Hastings, by Michael Reed, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.46-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library
Between Ashford and Hastings, by H. A. Vallance, published September 1962 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.589-598) Download PDF
Hastings: the stade at Rock-a-Nore, fishermen of Hastings, the net shops., published 1963 (second edition, 16 pp., Hastings: Henry Osborne) accessible at: British Library
Historic Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1963 (revised edition, xvii + 437 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503828] & East Sussex Libraries
The bryophytes of the Hastings area, by R.A. Finch, published 1963 in Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist (vol. 9, article, pp.185-191)
The Hastings disturbances, by D.L. Brown, published 1 January 1965 in Police Journal (vol. 38, no. 1, article, pp.5-13)
Fights between Mods and Rockers and how they were dealt with by the police.
1066-1966. Hastings & District in 900 years of history, by W. H. Dyer, published 1966 (Hastings: Hastings Borough Council) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The Frankish Origin of the Hastings Tribe, by C. T. Chevalier, published 1966 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 104, article, pp.56-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2189] & The Keep [LIB/500325] & S.A.S. library
Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches: Fairlight and Hastings, by the late V. J. Torr, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, article, pp.234-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
An Outline of Hastings History, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1967 (31 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502744]
The Spring Parliamentary Election at Hastings, 1640, by John K. Gruenfelder, published 1967 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 105, article, pp.49-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2190] & The Keep [LIB/500324] & S.A.S. library
St Helen's Day Hospital Hastings, Sussex, by H. Goldstone, published 1 March 1967 in Occupational Therapy (vol. 30, no. 3, article, pp.37-40) View Online
Consists mainly of 7 photos with some text about occupational therapy work.
Hastings Castle booklist, by W. H. Dyer, published 1968 (3 pp., Hastings: Hasting Public Library) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502773] & East Sussex Libraries
Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1868, by P. A. Barker and K. J. Barton, published 1968 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 125, article, pp.303-305) View Online
Excavations: Beauport Park, by A. G. Brodribb, published Spring 1969 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 1, article, p.9) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558] Download PDF
Abstract:Since a first visit was paid two years ago, much of the limited time spent at Beauport Park has been used in surveying and mapping the whole considerable area of the site. The only visible sign of any working was the remains of the slag heap. Though much of this was removed in the 1870s for roadmaking, the heap is still so big (about 130 yards long) that much of it remains to be excavated. Test trenches have helped to define the whole area, the nearest mine pit, and (with the help of divining rods) the track running to it.
Hastings Fishermen's Museum booklet , published 1970 (15 pp., Hastings: Fishermen's Museum) accessible at: British Library
A Brief Story of St. Clement's Caves, by W. H. Dyer, published 1970 (20 pp., Hastings: Hastings Tourism and Recreation Department) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502757] & East Sussex Libraries
Design and construction of a submarine sea outfall at Hastings, by E.W. Crisp, H.M. Stewart, and S.J.N. Fletcher, published 1970 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 47, no. 1, article, pp.121-143)
Hastings and St. Leonards waterworks, 1830-1970, by George D. Coleman, published 1971 (117 pp., Borough of Hastings Water Committee) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506141] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings in 1605, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1971 (Hastings: Hastings Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502753]
Discussion, design and construction of a submarine sea outfall at Hastings: meetings at Brighton 12 November and London 1 December 1970, by E.W. Crisp, H.M. Stewart, and S.J.N. Fletcher, published 1971 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 50, no. 1, article, pp.95-124)
Excavations 1970: Medieval Cemetery, Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published March 1971 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 2, article, p.3) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Carving trawled off Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published March 1971 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 2, article, p.5) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Winkle Up ! - The Story of the Hastings Winkle Club, by W. H. Dyer and A. K. Vint, published 1972 (72 pp., Hastings Winkle Club) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508000] & East Sussex Libraries
The Royal Military Canal: an historical account of the waterway and military road from Shorncliffe in Kent to Cliff End in Sussex, by P. A. L. Vine, published 1972 (239 pp., Newton Abbot: David & Charles, ISBN-10: 0715355104 & ISBN-13: 9780715355107) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Royal Military Canal is the story of the building and operation of this canal during the century of its active life. It was designed to be the third line of defence against possible invasion by Napoleon and is one of only two canals in Britain to be built by the state, (the Royal Staff Corps). Construction began in October 1804 and the work was completed in April 1809. It was built in two sections and runs for 28 miles between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings. The Royal Military Canal covers not only the canal's construction but also much to interest the military historian. The early days of the Royal Staff Corps are covered as are the transport services of the Royal Wagon Train. Although the canal never saw military action there was an attempt to use it to control smuggling from Romney Marsh, however, this proved unsuccessful due in no small part to corrupt guards. The canal was finally abandoned in 1877 and is now an important environmental site.
A note on the Beauport Park Roman Ironworks, by A. G. Brodribb, published Spring 1972 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 3, article, pp.4-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558] Download PDF
Abstract:In September 1966 1 first began my search for the remains of the Roman ironworks at Beauport Park. After some five years of persistent and intensive jungle warfare, I at last found what some readers will have now seen, and it may be of interest to give here some history of the references to the site before I began to tackle it.
Beauport Park 1971, by Henry Cleere, published Spring 1972 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 3, article, pp.6-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558] Download PDF
Part of Gerald Brodribb's "other story" can in fact now be told. I joined him in 1971 as joint director of the excavation, and we carried out an intensive dig on the bath-house that had come to light at the end of the previous year for three weeks in August/September. A number of members of the Group took part in the dig, notably Dennis Hemsley and Alan Scott.
Hastings Augustinian Priory: An Excavation Report, by David Martin, published 1973 (Hastings Area Archaeological Papers no. 2, 46 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Papers) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502752] & East Sussex Libraries
Excavations 1972: Hastings, by D. Martin, published May 1973 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 10, article, p.38) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
The Fishing Luggers of Hastings, by James Hornell, published 1974 (74 pp., London: National Maritime Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502747] & East Sussex Libraries
Charcoal Burials at East Hill, Hastings, by Eric W. Holden, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library
Hastings Town and Parks. New Archaeological Finds, by John W. Moore, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library
The making of a seaside resort: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (1), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 14 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 3998, article, pp.286-288)
Regents Park by the sea: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (2), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 21 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 3999, article, pp.384-386)
Promoting Sussex by the sea: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (3), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 28 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 4000, article, pp.432-434)
Hastings: Walk About The Old Town, by R. A. Brimmell, W. H. Dyer and R. A. Haskell, published 1975 (17 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society, ISBN-10: 0950527904 & ISBN-13: 9780950527901) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Excavations 1974: Hastings Old Town, Winding Street, by D. Devenish, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.64) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations in Winding Street, Hastings, 1975, by David R. Rudling, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.164-175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library
Hastings Country Park, by John W. Moore, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.336) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library
Excavations 1975: Hastings Old Town, Winding Street, by David Rudling, published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, p.81, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Excavations at Hastings Castle, 1968 (part of Five Castle Excavations), by P. A. Barker and K. J. Barton, published 1977 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 134, article, pp.80-100) View Online
Abstract:Reports on the Institute's Research Project into The Origins of the Castle in England
Dipping into the Beer, by Roger Diplock, published June 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 1, article, pp.7-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Joseph Diplock married Elizabeth Saunders in 1787 and had a son named William. He ran an Alehouse named "Ship" which was the scene of a riot in 1793 for which the military had to be called out. Article covers the years 1748 - 1799 in the parish of Hastings.
Romano-Gaulish Figurine from Hastings, by David C. Devenish, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, shorter notice, p.405) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library
Stray Wills [of Hastings], by Mary Wigan, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, p.191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
The Story of Hastings Castle, by W. H. Dyer, published 1979 (24 pp., Hastings: Hastings Tourism and Recreation Department) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502769] & East Sussex Libraries
A Brief Story of Hastings and St Leonards, by W. H. Dyer, published 1979 (new edition, 64 pp., Hastings: Hastings Tourism and Recreation Department) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Excavations in Winding Street, Hastings, 1974, by David C. Devenish, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.125-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library
On the Alleged Frankish Origin of the Hastings Tribe, by Richard Coates, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.263-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library
Hastings, A Pictorial History, by D. Robert Elleray, published 1 January 1979 (128 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850333245 & ISBN-13: 9780850333244) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Remarkable Mirage at Hastings July 1797, by William Latham, Esq., F.R.S., A.S., published January 1979 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 4, no. 35, article, pp.18-19) Download PDF
Abstract:Account of a singular instance of atmospherical refraction
Excavation Report: Hastings Area Archaeological Group, by Peter Fuller, published April 1979 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 27, article, p.181, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
The Hastings Gaoler's Murder, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, pp.10-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of John Murdock otherwise known as Joseph Williams
The medical history of Hastings, by C. Allan Birch, published 1980 (unpublished typescript, 267 pp.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503825] & East Sussex Libraries
The Other Hastings: Comments on Life in Hastings 1870-1939, by Fred Gray, published 1980 (27 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502760] & East Sussex Libraries
The Huffeys of Hastings, by Gillian Huffey, published March 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.86-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:A history of Huffeys' newstand and sweet shop owned by William Huffey. He and his wife Annie Matilda Summer had two sons William Summer and Arthur Causan. Illustrated with a photo of the shop and covers the years 1867 - 1975 in the parish of Hastings.
St. Mary's, Hastings MIs, published June 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.40-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Hastings Trolleybus System, 1928-1959, by K. S. Donaldson, published 1981 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 11, article, pp.9-14) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:In July 1927 the Hastings Tramways Company obtained the Hastings Tramways Company (Trolley Vehicles) Act 1927, which authorised the replacement of 65 four wheeled tramcars by trolleybuses, and began implementing its plan to open the first system of trackless trolley omnibuses in Sussex. In addition to the engineering and organisational difficulties that had to be overcome there was the opposition of the Hastings Corporation, and the proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the Hastings & District Electric Tramways Co., Ltd., held at 1 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4 on Tuesday, 15th May, 1928, record a particularly vitriolic attack by the Chairman (who was also Managing Director of the Company), Mr. Gerald P. Moody, on the Corporation for fighting the Bill in the House of Lords.
The Corporation wanted motor buses because these did not require traction poles and overhead wiring to be strung along the extensive sea-front whereas the Company with substantial investment in generating equipment and wiring for trams wanted to stay with electric traction. The Act having passed however, the Company went ahead with the conversion of the tramways system to a trolleybus system which opened on 1st April, 1928, when trolley-buses replaced trams on the route between Hollington and the Fishmarket via Bohemia Road. The vehicles operated were Guy BTX 60, six-wheeled trolley-buses with Dodson open-top double-deck bodies with open staircases at the rear. There was seating for 26 passengers upstairs and 31 downstairs. These vehicles were the first of their kind in the country and indeed for many years were the only open-topped double-decker trolleybuses operating anywhere.
The Corporation wanted motor buses because these did not require traction poles and overhead wiring to be strung along the extensive sea-front whereas the Company with substantial investment in generating equipment and wiring for trams wanted to stay with electric traction. The Act having passed however, the Company went ahead with the conversion of the tramways system to a trolleybus system which opened on 1st April, 1928, when trolley-buses replaced trams on the route between Hollington and the Fishmarket via Bohemia Road. The vehicles operated were Guy BTX 60, six-wheeled trolley-buses with Dodson open-top double-deck bodies with open staircases at the rear. There was seating for 26 passengers upstairs and 31 downstairs. These vehicles were the first of their kind in the country and indeed for many years were the only open-topped double-decker trolleybuses operating anywhere.
