Last Sunday I gave a talk to the Society on Philip Henry Tree (1848-1922), an architect who was born on Norman Road. Tree was responsible for numerous houses, and some churches and shops, mainly between Bexhill and Rye. I mentioned his close relationship with Richard Beagley, with whom he shared an office for many years, […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
I came across a mention of Maud Bullock in a 1914 newspaper and decided to research her life. There are a number of mentions of her in the newspapers, and I was also pleased to find that a relative had put up photos of her on a family tree on the Ancestry subscription database. What […]
11 January 1838, Brighton Gazette HASTINGS. Our Quarter Sessions commenced on Wednesday, the 3rd, before Mr Recorder Austin… John Jarvis, a flyman, for embezzling money belonging to his master, Mr Edlin; six months’ imprisonment, three months thereof to hard labour in Lewes gaol. – Henry Bartholomew, a lad, for embezzling the money of his master, […]