4 June 1835, Brighton Gazette HASTINGS. It is reported here that part of the Roman Catholic Establishment will consist of Sisters of Charity. WARRIOR’S GATE, BETWEEN HASTINGS AND ST LEONARDS. – The Sea Wall, partly formed of concrete and partly of stone, is now completed, and will be an object of general attention and admiration. […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
By chance I came across, in the Hastings and St Leonards Times, 22 May 1880, two interesting reports of begging in St Leonards by men who had come a considerable distance. The details given about the prisoners are touching. HASTINGS BOROUGH BENCH. SATURDAY. Before Mr H.C. CAULFEILD and Mr Alderman WILLIAMS. BEGGING ALMS William Cooper, […]
There is a set of detailed maps of much of St Leonards and Hastings, surveyed 1873 and published 1875, on the (free) National Library of Scotland website. This post discusses the map for the West Hill Road (west half) , some of which is shown below, and there is also a map that includes the […]
The 1921 census is the most recent available in the UK for researching individual households. Normally censuses are released at 100-year intervals. As the 1931 census was destroyed by bombing, and the 1941 census was never conducted, we will have a long wait for the 1951 census. We have census data for households since 1841 […]