Hastings Rape Petty Session Records, by Michael Harmer, published December 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 3, article, pp.87-89) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Initial dilution: A practical study on the Hastings long sea outfall, by N.J. Bennett, published 1982 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 72, no. 1, article, pp.99-111)
Trams in Hastings, by K. S. Donaldson, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.33-38) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:The conversion of the Hastings Tramways Co., to trolleybus operation was outlined in Sussex Industrial History No. 11. The modernisation had taken place over the year 1928/1929 under the auspices of W. Vincent Edwards AMIEE., General Manager and Engineer of the Company. G.L. Gunday writing in Tramway Review about ten years ago states that the Company was quite prosperous, charging higher fares than many municipal tramways and citing the 6% dividend paid in 1917 from a profit of £12992. Nicholas Owen in "The History of the British Trolleybus" also about ten years ago states that it was clearly a penny pinching system and that the general manager was known as a martinet with an unforgiving nature! Whichever view is correct, and in more than fifty years of operations there is ample scope for both prosperity and penny pinching, the Company was no stranger to controversy. The change from trams to trolleybuses had been preceded by intense public argument, followed by similar debate, and a 'save our trolleybus' campaign, thirty years later on the introduction of motor buses. The birth-of the Company in 1897 had been heralded in like manner with a poster worded as follows:- Ratepayers! Beware!
The transport contractors of Rye: John Jempson & Son, a chapter in the history of British road haulage, by Theo Barker, published 30 September 1982 (88 pp., London: Athlone Press, ISBN-10: 0485112345 & ISBN-13: 9780485112344) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Old Brewery Well at Hastings, by A. J. Haselfoot, published 1983 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 13, article, pp.21-25) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:Breeds Brewery appears to have been established in the early years of the 19th century in High Street in the Old Town at Hastings. In early directories the address is given as 61, High Street up to at least 1826, but in 1881/2 is appears as the Hastings Brewery at 32a High Street; later they seem to have acquired a depot in The Bourne also. In 1939 Breeds Brewery Company was taken over by Fremlins Brewery and the depot in The Bourne closed down; also presumably the brewery at 32a High Street, if it had not been closed down earlier, as the 1940 directory quotes a brewer's stores at this address.
In the autumn of 1982 development of the site of the old brewery uncovered the brewery well which was found to have most of the original pumping and hoisting machinery still intact. The curb of the well was about 8 ft. below the then ground level with a narrow chamber alongside it which was found to lead to another well about 16 ft. away to the west. The machinery in this latter well has unfortunately been broken by concrete debris falling into it and it had fallen down the well and jammed.
In the autumn of 1982 development of the site of the old brewery uncovered the brewery well which was found to have most of the original pumping and hoisting machinery still intact. The curb of the well was about 8 ft. below the then ground level with a narrow chamber alongside it which was found to lead to another well about 16 ft. away to the west. The machinery in this latter well has unfortunately been broken by concrete debris falling into it and it had fallen down the well and jammed.
How the Railways came to Hastings, by Hastings Area Local Studies Project, published 1984 (38 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242250 & ISBN-13: 9780904242256) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Women and Loneliness, by Dorothy Jerrome and the Hastings Women's Study Group, published 1984 (Occasional papers, no. 21, 87 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242242 & ISBN-13: 9780904242249) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Down the Line to Hastings, by Brian Jewell, published 1 October 1984 (194 pp., Tunbridge Wells: Baton, ISBN-10: 085936223X & ISBN-13: 9780859362238) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
A pictorial history and lineside anthology of a busy railway route which is not without its problems.
Local studies in Hastings and Rother : a brief guide : a selective guide to material for local studies in Hastings & Rother, by Pamela Haines, published 1985 (pamphlet, 2nd edition, 28 pp., Hastings: East Sussex County Library) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9265] & East Sussex Libraries
Fishermen of Hastings: 200 years of the Hastings fishing community, by Steve Peak, published 1985 (160 pp., Newsbooks, ISBN-10: 0951070606 & ISBN-13: 9780951070604) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502772] & Old Hastings Prervation Society & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The only full history of one of Britain's oldest fishing communities. This book not only gives the history of the community but the people and boats. A very useful book for researching and for interest.
Hastings Baptisms 1700-1877 Surnames K-Y, published 1985 by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN80, CD-ROM) accessible at: British Library
Hastings baptisms. K-Y, 1700-1851 All Saints, 1818-1829 Croft Chapel, 1700-1837 Ore Parish Church, 1700-1869 St. Clements, 1828-1868 St. Mary in the Castle, 1839-1877 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
Archaeological Observation of the Mountfield to Hastings Water Pumping Main Pipeline, East Sussex, by Gwen Jones, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.243-246) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library
John Caryll (1625-1711) of Hastings: a Jacobite Lord and his historical background, by Ronald Tibble, published March 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 4, article, pp.124-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Grey Owl: Incredible Story of Archie Belaney - The Hastings Indian, 1888-1938, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 16 September 1985 (32 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Wellington Square Baptist Church, Hastings: 1836 to 1986, published 1986 (9 pp.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Historic Hastings, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1986 (revised edition, Cinque Port, ISBN-10: 0948869003 & ISBN-13: 9780948869006) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Old Town Hastings: A Pictorial Guide, by James Meredith, published 1986 (128 pp., Meredith Press, ISBN-10: 0951148605 & ISBN-13: 9780951148600) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
South Coast Railways: Eastbourne to Hastings, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 14 March 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520274 & ISBN-13: 9780906520277) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Smuggling at Hastings in 1697, by Hylda Rawlings, published March 1986 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 nos. 3 & 4, article, p.84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Hastings Diesels Story , by G. D. Beecroft, published 7 June 1986 (100 pp., Southern Electric Goup, ISBN-10: 0906988209 & ISBN-13: 9780906988206)
St Clements Church (Halton) Hastings: 1838-1970: monumental inscriptions, published 1987 (19 pp., Hastings: Hastings and Rother Family History Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The Sanitary Battle of Hastings: the 1848 Public Health Act and Local Government Reform, by Margaret Whittick, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.175-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library
Geology of the country around Hastings and Dungeness: memoir for 1:50000 geological sheets 320 and 321, by Robert Denis Lake, published 1 January 1987 (89 pp., British Geological Survey, ISBN-10: 0118844113 & ISBN-13: 9780118844116) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Guestling, Pett, Fairlight, Ore, Hastings, by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 3, booklet, 96 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264020) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11232] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: St Clement, and St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 4, booklet, 112 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264037) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11233] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: St Michael, St Andrew, Holy Trinity, and St Mary in the Castle Outbounds (all Hastings); St Mary Magdalen, St Leonards, and St Mary Bulverhythe (all St Leonards-on-sea), by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 5, booklet, 80 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264044) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11234] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings: A Living History, by David William Thornton, published 1 April 1987 (351 pp + 3 pp. of plates, Hastings: Hastings Publishing Co., ISBN-10: 0951220101 & ISBN-13: 9780951220108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13461] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
written and published during his term of office as Mayor of Hastings in the 1980s
Southern Main Lines: Tonbridge to Hastings, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published July 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520444 & ISBN-13: 9780906520444) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The 9th of September 1087, by Stanley Excell, published September 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 6, article, pp.219-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
George Woods: Photographs from the 1890's , edited by Irene Rhoden and Steve Peak, published 1 October 1987 (64 pp., Hastings: Midnight Press, ISBN-10: 1853600008 & ISBN-13: 9781853600005) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
South Coast Railways: Hastings to Ashford and the new Romney branch, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 November 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520371 & ISBN-13: 9780906520376) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
1831 Census: St Clement, Hastings, published 1988 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11655]
Mid- to Late-Holocene Forest Composition and the Effects of Clearances in the Combe Haven Valley, East Sussex, by Christine Smyth and Simon Jennings, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, article, pp.1-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library
Bishop's move [St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings], by Giles Worsley, published 30 June 1988 in Country Life (vol. 182 no. 26, article, pp.212-214)
The Classis Britannica Bath-house at Beauport Park, East Sussex, by Gerald Brodribb and Henry Cleere, published November 1988 in Britannia (vol. 19, article, pp.217-274) View Online
Abstract:In 1849 Mark Anthony Lower published a pioneer paper on the ironworks of East Sussex, but this contained no mention of any ironworking at Beauport Park, near Battle. Ten years later, however, the Rev. S. Arnott, rector of the nearby parish of Hollington, wrote that, although there were no remains of early ironmaking in his parish, 'there is a large cinder-bank in Beauport Park on which grow firs with oak and ash, all planted by the owner, Sir Charles Lamb'.
Old Town Walk, published 1989 (Old Hastings Presrvation Society)
The America Ground, by Barry Funnell, published 1989 (15 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Land by the White Rock, on the coast, created by natural processes, which was built on during the nineteenth century
Some Lost Anglo-Saxon Charters and the Endowment of Hastings College, by Mark Gardiner, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.39-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library
Hastings and Bexhill Drainage and Sea Outfall Schemes, by R. B. Armstron, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., J. C. Foxley, M.I.C.E., N. J. Bennett, B.Sc., M.I.C.E. and R. g. Morley, M.I.C.E., published April 1989 in Water and Environment Journal (vol. 3, issue 2, article, pp.135-146) View Online
Abstract:The development of the Hastings and Bexhill drainage systems since the early 1960s is described. Most of the 18 million investment has taken place in the last decade in several phases which were completed in 1988. Ultimate disposal of sewage is by long sea outfall. The new works include two pumping stations and rising mains leading to a header tower serving the outfall. A number of innovations are included to overcome technical problems and reduce costs. The paper concludes with some comments on operational aspects of the new works.
Introduction to Hastings and St.Leonards, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 May 1989 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951065173 & ISBN-13: 9780951065174) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Cricket at Hastings: The Story of a Ground, by Gerald Brodribb, published June 1989 (Spellmount Publishers Ltd., ISBN-10: 0946771936 & ISBN-13: 9780946771936) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings in Old Photographs, by Pamela Haines, published 26 October 1989 (169 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 086299621X & ISBN-13: 9780862996215) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
1821 and 1831 Census: St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex, published 1990 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11665]
Hastings gaol records / prisoners committed 1832-1841, published 1990 (iv + 58 pp., PBN Publications, ISBN-10: 187138415X & ISBN-13: 9781871384154) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Introduction to Battle, Rye and the Villages: The Outskirts of Hastings and Bexhill, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 June 1990 (56 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095106519X & ISBN-13: 9780951065198) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Religious Survey 1851 - Hastings district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.10-17, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
District:Hastings district incl. Ore, Guestling, Fairlight and St Leonards-on-Sea
Phoenix Brewery: excavation report, by Zoe Vahey, published 1991 (23 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings gaol records: keeper's commitment book, 1842-1849, published 1991 (v + 62 pp., PBN Publications, ISBN-10: 1871384257 & ISBN-13: 9781871384253) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings, St. Mary of the Castle - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.102-103, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Cinque Ports Liberty of Hastings - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.233-241, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Battles of Hastings: A History of the Hastings International Chess Congress, by Reg Cload, published April 1991 (152 pp., Cadogan Chess Books, ISBN-10: 0080377912 & ISBN-13: 9780080377919) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502391] & East Sussex Libraries
Can You Always Rely On What An Old Family Bible Tells You?, by Mrs. G. M. Couper, published September 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 7, article, pp.271-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The old Bible in question belonged to my 3xgreat-grandmother, Mary Baker, née Edwards (1777-1817) who lived in Hastings
Hastings in Old Photographs: A Second Selection, by Pamela Haines, published 11 October 1991 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 0862998638 & ISBN-13: 9780862998639) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Harvey, a genius of social welfare: a biography of Lionel Harvey, by Lionel Elford, published 1992 (58 leaves, published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [PER/ACC7938/11/38] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Harvey was involved in social welfare in Hastings through the Charity Organisation Society and as secretary of the Hastings and St Leonards Central Aid Council; he was a founder of Hastings Citizens Advice Bureau
War memorials in Hastings, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1992 (48 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501233] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Country Park history and archaeology, by Anne Scott, with pottery reports by Zoe Vahey and cover by Danny Vance, published c.1992 (34 pp., Hastings: Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings: a backward glance, by Robert Weatherburn, published 1992 (19 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea: Fastprint & Design, ISBN-10: 1874525021 & ISBN-13: 9781874525028) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Tools of a brave existence: Beach fishing boats of Hastings, by Robin Gates, published 1992 in Classic Boat (no. 46, article, pp.27-32)
Four Generations, 1819-1970, by Mrs. G. M. Couper, published March 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 1, article, pp.10-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:John Edward Webb (1871-1941), Elizabeth Sarah Maria Sarney formerly Webb nee Baker (1841-1932), Elizabeth Mann Baker (1819- ) and Margaret Webb (1898-1970) and covers the years 1819 - 1970 in London, Hastings, Eastbourne and Plumstead.
Hastings Waterworks: The Next Stage - 1970-1992, by George D. Coleman, published June 1992 (60 pp., Hastings: G. Coleman, ISBN-10: 0951954903 & ISBN-13: 9780951954904) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Buried alive: the death and life of an East Indiaman, less than a year after her launching in 1748, the 140-foot East Indiaman Amsterdam was run aground on the mud banks off Hastings, by Marian Martin, published 1993 in Classic Boat (no. 60, article, pp.24-27)
The Piltdown Man and the Norman Conquest: Working Volumes and Printer's Copy for Charles Dawson's" The History of Hastings Castle", by Peter Miles, published 1993 in Studies in Bibliography (vol. 46, article, pp.357-370)
Excavations at the Phoenix Brewery Site, Hastings, 1988, by David R. Rudling, Luke Barber and David Martin, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.73-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library
The Murder That Never Was, by J. A. Beaden, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.195-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The trial for the murder of Peter Bootes the commander of the Dutch hoy, De Dric Ge Susuetrs (The Three Sisters) in 1768.
Hastings Sewage Manure Company Limited: How Hastings Made One of the First Ever Attempts at Cleaning Up the Beaches, 1870, by Anthony John Moore, published 1 July 1993 (v + 32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952169002 & ISBN-13: 9780952169000) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Tramways, by Robert J. Harley, published 6 August 1993 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1873793189 & ISBN-13: 9781873793183) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Postscript to "The Murder that never was", by Helen Southen, published September 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 7, article, p.291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Sophia Jex-Blake: A Woman Pioneer in Nineteenth Century Medical Reform, by Shirley Roberts, published 21 October 1993 (The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine, x + 207 pp., London: Routledge, ISBN-10: 0415087538 & ISBN-13: 9780415087537) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912) was born in Hastings and died in Rotherfield. She led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession. Before taking up this cause she had studied women's education in England, Germany and the United states, and rejected the popular contemporary view that higher education would be wasted on women. Her medical crusade in Britain resulted in women's rights to professional careers and financial independence being more widely accepted.
After years of extensive lobbying, she founded the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874 and two years later, largely due to her efforts, legislation was passed enabling women to take qualifying examinations in medicine. Shirley Roberts shows Sophia Jex-Blake to have been a determined and resourceful pioneer, skilful in winning over both public and political opinion. But she was also an impetuous and at times tactless woman, who could provoke hostility, as well as loyalty. Sophia Jex-Blake is a fascinating account of one woman's struggle for equality.
After years of extensive lobbying, she founded the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874 and two years later, largely due to her efforts, legislation was passed enabling women to take qualifying examinations in medicine. Shirley Roberts shows Sophia Jex-Blake to have been a determined and resourceful pioneer, skilful in winning over both public and political opinion. But she was also an impetuous and at times tactless woman, who could provoke hostility, as well as loyalty. Sophia Jex-Blake is a fascinating account of one woman's struggle for equality.
Centenary of the picture postcard, 1894-1994 : the Hastings view, edited by David Padgham, published 1994 (12 pp., Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Trials and Tribulations of Robert Perigoe, by J. A. Beaden, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.21-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of Robert Perigoe born c. 1562 of Hastings
The Roman bath house at Beauport Park, by Gerald Brodribb, published c.1995 (24 pp., Robertsbridge: Friends of Roman East Sussex) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings, Haestingaceaster and Haestingaport. a question of Identity, by Pamela Combes and Malcolm Lyne, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.213-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library
Royal Military Canal: A Brief History, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 March 1995 (20 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951993631 & ISBN-13: 9780951993637) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Sussex Hearth Tax Assessments 1662: Hastings Rape, by Timothy Patrick Mitchell, published 1 July 1995 (booklet, 40 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952388111 & ISBN-13: 9780952388111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14502]
Hastings Ward Lists of Burgesses 1835-1839, published 1996 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13246]
Annie, Lady Brassey, 1839-1887: Victorian traveller, collector, and writer, by Julian Porter, published 1996 (41 pp., Bexhill: Bexhill Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503956] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings trolleybuses, by Lyndon W. Rowe, published 24 August 1996 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1873793812 & ISBN-13: 9781873793817) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Donington Park: and the Hastings Connection, by Anthony Squires, published 2 December 1996 (72 pp., Leicester: Kairos Press, ISBN-10: 1871344107 & ISBN-13: 9781871344103) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries
Hastings & St Leonards-on-Sea, by Gavin Haines, published 1997 (125 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-13: 9780750913553) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings and St Leonards Directory 1854, published 1997 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13543]
A sleeping giant!: a short history of the Hastings Cliff Lift Engine, by Tim Keenan, published 1997 in Stationary Engine (no. 284, article, pp.23-24)
"I was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea . . .", by Peter D. Shearan, published June 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 6, article, pp.231-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508813] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The Shearans were originally from Yorkshire where Wilfrid Thomas Shearan was born in 1899. The family moved to Hastings to work at the Hastings Tramways Company in 1905. Wilfred met Edna May Martin in the late 1920s and the author was born at St. Leonards-on-Sea. Edna May Martin's ancestry is explored via the Martins of Hawkhurst and the Coules of Tonbridge.
Hastings Past, by Rex Marchant, published 1 October 1997 (128 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860770460 & ISBN-13: 9781860770463) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Though known the world over for William's victory in 1066, Hastings was already well populated long before even the Romans came. When they left, sea-raiders came and carved out their own little kingdom and the sea has ever since played a leading role in the town's history.
Life's rich tapestry: profiles of Hastings residents, by John Ballard, published 1998 (72 pp., Hastings: Stirling Press, ISBN-10: 1902211006 & ISBN-13: 9781902211008) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Turner in 1066 Country, by Eric Shanes, published 1998 (exhibition catalogue, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery)
Hastings - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.126-129, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Early Power Supply, by Brian Lawes, published 1998 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 28, article, pp.33-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:Although today electricity is important in our everyday life, in the 1870s gas was the source of both light and heat. To have a commercial future electricity needed to offer advantages over gas. When the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy produced electric arcs that gave off light, electricity was seen to have a future. A lot of development was undertaken in the 1840s when a number of incandescent lamps were patented. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was a leading chemist, electrical engineer and inventor. In 1860, he invented an electric lamp using a carbon filament in an evacuated glass bulb. The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison produced his carbon-filament lamp in 1879. The American pioneer in electrical engineering, Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929), produced the first commercially successful arc lamp in 1878. During the following years various arc lamps were introduced.
The first practical arc lamp was installed in the lighthouse at Dungeness, in 1862. Towns along the East Sussex coast must have realised the potential of electric lighting by noting this brilliant new light source a few miles to the East.
The first practical arc lamp was installed in the lighthouse at Dungeness, in 1862. Towns along the East Sussex coast must have realised the potential of electric lighting by noting this brilliant new light source a few miles to the East.
Hastings: Archive Photographs, by Tony Wales, published 1 June 1998 (128 pp., NPI Media Group, ISBN-10: 0752411098 & ISBN-13: 9780752411095) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
That's All Folks!: Cinemas of Hastings and St.Leonards, by Nick Prince, published 1 December 1998 (vi + 73 pp., Wakefield: Mercia Cinema Society, ISBN-10: 0946406405 & ISBN-13: 9780946406401) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
"Pumping in the Park" and Old Roar Waters: The Story of Buckshole Pumping Station and Reservoir, by George D. Coleman, published 1999 (Hastings: G. Coleman) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506152] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Bygones, Volume 1, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 1999 (Hastings Local History Group)
Hastings Bygones, Volume 2 (Millennium Edition), by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 1999 (Hastings Local History Group)
Sussex Militia Deserters, by A. M. J. Chapman, published September 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 7, article, pp.225-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508822] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Lists of deserters for 1820 and 1821 in the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings
The Millennium in Miniature: Stories of the Old Town, Hastings, by Hastings Old Town Millennium Group, published 14 October 1999 (vi + 142 pp., Hastings, ISBN-10: 0953696200 & ISBN-13: 9780953696208) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Ore in Other Words…: Life and Times of the Ore Valley, Hastings, by Pat Brunton and others, published 1 October 1999 (36 pp., Winchelsea Beach: Ore Valley Community, ISBN-10: 0953738108 & ISBN-13: 9780953738106) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Heroes, Villains and Others from Hastings, by Mary Haskell Porter, published 1 November 1999 (44 pp., Hastings: Ferndale Press, ISBN-10: 1870096037 & ISBN-13: 9781870096034) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Story of the Hastings Lifeboats, by Jeff Morris, published 2000 (46 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
St. Helen's Hospital, Hastings (1837-1994) "Paupers to Pacemakers", by Don Valentine and others, published 2000 (80 pp., Rosewell Publishing, ISBN-10: 0953790126 & ISBN-13: 9780953790128) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Bygones, Volume 3, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 2000 (Hastings Local History Group)
Civilian war dead in the Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye & Rother regions (1939-1945), published 1 January 2000 (31 pp., R. A. Longley, ISBN-10: 0953089150 & ISBN-13: 9780953089154) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
1066 Malfosse Walk, compiled by Neil Clephane-Cameron and Joanne Lawrence, published 1 February 2000 (15 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099005 & ISBN-13: 9781903099001) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries
Oldest House in High Street, Hastings , by Marrion Wells, published 1 April 2000 (24 pp., Arion Presentations, ISBN-10: 0953837505 & ISBN-13: 9780953837502) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
More Heroes, Villains and Others from Hastings, by Mary Haskell Porter, published 1 October 2000 (40 pp., Hastings: Ferndale Press, ISBN-10: 1870096045 & ISBN-13: 9781870096041) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings and Bexhill: Photographic Memories, by John Bainbridge, published 9 December 2000 (96 pp., Frith Book Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1859371310 & ISBN-13: 9781859371312) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Bygones, Volume 4, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 2001 (Hastings Local History Group)
The beach-launched fleet of Hastings, by Roger Michael Johnson, published 2001 in Maritime life and traditions (no. 10, article, pp.2-17)
75 years of service: a recollection of the Hastings Pullman cars, by Robin W. Doust, published 2001 in Tenterden Terrier (no. 87, article, pp.29-33)
Palestrina in Hastings, by Richard Morrice, published 2001 in The Georgian Group Journal (vol. XI, article, pp.93-116) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508923]
Abstract:On the development of the complex of Pelham Arcade, Pelham Crescent and the church sited in the middle of the Crescent, St Mary-in-the-Castle (1824-1828, Joseph Kay)
Death in Police Custody, by Molly Nalon, published March 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 5, article, pp.162-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:1911 extract from The Hastings & St. Leonard Weekly Mail & Times No. 1776 entitled Three Tragic Deaths: Died in a Cell which recounts the death of Frederick John Johnson while in the custody of Hasting Police.
Geology and Fossils of the Hastings area, by Ken Brooks, published 1 May 2001 (60 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954051300 & ISBN-13: 9780954051303) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings & St Leonards, by Gavin Haines, published 1 June 2001 (230 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1840152117 & ISBN-13: 9781840152111)
Hastings Today, by Nick Hanna and Tim Cross, published 12 December 2001 (119 pp., Hastings: Seachange Publishing, ISBN-10: 0954187202 & ISBN-13: 9780954187200) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This book is a celebration of Hastings and St Leonards, one of Britain's best known seaside resorts, and the many fascinating aspects of its heritage, townscapes, people, cultural life, and colourful annual events. From bikes to boat races and beach art to bonfires, Hastings Today captures the character of this idiosyncratic seaside town in over 250 stunning images by 20 local photographers.
AA Street by Street: Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Fairlight, Guestling Green, Icklesham, Ninfield, Sedlescombe, Westfield, Winchelsea, published 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 0749531770 & ISBN-13: 9780749531775) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Women of Victorian Hastings, 1830 - 1870, by Helena Wojtczak, published 2002 (184 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109020 & ISBN-13: 9781904109020) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings voices: Local people talking about their lives in Hastings and St Leonards before the Second World War, by Hastings Local History Group, published 1 January 2002 (2nd edition, 64 pp., Hastings, ISBN-10: 0952976641 & ISBN-13: 9780952976646) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Notable Women of Victorian Hastings: Some Mini-biographies, by Helena Wojtczak, published 13 April 2002 (3rd edition, 87 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109039 & ISBN-13: 9781904109037) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
How David Mackay plans to bring a touch of Barcelona to Hastings and Bexhill, published 19 April 2002 in Building (Issue 1262, article, pp.30-37)
Monumental Inscriptions - Wallinger's Walk, Hastings: The Cemetery of St Mary-in-the-Castle Hastings 1828-1900, by James Carter Rose and illustrated by Stanley Rose, published 31 May 2002 (56 pp., The Hastings Trust, ISBN-10: 0951409468 & ISBN-13: 9780951409466) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
East Sussex Shipwrecks of the 19th Century (Pevensey, Hastings, Rye), by David Renno, published 14 August 2002 (ix + 288 pp., Book Guild Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1857766474 & ISBN-13: 9781857766479) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Letters from Lavender Cottage: Hastings in WWII and Austerity - A Biography, by Victoria Seymour, published 19 October 2002 (180 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390105 & ISBN-13: 9780954390105) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:If you enjoy WWII history on the home front and the secret pleasure of reading someone's private letters, then Letters From Lavender Cottage- Hastings in WWII and Austerity is for you.
The book tells of the domestic hardships inflicted on the Hastings, England populace as a result of war, along with personal comment, biographical detail and pictures.
Canadian relatives come to the rescue of Lavender Cottage occupants, sending food and comforts to the household during harsh and austere times. The story of the three elderly ladies, who live in the cottage and cope with post war shortages is heart-warming, funny and touching.
The book tells of the domestic hardships inflicted on the Hastings, England populace as a result of war, along with personal comment, biographical detail and pictures.
Canadian relatives come to the rescue of Lavender Cottage occupants, sending food and comforts to the household during harsh and austere times. The story of the three elderly ladies, who live in the cottage and cope with post war shortages is heart-warming, funny and touching.
Hastings Then and Now, by Ken Brooks, published 18 November 2002 (104 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702638 & ISBN-13: 9781857702637) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507887] & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings in peace and war, 1930-1945, by Mary Haskell Porter, published 1 December 2002 (150 pp., Hastings: Ferndale Press, ISBN-10: 1870096061 & ISBN-13: 9781870096065) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
They Came Before: A Family History 1610-1958, by Caroline J. Ansell, published 2003 (212 pp., New South Wales, ISBN-10: 0646423495 & ISBN-13: 9780646423494)
Preview:The story of Tilden Smith and Mary Furmenger who married on 20 February 1748 and their familly which prospered in East Sussex for 100 years. Their son, also named Tilden, became a co-founder of a bank in Hastings renamed later as Hastings Old Bank. Two generations later brothers Richard and Charles Smith emigrated to Australia.
Hastings Bygones, Volume 5, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 2003 (Hastings Local History Group)
Letters to Hannah: WW II Recollections of Hastings and South East England, by Victoria Seymour, published 14 October 2003 (iv + 169 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390113 & ISBN-13: 9780954390112) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Letters to Hannah looks at WWII on the Home Front through the eyes of those who lived in Hastings and South East England, from September 1939 to December 1945. It also enlarges on the historical background covered in its companion book, Letters from Lavender Cottage.
A Victorian Traveler in the Middle East: The Photography and Travel Writing of Annie Lady Brassey, by Nancy Micklewright, published 28 November 2003 (256 pp., Routledge, ISBN-10: 0754632024 & ISBN-13: 9780754632023) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
150 years of the Fishermen's Church (1854-2004), by Dennis Collins, published 2004 (24 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The story of the development of the church, its life and final transformation by the Old Hastings Preservation Society into the Hastings Fishermen's Museum in 1956.
Hastings: a history and celebration of the town, by Rex Marchant, published 2004 (119 pp., Salisbury: Frith Book Co. Ltd., , ISBN-10: 1904938310 & ISBN-13: 9781904938316) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The archaeology & history of Hastings Country Park, by David Padgham, published 2004 (24 pp., Hastings: Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Old Town Walk: Guided Tour Around Hastings Old Town, by Steve Peak, published 2004 (28 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Around Hastings: Then and Now, by Ken Brooks, published 1 January 2004 (published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954051327 & ISBN-13: 9780954051327) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507888] & East Sussex Libraries
Beachy Head shipwrecks of the 19th century : (Pevensey - Eastbourne - Newhaven), by David Renno, published 8 April 2004 (511 pp., Amherstt Media, ISBN-10: 1903637201 & ISBN-13: 9781903637203) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Court in the Act: Crime and Policing in WWII Hastings, by Victoria Seymour, published 8 October 2004 (vi + 152 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390121 & ISBN-13: 9780954390129) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Thomas Delves of Hastings and the Coronation of Charles II, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.167-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:A narrative history of Thomas Delves (1613-1669), his descendants and ancestors.
Some thoughts from the Sussex Burial Index, by Don Burgess, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.178-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Remarks concerning the burial index at Hastings
Loving the fishing? perspectives on the lives of the women of the Hastings fishing community, by Beatrice Clover, published 2005 (33 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507981] & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Perspectives on the lives of women of the Hastings fishing community; this is memories and views from voices not usually heard. Published in 2004 it is based on interviews collected by Beatrice in 1994
Hastings at war, 1939-1945, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, published 2005 (130 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860773281 & ISBN-13: 9781860773280) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Streets of Sussex, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 2005 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711031355 & ISBN-13: 9780711031357) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The latest title in the very successful 'Streets of' series. The book is an excellent pictorial record to the changing streetscape of Sussex over the years and covers the entire county of Sussex with particular emphasis on the major centres of population such as Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield, East Grinstead, Lewes and Bognor Regis.
Evaporated children, by Sheila Rowe, published 2005 (181 pp., Plynlimmon, ISBN-13: 9780955222207) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
The experiences of the children of Hastings in World War II, who were all evacuated on the same day, 21 July 1940.
Hastings & St Leonards utilities : 1832-2002 : 170 years of waterworks, sewage & gas history, by George D. Coleman, published 2006 (International Stationary Steam Engine Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Host Families Wanted, by Victoria Seymour, published 2006 (iv + 150 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390156 & ISBN-13: 9780954390150) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:For over half century Hastings has been host to hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world.
Host Families Wanted, the true story of overseas English language students in Hastings, is approached with the enthusiasm for detail that my regular readers expect of me.
It recounts my own experiences as student host mother, the company director of a family-run, Hastings based language school and how the work affected my life and family. The problem of street offences against students is considered, as are the efforts of the police and the local authority to reduce the crime and protect students.
To enrich the story there are interviews with local host families and the students' teachers. In a set of essays, a group of today's overseas students comment frankly on Hastings and their hosts.
Host Families Wanted, the true story of overseas English language students in Hastings, is approached with the enthusiasm for detail that my regular readers expect of me.
It recounts my own experiences as student host mother, the company director of a family-run, Hastings based language school and how the work affected my life and family. The problem of street offences against students is considered, as are the efforts of the police and the local authority to reduce the crime and protect students.
To enrich the story there are interviews with local host families and the students' teachers. In a set of essays, a group of today's overseas students comment frankly on Hastings and their hosts.
West Cliff Railway, Hastings - Engine Room, by Ron Martin and Clem Gill, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.31-37, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:The West Hill Cliff Railway runs from the Bottom Station in George Street, Hastings to the Top Station on the West Cliff at TQ 821095. The line runs approximately south to north and this orientation has been used for all descriptions in this article.
The Long Road to Lavender Cottage, by Victoria Seymour, published 30 March 2006 (iii + 185 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390148 & ISBN-13: 9780954390143) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The now famous occupant of Lavender Cottage, Emilie Crane, returns, to let us back into her life and the daily doings of her neighbours on the Ridge. What was the truth about the supposed nudist colony opposite Lavender Cottage? Was the guest house close by really a haven for left wing agitators and a bolt hole for the scandalous occultist, Aleister Crowley?.
The author has meticulously researched the background and history of a period and place that was peopled not just by locals leading ordinary lives but by notable figures from the worlds of literature, religion, the arts, healing, politics and entertainment - the famous and infamous.
We are given glimpses into the Ridge's former large Victorian houses, cottages, farms, institutions and businesses and the lives of their occupants in peace time and war. The Long Road to Lavender Cottage also reveals dramatic events in Emilie Crane's daily life that she was not able to write about in her wartime letters, for fear of the government censor
The author has meticulously researched the background and history of a period and place that was peopled not just by locals leading ordinary lives but by notable figures from the worlds of literature, religion, the arts, healing, politics and entertainment - the famous and infamous.
We are given glimpses into the Ridge's former large Victorian houses, cottages, farms, institutions and businesses and the lives of their occupants in peace time and war. The Long Road to Lavender Cottage also reveals dramatic events in Emilie Crane's daily life that she was not able to write about in her wartime letters, for fear of the government censor
The Hastings Papers: A History of the Hastings and St Leonards Newspapers , by Steve Peak, published 2007 (105 pp., Hastings: SpeaksBooks) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501543] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings and St Leonards utilities: 1832-2002: 170 years of waterworks, sewage and gas history, by George Coleman, published 2007 in Stationary Power (No. 20, article)
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery: the East Sussex town's museum plays to its strength and stays local, by S. Burch, published 2007 in Museums Journal (vol. 107, no. 11, article, pp.52-55)
Recovery of the seabed following marine aggregate dredging on the Hastings Shingle Bank off the southeast coast of England, by Keith Cooper, published 2007 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (vol. 75, no. 4, article, pp.547-558)
The Grellier twins, Norman (1886-1949) and Bernard (1886-1957), radiologists of East Sussex., by Ian J. Kenedy, published February 2007 in The Journal of Medical Biography (vol. 15, no. 1, article, pp.53-58) View Online
Abstract:Identical twins Bernard and Norman Grellier (born Epsom, 1886) attended Epsom College before entering Dental School at the Royal Dental Hospital of London in 1904, graduating in 1910. Then they trained in medicine at Charing Cross Hospital. Bernard graduated in 1913 and Norman in 1915. In 1915 they joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), serving to the end of World War I (WWI), each being awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. After WWI, they trained as radiologists and moved to St Leonards-on-Sea in West Sussex, taking up Consultant posts at the Royal East Sussex Hospital and the Municipal Hospital in Hastings, and the Eversfield Chest Hospital in St Leonards. In 1940 they rejoined the RAMC as radiologists, serving throughout World War II. They remained unmarried, devoted to each other, to their practice and to their loves of model engineering and flying, the latter nearly causing their deaths in an air crash in 1936.
Guardians of the Hastings Union (work house) : recorded deaths : April 1909 - March 1913 & April 1918 - March 1919 & April 1921 - March 1923, compiled by R. A. Longley, published 1 March 2007 (10 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9781905585700) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The information contained in this publication has been taken from funeral ledgers held by Banfield & Pomphrey Ltd., funeral directors, of Ore, Hastings
Index Hastings Borough Crematorium Records: January 2001 - 2005 Letters A - J , by R. A. Longley, published 1 March 2007 (63 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1905585624 & ISBN-13: 9781905585625) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Index Hastings Borough Crematorium Records: January 2001 - 2005 Letters K - Z, by R. A. Longley, published 1 March 2007 (63 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1905585632 & ISBN-13: 9781905585632) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Miscellaneous deaths & welfare funerals in the Battle & Hastings areas 1965-1981, compiled by R. A. Longley, published 1 June 2007 (12 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9781905585724) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The information contained in this publication has been taken from funeral ledgers held by Banfield & Pomphrey Ltd., funeral directors, of Ore, Hastings
Guide to the Wreck Site of the 'Amsterdam' 1749 at Hastings, by Peter Marsden, published 1 July 2007 (34 pp., Hastings Borough Council, ISBN-10: 0901536091 & ISBN-13: 9780901536099) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 6 (9-4-1885 - 19-1-1888), by R. A. Longley, published 1 August 2007 (43 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9781905585557) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 6 (19-7-1888 - 16-12-1891), by R. A. Longley, published 1 August 2007 (48 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 190558587X & ISBN-13: 9781905585878) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
J. Vine and Son (funeral Directors), High Street, Hastings: A List of All Funerals Carried Out Between 1900 and 1939, compiled by R. A. Longley, published 1 October 2007 (38 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1905585985 & ISBN-13: 9781905585984) accessible at: British Library
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 9 (4/4/1895-7/6/1898), by R. A. Longley, published 1 December 2007 (46 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505012 & ISBN-13: 9781906505011) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The murder of Billie-Jo, by Siôn Jenkins and Bob Woffinden, published 2008 (462 pp., London: John Blake, ISBN-10: 1844546292 & ISBN-13: 9781844546299) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Co-author Jenkins was the foster father of Billie-Jo Jenkins, and had just been appointed headmaster of a local secondary school when she was murdered at her home in Hastings on the 15 February 1997. He was convicted of the crime in 1998 and sent to jail for life, but was acquitted in 2006.
Consists of transcripts of the trial at Lewes in 1924. Patrick Herbert Mahon was accused of the murder of his lover, the pregnant Emily Beilby Kaye, on the 15 April 1924 at The Crumbles, in the parish of Westham, between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay. He was executed.
Consists of transcripts of the trial at Lewes in 1949. He was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old Bailey in 1957 but was found guilty at Lewes of forgery on prescription forms and making false statements on cremation forms, and was fined. The Scotland Yard archives on his case were released in 2003.
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
George Keith was born a Presbyterian in Scotland, became a Quaker, and then became an Anglican, and ended as the Rector of Edburton. He was a prolific author.
Gives the results of a research project searching for evidence of courtship in Brighton Museum's holdings of mainly topographical early twentieth-century postcards.
On the Baptists.
Forgeries perpetuated by Lewes Priory.
Discusses Winchelsea, Chester and Southampton.
Report on the antiquities lately found at Lewes
Using correspondence, it is shown that Rye merchant Samuel Jeake (1652?1699) and his wife, Elizabeth (1667?1736) were involved with the with the London fashion trade at a time when fashion styles spread mainly by word of mouth.
Reviews an exhibition on Eric Ravilious and his circle at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (May 27-September 17, 2017).
Baptist chapels in small communities.
Baptist preacher John Burgess of Ditchling, whose diary for 1785-90 was at the time of writing with the family at Lewes.
Reviews the historical sources for the location of the Battle of Hastings and and concludes that there is strong evidence that Battle Abbey was founded on the actual battlefield.
Remains of two ships were found in 1963 while excavating for a new sewage system.
In the late 15th century, a monumental brass was laid in the church at Etchingham to the memory of two spinsters, Elizabeth Etchingham, who died in 1452, and Agnes Oxenbridge, who died in 1480. Investigates the possible social meanings of their brass, with reference to Alan Bray's recent interpretations of other funeral monuments dedicated to same-sex couples.
Archaeological evidence is used to examine how urban life changed in the later medieval towns of Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire, in light of debates about the existence of a fifteenth-century urban ?decline'.
An old lantern nicknamed the ?Moon'.
Thought to be left by Freemasons during its construction.
Found at Bow Hill.
Suggests that Harold was suffering from depression at the time of the battle.
Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Steyning, died Chichester, was both model and mistress of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet.
Surtees is a pathologist who is an expert on suicides at Beachy Head.
Hastings Bygones, Volume 6, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 2008 (Hastings Local History Group)
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 8 (16-12-1891 - 4-4-1895), by R. A. Longley, published 1 February 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 190650508X & ISBN-13: 9781906505080) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 8 (Jan 1995-Dec 2000), by R. A. Longley, published 1 February 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505713 & ISBN-13: 9781906505714) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Banfield & Pomphrey funeral directors of Hastings: August 1939 - September 1968, by R. A. Longley, published 1 February 2008 (48 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505144 & ISBN-13: 9781906505141) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Four and Half Murders: In the Hastings Area, by R. A. Longley, published 1 March 2008 (12 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505128 & ISBN-13: 9781906505127) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Square toes and formal: sketches of some of the people and places who have been associated with Young Coles & Langdon [Hastings Law Firm] over the past 180 years, by Christopher Langdon, published 22 April 2008 (2nd edition, 109 pp., Hastings: Roundtuit Publishing, ISBN-10: 1904499244 & ISBN-13: 9781904499244) accessible at: British Library
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 10 (8/6/1898-4/5/1901), by R. A. Longley, published 1 August 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505691 & ISBN-13: 9781906505691) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings: Wartime Memories and Photographs, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, published 20 October 2008 (146 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860775829 & ISBN-13: 9781860775826) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Hastings Wartime Memories and Photographs weaves the personal stories of 75 people who endured life in Hastings during the Home Front war years with more than 130 photographs, the majority of which have never been published before. The book delves into the lives of ordinary men, women and children, as well as the soldiers and evacuees who made Hastings their home at the time and so lived with the constant fear of invasion, and provides a detailed and colourful account of life on the front line.
Review by Maria Gardiner in Sussex Past & Present no. 119, December 2009:The impetus for this book came during a number of book-signing events undertaken by the author when he was approached by people who wanted to share their wartime stories with him. The result is a fascinating book devoted to 130 photographs alongside the stories of 75 people, and through them a host of others who lived and died in the town during the war years. The book is divided into 7 chapters beginning with 'The Path to War' and ending with 'Peace Returns to Hastings.'
I found this book very difficult to put down as the voices come through very clearly telling about a variety of subjects such as ARP duties, the testing of gas masks, the blackout, life as an evacuee, the fun of apple scrumping and the horrors of the air raids.
The initiative of civilians in war time is well illustrated - 'If you saw a queue, you joined it. . .' - as is their heroism. Several story tellers remember being thrown to the ground as children, and heroic mums lying on top of them protecting them as bullets ricocheted around them.
The longest chapter is entirely devoted to recollections of air attacks. Houses looked like dolls' houses as their fronts were blown off though several bombs penetrated buildings in such a way that they passed straight through detonating elsewhere. Eleven Canadians were killed in the Albany Hotel by a 250kg bomb which had already gone through the Queen's Hotel without exploding.
In this the 70th anniversary year of the outbreak of the 2nd World War, it is a pleasure to recommend Nathan Dylan Goodwin's collection. It would sit well alongside the book about Wadhurst which was reviewed in the August edition of Sussex Past & Present.
I found this book very difficult to put down as the voices come through very clearly telling about a variety of subjects such as ARP duties, the testing of gas masks, the blackout, life as an evacuee, the fun of apple scrumping and the horrors of the air raids.
The initiative of civilians in war time is well illustrated - 'If you saw a queue, you joined it. . .' - as is their heroism. Several story tellers remember being thrown to the ground as children, and heroic mums lying on top of them protecting them as bullets ricocheted around them.
The longest chapter is entirely devoted to recollections of air attacks. Houses looked like dolls' houses as their fronts were blown off though several bombs penetrated buildings in such a way that they passed straight through detonating elsewhere. Eleven Canadians were killed in the Albany Hotel by a 250kg bomb which had already gone through the Queen's Hotel without exploding.
In this the 70th anniversary year of the outbreak of the 2nd World War, it is a pleasure to recommend Nathan Dylan Goodwin's collection. It would sit well alongside the book about Wadhurst which was reviewed in the August edition of Sussex Past & Present.
The Slow Turning Tide: Hastings in Austerity, 1946-1954, by Victoria Seymour, published 16 October 2008 (iv + 183 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954390164 & ISBN-13: 9780954390167) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Borough Cemetery Registers: No. 6-10: Burials Between 1885-1901, by R. A. Longley, published 1 November 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505721 & ISBN-13: 9781906505721) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 11 (4/5/1901 - 29/8/1904), by R. A. Longley, published 1 December 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505861 & ISBN-13: 9781906505868) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Cemetery index of burials from register 34 Jan 2001-Dec 2006, by R. A. Longley, published 1 December 2008 (CD-ROM, published by the author, ISBN-10: 1906505802 & ISBN-13: 9781906505806) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings, St Leonards and Eastbourne Steamship Co. Ltd, by David Renno, published December 2008 (75 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956866905 & ISBN-13: 9780956866905) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Philip William Cole 1884-1964: Master and Artist of Hastings, Sussex, by Diane Cole, published 2009 (22 pp., Caudle Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956320805 & ISBN-13: 9780956320803) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501651] & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Philip William Cole, A.R.C.A.,R.B.A.,A.W.G. was a gifted and talented artist who spent most of his life in Hastings, Sussex. He was principal of Hastings School of Art, succeeding Michael Sullivan, and a contempory of Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Leslie Badham.
Seaside towns in transition and the discourse of tourism in urban regeneration : the case study of Hastings , by Alberto Forte, 2009 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis) View Online
Abstract:The establishment of regeneration programmes as part of urban policy has triggered an upsurge of interest in the study of tourism as a factor of urban change. The inner city and the urban waterfront in large post-industrial cities have become the common ground for research in tourism and regeneration but the recent regeneration of declining seaside towns in the UK has not received the same attention. This thesis presents a study conducted into the dynamics of change in a seaside town through the exploration of the formation of the discourse concerning the role of tourism in regeneration.
Piers of Sussex, by Martin Easdown, published 18 May 2009 (160 pp., History Press, ISBN-10: 0752448846 & ISBN-13: 9780752448848) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Remembering the glory days of Sussex piers including Hastings and Brighton.
Hastings - Beautiful Town, by Oliver Tookey, published 30 June 2009 (224 pp., Derby: Breedon Books, ISBN-10: 1859837034 & ISBN-13: 9781859837030) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Containing over 350 full-color photographs taken from around the beautiful town of Hastings, this book will entertain locals and tourists alike. It is highly illustrated throughout with full color photography. Hastings Beautiful Town invites the reader to explore this exciting and vibrant town with a superb collection of over 350 carefully selected full-color photographs. Each image is accompanied by a fully informative caption. Hastings is located within the county of East Sussex on the English Channel coast. First established as a settlement in prehistoric times, it has undergone many changes, and is known the world over for 1066 and Battle of Hastings. It's rich and varied history can be seen within its streets, and it has been home to many a colorful character over the years, and still continues be a retreat for artists and the like. The picturesque and historical town is a favorite among tourists the world over, and attracts thousands of visitors each year, especially during the summer months. It has also been a major fishing town for at least 400 years, and today is home to the country's largest beach launched fishing fleet. Over recent years Hastings has gone through some rapid changes and regeneration, and it is gaining a reputation as the new Brighton, and has become one of the trendiest places to live in the country. The reader will find within this book a collection of images which portrays the towns unique history and character, so whether you are a resident or visitor to Hastings, this book will give you an account of the unique beauty, character, and charm of this deeply historical town.
Haunted Hastings, by Tina Lakin, published 30 September 2009 (96 pp., ISBN-10: 0752438271 & ISBN-13: 9780752438276) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from in and around Hastings.
First report of amber with spider webs and microbial inclusions from the earliest Cretaceous (c. 140 Ma) of Hastings, Sussex, by Martin Brasier, Laura Cotton and Ian Yenney, published 28 October 2009 in Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 166, no. 6, article, pp.989-997) View Online
Abstract:Early Cretaceous amber resins with macroscopic inclusions are extremely rare, as are ambers with inclusions from the parent plant. Here, we report earliest Cretaceous amber resins found within alluvial soils of the Ashdown Formation near Hastings in Sussex. In contrast to younger Cretaceous examples, this Hastings amber was arguably deposited shortly before the emergence of the earliest flowering plant communities c. 140 Ma BP. Preliminary studies reveal plentiful organic inclusions, including vascular tissues, tracheid cells and putative resin ducts of the parent coniferous trees. We also report remarkably preserved soil microbes, including structures comparable with actinobacterial colonies, putative fungal or cyanobacterial filaments, and the earliest examples of spider silk webs. The last includes threads that are twisted, paired and coated with sticky fluid droplets, comparable with those of araneoid spider webs studied by us in modern cherry tree resins. Together, these Hastings amber inclusions became entombed within resins that seeped through the charred bark of coniferous trees subjected to severe fire damage, whose logs were then swept onto fluvial wetlands by floods. Embalming resins of this kind may have evolved to combat damage associated with insects, fungi and widespread forest fires.
Empress of Hastings: The First 80 Years of a Family Run Coach Company , by Stephen Dine, published 12 November 2009 (ix + 73 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Stephen Dine on behalf of Empress Coaches Ltd., ISBN-10: 0956411908 & ISBN-13: 9780956411907) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Teilhard at Ore Place, Hastings, 1908-1912, by David Grumett, published November 2009 in New Blackfriars (vol. 90, no. 1030, article, pp.687-700)
The crucial role of the French Jesuit theologate in exile at Ore Place, Hastings (1906-26) in the development of la nouvelle théologie has been greatly overlooked in favour of Lyons and Fourvière. In fact, Ore Place played a key early role in the ressourcement of twentieth century French Catholic theology through constituting a unified and sympathetic scholarly community during an era of theological and political turmoil. One of the theologate's best-known students was Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1908-12), while other teachers and students included Pierre Charles, Joseph Huby, Henri de Lubac, Ferdinand Prat, Pierre Rousselot, and Auguste Valensin. Within this congenial scholarly community, Teilhard developed some key theological foundations of his thought on topics including grace and nature (miracles, anthropology, and evolution) and christology, and was ordained. The full importance of theological formation at Ore Place for the thought of Teilhard and other French Jesuits of his generation has rarely been recognized.
Twittens, Passages and Steps. An illustrated guide to exploring old Hastings, by Brian Lawes, published 2010 (20 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501549] & Old Hastings Prervation Society
St. Helen's Park 50 years on, by Edward G. Preston, published 2010 (72 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea: Literatours, ISBN-10: 0951347535 & ISBN-13: 9780951347539) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:St. Helen's Park was saved for the town and nation 50 years ago by a dedicated and enthusiastic group. Their achievements are here celebrated by local historian Edward Preston, who has sought not only to present an accurate history of the Society formed on behalf of the community, but to depict the area in its historical context. Profusely illustrated, this book is a valuable addition to the local archive, and sets to rest a few arguments too.
Warehouse Building at No. 4 Winding Street, Hastings, by Ron Martin, published 2010 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 40, article, pp.11-18, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506537] Download PDF
Abstract:The site is located at grid reference TQ 8248 0956 at No. 4 Winding Street, Hastings and is at the rear (east side) of and contiguous with No. 54 High Street. This latter building is domestic in nature and throughout this article has been referred to as "No. 54" and the building on No. 4 Winding Street has been referred as "The Warehouse".
The complexities of family migration in Old Town Hastings, by Jenna Truder, 2010 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis) View Online
Abstract:This thesis advances the conceptual understanding of contemporary expressions of family migration, drawing upon the case study of Old Town, Hastings, in the South East of England. Based on rich, empirical findings from semi-structured interviews, content analyses of media sources, and household surveys, it is shown that flows of family migrants into Old Town are re-focusing attention on previously under-stated motives for migration. Furthermore, it is contended that findings signal the growing importance of emerging appeals, such as more family-friendly employment practices, enhanced qualities-of-life, and alternative lifestyles 'by the sea'. It is argued that the findings disrupt conventional conceptualisations of family migration, and illuminate more complex and complicated forms of mobility.
Hastings & St Leonards Through Time, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, published 12 February 2010 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445600528 & ISBN-13: 9781445600529) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:"Hastings and St Leonards, the charming marine resort of fashionable English society, possess attractions and recommendations that render the borough unique and unrivalled among English watering places. Strangers who have not visited the place are liable to be misled by the separate mention of the two names into the idea that St Leonards and Hastings form two separate and independent towns, which in fact they originally were. That stage, however, has long since been passed - "
The above extract was taken from the 1897 edition of Views and Reviews - Hastings and exemplifies how the town was regarded as a stylish seaside resort by Victorian and Edwardian society. The town eventually lost favour among the wealthier classes, which set in motion a steady decline, only worsened by the onset of the Second World War. But Hastings today is undergoing a process of change and revival; a number of developments have been taking place which are moving the town towards a position in which it is once again 'unique and unrivalled among English watering places'.
Review by Margaret Pearce in Sussex Family Historian vol. 19, no. 5, March 2011:The above extract was taken from the 1897 edition of Views and Reviews - Hastings and exemplifies how the town was regarded as a stylish seaside resort by Victorian and Edwardian society. The town eventually lost favour among the wealthier classes, which set in motion a steady decline, only worsened by the onset of the Second World War. But Hastings today is undergoing a process of change and revival; a number of developments have been taking place which are moving the town towards a position in which it is once again 'unique and unrivalled among English watering places'.
Why not let this illustrated book take you on a journey through Hastings and St Leonards enjoying the old sepia images from the Edwardian era to wonderful up-to-date colour photographs. Each image has an interesting historical description and the fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hastings and St Leonards have changed and developed over the last century.
The book has eight chapters covering the town centre, the Old Town, general views, politics and pageantry, entertainment, shops and Churches and fire and flood bringing us right up to date with the disastrous fire on Hastings Pier in October 2010 when 95% of the pier was destroyed. A good record of the town during many historic changes.
The book has eight chapters covering the town centre, the Old Town, general views, politics and pageantry, entertainment, shops and Churches and fire and flood bringing us right up to date with the disastrous fire on Hastings Pier in October 2010 when 95% of the pier was destroyed. A good record of the town during many historic changes.
Hastings, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published April 2010 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 72 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) Download PDF
Bohemia Farm to Summerfields Estate: a History, by Heather Grief, published 1 May 2010 (46 pp., Bohemia: John Humphries Pub, ISBN-10: 187462805X & ISBN-13: 9781874628057) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This short book has been written as a fundraiser for the Bohemia Walled Garden Association. It aims to trace the history of the land on which the walled garden sits. As a 'general interest' book, full academic references have not been given, but the sources are listed, with their location. Hastings Corporation bought Summer Fields School and grounds in 1966 for £160,000 with the intention of developing the mansion house and grounds as a Civic Centre. The school, a boys' preparatory, had been founded in Oxford in 1863. In 1903, it chose to expand by renting (from Sir Musgrave Horton Brisco, Bart.), and subsequently buying, another site in a healthy location for the less robust boys; it contracted back to its main site there in 1966. Sir Musgrave had inherited the estate after the death of Wastel Brisco's daughters. Wastel Brisco had developed the estate from purchases that he made in the 1830s; he died in 1878 and his last surviving daughter died in 1899. When Sir Musgrave's son, Hylton Ralph Brisco, sold up in 1920, the school bought the 40 acre mansion and grounds. Hastings Council had originally planned to use the mansion house as a town hall cum council offices, and construct new municipal buildings in the grounds. But its plans were disrupted by the local government reorganisation of 1974/5, in which Hastings was demoted from a County Borough, running its own highways, police, fire, education etc. services, to be merely an underling of East Sussex County Council, only having control over planning matters and tourism and leisure. With the exception of the demolition of the mansion house and both its lodges, recent developments have left the basic framework of the estate in place, a fine example of a gentleman's country estate with interesting features in the grounds. Since the 1830s, the joint town of Hastings and St. Leonards has grown fast and gradually surrounded the estate.
Bats in the Larder: Memories of a 1970s Childhood by the Sea, by Jeremy Wells, published 9 July 2010 (256 pp., Stroud: History Press, ISBN-10: 0752457055 & ISBN-13: 9780752457055) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:When 11-year-old Jeremy Wells moved home with his family from a bustling London suburb to the Sussex Coast, he was scarcely prepared for the weird and wonderful world he would encounter.
Here was a place in which goats used public transport, buses waited for people, trains didn't fit the stations and seeing a film was the last reason for going to the cinema. And the neighbours were even stranger …
In this affectionate and hilarious recollection of forty years ago, the author recalls the culture-shock of a family moving to an ancient town by the sea which was just two hours - and two decades - away from the capital.
Here was a place in which goats used public transport, buses waited for people, trains didn't fit the stations and seeing a film was the last reason for going to the cinema. And the neighbours were even stranger …
In this affectionate and hilarious recollection of forty years ago, the author recalls the culture-shock of a family moving to an ancient town by the sea which was just two hours - and two decades - away from the capital.
Hastings at war, 1939-1945, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, published 1 September 2010 (paperback version, 160 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860776477 & ISBN-13: 9781860776472)
Visions of Hastings: A Mix of Memories, Opinions, Stories and Pictures by the People of Hastings, edited by Kay Green, published 9 October 2010 (129 pp., Hastings: Earlyworks Press, ISBN-10: 1906451265 & ISBN-13: 9781906451264) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Hastings Snetzler, by Brian Hick and Matthew Copley, published 18 December 2010 (140 pp., London: Musical Opinion Ltd., ISBN-10: 095440744X & ISBN-13: 9780954407445) accessible at: British Library
Peerless Piers. The story of the Hastings and St Leonards Piers, by Steve Peak, published 2011 (54 pp., Hastings: SpeaksBooks) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501545] & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Peerless Piers tells how and why Hastings Pier was built in 1872, and was to prove so successful that a rival pier was constructed in St Leonards nearly two decades later.
Hastings Pier began a new era in the history of British piers, being the first to have a grand entertainments pavilion as part of its design. When Earl Granville opened the pier in August 1872, he described it as being "a peerless pier - a pier without a peer!" It was a winner for over a century, attracting many visitors to the town, but the nearby St Leonards Pier, which started life 19 years later, was to be a financial failure. It suffered a serious fire in 1944, was never re-opened, and its remains were cleared away in 1953.
Hastings Pier began a long slow decline in the early 1980s, culminating in the major blaze in 2010 that wrecked much of it. But the Heritage Lottery Fund has provisionally awarded a major restoration grant that could create another 'peerless pier'.
The book tells the story right up-to-date, describing how St Leonards and Hastings once had piers within a mile of each other, but nearly became pierless in 2010.
Hastings Pier began a new era in the history of British piers, being the first to have a grand entertainments pavilion as part of its design. When Earl Granville opened the pier in August 1872, he described it as being "a peerless pier - a pier without a peer!" It was a winner for over a century, attracting many visitors to the town, but the nearby St Leonards Pier, which started life 19 years later, was to be a financial failure. It suffered a serious fire in 1944, was never re-opened, and its remains were cleared away in 1953.
Hastings Pier began a long slow decline in the early 1980s, culminating in the major blaze in 2010 that wrecked much of it. But the Heritage Lottery Fund has provisionally awarded a major restoration grant that could create another 'peerless pier'.
The book tells the story right up-to-date, describing how St Leonards and Hastings once had piers within a mile of each other, but nearly became pierless in 2010.
Hastings Bygones, Volume 7, by Members of the Hastings Local History Group, published 2011 (Hastings Local History Group)
Dinosaur quarries of Hastings, by K. Brooks, published 2011 in Hastings and District Geological Society Journal (vol. 17, article, pp.7-13)
Hastings' latest efforts to revive its attractions come in the shape of the darkly gleaming Jerwood gallery, squarely deposited between the cliffs and the sea by small practice HAT Projects, published 2011 in RIBA Journal (vol. 118, no. 6, article, pp.53-60)
Hastings, St. Clements - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.158-162, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Hastings, All Saints - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.162-165, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
A Mugsborough Rebel: Alf Cobb and the Struggle for Justice in Hastings , by Mike Matthews, published 19 January 2011 (178 pp., Hastings: Christie Books, ISBN-10: 1873976461 & ISBN-13: 9781873976463) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Mugsborough Revisited: Author Robert Tressell and the setting of his famous book, 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists', by Steve Peak, published 1 January 2011 (54 pp., Hastings: SpeaksBooks) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501550] & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Mugsborough was the setting for Britain's most influential working class novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell. He describes how ordinary people were forced to lead lives of poverty, exploitation and misery in a typical provincial English town in the early 1900s.
The book was first published in 1914, and was so moving and horrifying that it helped shape the welfare state set up after the Second World War and inspired much militancy in the Labour movement through to the 1990s.
But Mugsborough was not a fictional town. It was the depression-hit seaside resort of Hastings and St Leonards in East Sussex, as seen though the eyes of an Irish-born painter and decorator who moved to the town by chance in 1901/02. He worked for many local builders over the next eight years, and recorded the destitution and hardship that he and his workmates suffered. In 1910 he finished the manuscript of his story and tried to emigrate to Canada, but he died of tuberculosis on the way, at Liverpool on 3 February 1911.
Mugsborough Revisited chronicles in detail the life of Robert Tressell, and explains how his novel was in many ways a factual record of real places, people and events in a deprived and badly-run town.
The book was first published in 1914, and was so moving and horrifying that it helped shape the welfare state set up after the Second World War and inspired much militancy in the Labour movement through to the 1990s.
But Mugsborough was not a fictional town. It was the depression-hit seaside resort of Hastings and St Leonards in East Sussex, as seen though the eyes of an Irish-born painter and decorator who moved to the town by chance in 1901/02. He worked for many local builders over the next eight years, and recorded the destitution and hardship that he and his workmates suffered. In 1910 he finished the manuscript of his story and tried to emigrate to Canada, but he died of tuberculosis on the way, at Liverpool on 3 February 1911.
Mugsborough Revisited chronicles in detail the life of Robert Tressell, and explains how his novel was in many ways a factual record of real places, people and events in a deprived and badly-run town.
Register of Licensees for Hastings & St Leonards: 1500-2010, by David Russell, published 1 April 2011 (120 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291716 & ISBN-13: 9780956291714) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507903] & East Sussex Libraries
History on the Walls of Old Town Hastings - Commemorative Plaques and Tablets, by David Renno, published 1 May 2011 (101 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095686693X & ISBN-13: 9780956866936) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Boy of the Wealden Shore: A Hastings Boyhood 1940 - 1960, by Derek Booth, published 1 June 2011 (172 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095690260X & ISBN-13: 9780956902603) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings: looking back to the future : a tribute to Sidney Little borough engineer and water engineer, 1926-1950, by Richard Pollard, published 3 July 2011 (viii + 262 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956936601 & ISBN-13: 9780956936608) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Sidney Little was Borough Enginner & Water Engineer from 1926 - 1950. In his time he was described as changing the face of Hastings for ever, this he did achieve. He built the first underground car park and extended the front line out into the sea by a further 70 feet. He also built at that time the biggest open air swimming pool at West Marina St Leonards, supposing built to Olympic standards, but some know otherwise! The book contains virtually all his projects and visions for the future, and boasts 270 pages filled from cover to cover with detailed descriptions on how each project was put together. To support the book there are in excess of 170 pictures.
Incident reports Reports from Cornwall on their highly praised flooding intervention, East Sussex's response to the Hastings Pier fire, and Northumberlands' swiftwater rescue provision, published July 2011 in Fire : the voice of firefighting and fire prevention since 1908 (article, pp.13-19) accessible at: British Library
The Swan, Hastings 1523-1943, by David Russell, published 30 September 2011 (112 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291724 & ISBN-13: 9780956291721) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Hastings: Then & Now, by Mark Harvey, published 1 November 2011 (96 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752462083 & ISBN-13: 9780752462080) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Review by Margaret Pearce in Sussex Family Historian vol. 20 no. 3, September 2012:Comparing 45 archive scenes of the town, all in full colour, to those of today, Hastings Then & Now takes the reader on a journey through the streets of Hastings and St. Leonards. Including informative captions, each page captures life how it once was and is today. The ninety images will delight residents and visitors alike.
The author, Mark Harvey, is a postcard and photograph collector and is an expert on antiques and collectibles
The author, Mark Harvey, is a postcard and photograph collector and is an expert on antiques and collectibles
The Hastings East Hill Lift, by David Cooper, published 2012 (booklet no. 31, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509208] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group
The history and grand re-opening of the lift.
Jerwood Gallery, Hastings: this south coast art space will need to do more to thrive, by M. Davies, published 2012 in Museums Journal (vol. 112, no. 5, article, pp.42-45)
Is arts-led regeneration working in our seaside towns? Fred Gray looks at the latest example, the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings by HAT Projects with community facilities, by T. Ronalds, published 2012 in Architecture Today (No. 227, article, pp.42-51)
Building study Jerwood Gallery in Hastings by HAT Projects, published 2012 in Architects' Journal (vol. 235, no. 15, article, pp.44-50)
Social dimensions of urban regeneration: discourses, policies and practices of social sustainability in Hastings, England , by Johanne Marie Orchard-Webb, 2012 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis) View Online
Abstract:This thesis develops an alternative critique of social urban regeneration practice by using a political-governance approach to examine the impact of regeneration governance upon barriers and opportunities for social sustainability. The research responds to a call from scholars to refocus sustainability research on the institutional, political and governance space that fosters or marginalises its presence and form. This ethnographic case study involved a year-long cycle of participant observation within the extensive Hastings regeneration governance infrastructure, and interviews with key stakeholders in that regeneration community. An analysis using NVivo was undertaken of thirty-one interviews, fifty regeneration governance meetings and the documents from each meeting. From that data emerged a strong argument for the centrality of the specificity of place in the construction or obstruction of social sustainability. Of particular importance is the impact of the socio-political context and the institutional and cultural legacy of New Labour partnership-led regeneration. The alternative critique identified in the Hastings example, in part emerges from the agency of a large-scale, political, and active Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) that is integral to, and embedded into the local governance infrastructure. The alternative model of activism employed by the VCS core utilises governance norms and practices to navigate the complex regeneration policy and governance landscape to contribute to, and disturb dominant agendas. In this regeneration landscape a distinctive local socio-political context, an alternative model of activism, and a valued good governance partnership culture enable what other commentators have termed 'actually existing' social sustainability (AESS). The research findings advance an understanding of principal critiques of the New Labour regeneration project, including the notions of 'post-political regeneration tactics' and democratic deficit, through a critical analysis of their presence in terms of their obstruction of AESS. The alternative critique that emerges from this research explores a possible shift in the locus and production of power, and the redistribution of roles in UK regeneration practice that enables a stronger VCS position.
Voices from the Hastings Stade, published 1 January 2012 (198 pp., Hastings Fisherman's Museum, ISBN-10: 0957144407 & ISBN-13: 9780957144408) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:A collection of oral histories from those involved in the Hastings Fishing Industry edited by staff at Hastings Fishermen's Museum. Well illustrated, this gives a unique glimpse into the lives of this very special community.
Celebrating the Centenary of the Founding of Riposo Health Hydro in Hastings 1912-1962-2012: Fifty Years of Natural Medicine, compiled by Richard Pitcairn-Knowles, published 1 August 2012 (94 pp., Sevenoaks: Richard Pitcaim-Knowles, ISBN-10: 0955859123 & ISBN-13: 9780955859120) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
J. Rock to Caffyns Ltd.: the diary of a Hastings & Tunbridge Wells royal carriage builder 1822-1949, edited by David Renno, published 1 October 2012 (iii + 103 pp., Hastings: Hastings Local Books, ISBN-10: 0956866948 & ISBN-13: 9780956866943) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Constructing 'The Stade": fishers and non-fishers' identity and place attachment in Hastings, south-east England, by J. Urquhart, published 2013 in Marine Policy (vol. 37, article, pp.45-54)
Register of Licensees for Hastings & St Leonards: 1500-2010, by David Russell, published 7 May 2013 (2nd edition, 138 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291759 & ISBN-13: 9780956291752) accessible at: British Library
Alexandra Bowls Club: Hastings' first bowls club 1893 to 2013, by David Renno, published 1 July 2013 (iii + 152 pp., Hastings: Hastings Local Books, ISBN-10: 0956866956 & ISBN-13: 9780956866950) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Swan, Hastings 1523-1943, by David Russell, published 16 July 2013 (2nd revised edition, 120 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291767 & ISBN-13: 9780956291769) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507902]
Hastings Old Town Torn Apart 1850 - 1963, by Richard Pollard, published 26 November 2013 (viii + 284 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095693661X & ISBN-13: 9780956936615) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Hastings Old Town Walk, published 2014 (34 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society
"It was the heart of the town": two public monuments, cultural memory and oral histories in Walkden and Hastings , by Anthony McIntosh, 2014 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis) View Online
Abstract:The importance of the historic built environment to local communities and its ability to foster a sense of place is an issue at the heart of current heritage impact research. This thesis is primarily concerned with how public monuments, as a focus for the localisation of memories and narratives, can contribute to the development of social capital, sense of place, and a sense of community identity.
The Pubs of Hastings & St Leonards 1800-2000, by David Russell, published 25 March 2014 (3rd revised edition, 332 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291775 & ISBN-13: 9780956291776) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507901] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Organs of 1066 Country: Hastings Volume 1, edited by Dr. Brian Hick, published 26 April 2014 (72 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Larkpress, ISBN-10: 0992862000 & ISBN-13: 9780992862008) accessible at: British Library
Hastings' Historic Alexandra Park , by Steven Whitford and Anne Scott, published 12 June 2014 (vii + 146 pp., Hastings: Pom Press, ISBN-10: 0957303017 & ISBN-13: 9780957303010) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507975] & Old Hastings Prervation Society & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Alexandra Park is one of the nation's most interesting and beautiful municipal parks and is now listed Grade II * on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. Originally designed by Robert Marnock and opened in 1992 the book covers every aspect of the parks development.
The Ridge: The Evolution of an Ancient Hastings Highway, by Stephanie Rearden, published 4 December 2014 (109 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society, ISBN-10: 0992985617 & ISBN-13: 9780992985615) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:One of the oldest trackways in Hastings and St Leonards, the Ridge would have been used by William the Conqueror on his way to the battle field of Senlac. The track developed with grand Victorian villas and the spread of urbanisation. Sadly today the imposing Victorian architecture has nearly all been replaced by modern blocks of flats and apartments. This book tells that story.
Geology and Fossils of the Hastings area, by Ken James Brooks, published 2015 (second edition, 76 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954051335 & ISBN-13: 9780954051334) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This second edition has been extensively revised, updated and expanded with many new colour images. Not only does this book give an overview of the Geological History of the area but also contains a couple of field trips.
Crowns and Shillings: The History of the Hastings May Queens, by Barry Jones and Helen Jones, published 1 June 2015 (152 pp., published by the authors, ISBN-10: 0993305709 & ISBN-13: 9780993305702) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Harriet Torrance - The Hastings Plague!, by Lisa Smith, published June 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 6, article, pp.257-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508876]
Preview:Harriet TORRANCE was the aunt (by marriage) of my connection, Ughtred TORRANCE. Until the launch of the British Newspaper Archive, she was just a name on a census return, but thanks to the publication of the Hastings and St Leonard Observer, I have learnt so much more about the sad, but eventful life of the woman who was dubbed 'The Hastings Plague'.
The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield with Maps and a Plan of the Battle, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 27 September 2015 (classic reprint, 256 pp., Forgotten Books, ISBN-10: 133204218X & ISBN-13: 9781332042180)
Abstract:This little Work owes its origin to a request made to the writer, on the occasion of the British Archæological Association holding their Congress at Hastings, that he would draw up some account of the Antiquities of the Town. As the writer grew interested in his subject, the unconnected descriptions of some of our antiquities became gradually woven into a continuous account of our ancient Port. The Paper was read before the Philosophical Society, and the Members and many other friends having expressed a wish that it should be printed, together. with a Paper on the Octo-Centenary of the Battle of Hastings, this Volume is the result.
In Part I., "On Hastings," the possibility of a Roman Origin is considered; an attempt has been made to fix the site of the Saxon Town, and the passage in Domesday relating to Hastings has been investigated with especial reference to the New Burg therein mentioned; also some data have been given for determining the grant of the Arms of the Cinque Ports.
In Part I., "On Hastings," the possibility of a Roman Origin is considered; an attempt has been made to fix the site of the Saxon Town, and the passage in Domesday relating to Hastings has been investigated with especial reference to the New Burg therein mentioned; also some data have been given for determining the grant of the Arms of the Cinque Ports.
A Survivor of Storms, Hastings Old Town: an architectural history to 1750, by David and Barbara Martin, Christopher Whittick with Jane Briscoe, published 2016 (260 pp., Domtom publishing, ISBN-13: 9781906070533) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509088] & Old Hastings Prervation Society
Abstract:In historical times the relative success of one town over its neighbours depended upon more than the strength and wealth of its hinterland. Because of its strong castle and a harbour offering the shortest crossing to Normandy, the 11th and early 12th centuries ensured Hastings was the principal port in East Sussex. Coastal erosion subsequently robbed it of these advantages and, as a result, it was able to survive only because of its fishery, which sustained but a poor and fluctuating level of affluence. Even so, there is good survival of 15th and 17th century houses, though very few which date from either the 16th or first half of the 18th centuries. It was not until the second quarter of the 19th century that the town found a new niche as a seaside resort, a role which once more allowed it to assert its dominance over the surrounding region.
The battle of Hastings Pier; Original architect: Eugenius Birch, 1872, architects for restoration: dRMM [de Rijke Marsh Morgan], by Oliver Lowenstein, published May 2016 in Blueprint (n. 346, article, pp.118-130) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library
Abstract:Restoration of the fire damaged Hastings Pier, dubbed the 'People's Pier' after attracting much support from the public for its revival. The new visitor centre in the middle of the pier, constructed in CLT, boasts a roof-top viewing platform. A sliding canopy that moves along the pier was part of the scheme and will hopefully be built in phase two of the restoration project.
Unseen Hastings and St Leonards, by Frederick Crouch, published 7 July 2016 (144 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 075096748X & ISBN-13: 9780750967488) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Unseen Hastings and St Leonards features 250 views including previously unpublished photographs that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the history of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. Accompanied by informative captions, many of these rare images show streets, houses, shops, railway engines, trolleybuses, and people that have never appeared in print before. All aspects of everyday life are recorded here, offering a unique glimpse of bygone times for all who know and love this beautiful part of the Sussex coast.
Pier review; Original architect: Eugenius Birch, 1872, published September 2016 in Architectural review (vol. 240, no. 1434, article, pp.72-78) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library
Abstract:On the restoration and regeneration of Hastings Pier, a Victorian landmark which was severely damaged by arson. The 272m-long pier now features a refurbished pavilion and new visitor centre, as well as a pavilion bar and restaurant, vintage funfair rides, a pop-up Hastings Pier shop, rickshaw rides and a selection of retail kiosks
The Letters of John Collier of Hastings: 1731-1746, edited by Richard Saville, published October 2016 (vol. 96, lxiv + 435 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-13: 9780854450787) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18952] & The Keep [LIB/509273][Lib/509274] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Abstract:"Being all alone this long evening and in a very pensive mood on the losse of our dear child, and the necessity I was under of comeing from you, and as the post will convey this to you tomorrow evening, I could not devote the time better than in writing to you; and itt's a pleasing satisfaction to me, and I hope not dissagreeable to you"
John Collier to his wife after the death of his son, John, 8th February 1733
The Sayer MSS comprise one of the most important collections of business and social correspondence involving a Sussex family in the 18th century. The papers describe the rise to affluence and political and social influence of John Collier (1685-1760), five times Mayor of Hastings. Originally from an Eastbourne inn owning family, he trained as an attorney and, when only 20, became town clerk of Hastings. As well as his work for the Corporation, appointments followed as solicitor for the Cinque Ports, clerk of the port militia and commissioner of the Land Tax for Sussex. In addition he developed a legal practice in London and the port which brought contacts with leading officials and politicians of his day. His legal acumen, negotiating skills and boundless energy gave him a key place in the politics of the Cinque Ports; and under the care of the Duke of Newcastle and Henry Pelham he was later appointed Usher and Cryer of the King's Bench, and received lucrative offices in the Customs of Kent and London in organising the prosecution of smugglers. Collier acted also for the Duke and the Whig interest in elections and in local Corporation policy. Diverse incomes from office and legal practice enabled the family to buy lands in and around the port and considerable holdings in government and company stocks.
The letters in this volume explain how his legal and government work was organised and give the reader a vision into the range of work of this Sussex lawyer during the era of Walpole, Newcastle and Pelham.
The correspondence offers valuable insight into the business partnership between Collier and his brother-in-law, William Cranston, located in London. Cranston, also an attorney, managed their London accounts and settled business when Collier was in Hastings. Their letters show the crucial role of a wider network of associates and landowners. Most of the surviving Collier letters during law terms were destined for Mary Cranston, his second wife, who organised much of his affairs when he was away from Hastings. Their correspondence also offers up much on their social life and illustrates the tragic side, the sufferings of childbirth and the death of children, the effects of disease and ailments, the constant worry over relatives, as well as the wear and tear during the weeks of separation. Schooling looms large in these letters and the details of the five Collier girls who survived into their teens and went to Elizabeth Russell's girls' boarding school in Hampstead are of especial value in illustrating their upbringing and that of their contemporaries. Beyond school the girls' life in East Sussex underlines the upward mobility of the family by the 1730s, with the girls moving between the great houses, organising dances and games, meeting those of similar standing, going on country walks, finding out about servants and managing staff - all this with an insistence on the latest fashions and accessories to be bought by their father or uncle.
As expected from the offices held, political life was rarely far from Collier's concerns. Promoting the Whig interest in East Sussex was a particular concern; and the letters here add to our understanding of how the Whigs advanced their cause in the 1730s and 1740s. Letters also cover weather conditions, travel over the Weald, the connections with London, the social season at Bath and Tunbridge Wells and the effects of legislation upon Hastings townsfolk, notably the troubles caused by the smuggling trade.
Richard Saville is an economic and financial historian who has published on Britain from the mid-seventeenth century onwards. His previous publication for the Society was The Fuller Letters, Guns, Slaves and Finance 1 728-1 755 (edited with David Crossley) SRS vol. 76, 1991.
John Collier to his wife after the death of his son, John, 8th February 1733
The Sayer MSS comprise one of the most important collections of business and social correspondence involving a Sussex family in the 18th century. The papers describe the rise to affluence and political and social influence of John Collier (1685-1760), five times Mayor of Hastings. Originally from an Eastbourne inn owning family, he trained as an attorney and, when only 20, became town clerk of Hastings. As well as his work for the Corporation, appointments followed as solicitor for the Cinque Ports, clerk of the port militia and commissioner of the Land Tax for Sussex. In addition he developed a legal practice in London and the port which brought contacts with leading officials and politicians of his day. His legal acumen, negotiating skills and boundless energy gave him a key place in the politics of the Cinque Ports; and under the care of the Duke of Newcastle and Henry Pelham he was later appointed Usher and Cryer of the King's Bench, and received lucrative offices in the Customs of Kent and London in organising the prosecution of smugglers. Collier acted also for the Duke and the Whig interest in elections and in local Corporation policy. Diverse incomes from office and legal practice enabled the family to buy lands in and around the port and considerable holdings in government and company stocks.
The letters in this volume explain how his legal and government work was organised and give the reader a vision into the range of work of this Sussex lawyer during the era of Walpole, Newcastle and Pelham.
The correspondence offers valuable insight into the business partnership between Collier and his brother-in-law, William Cranston, located in London. Cranston, also an attorney, managed their London accounts and settled business when Collier was in Hastings. Their letters show the crucial role of a wider network of associates and landowners. Most of the surviving Collier letters during law terms were destined for Mary Cranston, his second wife, who organised much of his affairs when he was away from Hastings. Their correspondence also offers up much on their social life and illustrates the tragic side, the sufferings of childbirth and the death of children, the effects of disease and ailments, the constant worry over relatives, as well as the wear and tear during the weeks of separation. Schooling looms large in these letters and the details of the five Collier girls who survived into their teens and went to Elizabeth Russell's girls' boarding school in Hampstead are of especial value in illustrating their upbringing and that of their contemporaries. Beyond school the girls' life in East Sussex underlines the upward mobility of the family by the 1730s, with the girls moving between the great houses, organising dances and games, meeting those of similar standing, going on country walks, finding out about servants and managing staff - all this with an insistence on the latest fashions and accessories to be bought by their father or uncle.
As expected from the offices held, political life was rarely far from Collier's concerns. Promoting the Whig interest in East Sussex was a particular concern; and the letters here add to our understanding of how the Whigs advanced their cause in the 1730s and 1740s. Letters also cover weather conditions, travel over the Weald, the connections with London, the social season at Bath and Tunbridge Wells and the effects of legislation upon Hastings townsfolk, notably the troubles caused by the smuggling trade.
Richard Saville is an economic and financial historian who has published on Britain from the mid-seventeenth century onwards. His previous publication for the Society was The Fuller Letters, Guns, Slaves and Finance 1 728-1 755 (edited with David Crossley) SRS vol. 76, 1991.
A Pier Without Peer: The History of Hastings Pier, by Steve Peak, published 30 December 2016 (208 pp., Primo, ISBN-10: 099353273X & ISBN-13: 9780993532733) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Tracing the iconic life of Hastings Pier, from its Victorian heyday to its resurrection as a much-loved landmark in 2016. Lavish full-colour hardback book telling the remarkable story of Hastings Pier. Hundreds of beautiful photographs and illustrations presented together for the first time in large format. Features a Roll of Honour containing the names of all those whose contributed to the Pier's re-birth. Published in Partnership with The Hastings Pier Charity.
The Magnetism of Hastings and St Leonards, by John Mabb, published June 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 6, article, pp.271-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]
St Mary in the Castle Parish Church, Hastings, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7817]
Hastings Baptisms 1700-1877 Surnames A-J, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN79, CD-ROM)
Hastings Union Notices of Marriages 1837-1865, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN81, CD-ROM)
Hastings Union Notices of Marriages 1865-1879, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN82, CD-ROM)
1832-1841 Hastings Gaol Records Commitments to prison, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN93, CD-ROM)
1836-1837 Hastings Registered Electors, and 1854 Hastings and St Leonards Trade Directory, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN86, CD-ROM)
1841 Census vol.03 - Hastings area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCC, CD-ROM)
1841 Census vol.09 - Hastings part 1, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCJ, CD-ROM)
1841 Census vol.10 - Hastings part 2, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCK, CD-ROM)