By chance I came across the following entry in the 1921 census (taken on the 19 June) for a three-roomed dwelling at 2 Villa Road, St Leonards on Sea. Only in the 1911 and 1921 censuses are we told how many rooms a dwelling had. Grace Eliza Smith, 70 years 8 mos, S[ingle], born Surrey […]
Monthly Archives: April 2025
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday, May 11th, 2025, at Crown House, 60 Marina, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BE. Members free entry, non members £5 entry. An illustrated talk by Ray McChrystal on ‘Gum Pigment and Paper: A History of the British Watercolour (with Scenes of Burtons St Leonards)’. Ray, a practising watercolourist, […]
The following references from the Hastings Watch Committee’s correspondence are taken from catalogue entries of documents at The Keep, Falmer. The date is followed by the document reference and then the full catalogue entry. I have not looked at the actual documents, but even with the brief quotations cited they tell a vivid story. I […]
The first story about the Hollington toll gate is rather long but is, I think, full of interest. However, I don’t know where it is. Can anyone comment ? 19 March 1840, Brighton Gazette [Sussex Lent Assizes] John Wood, labourer, 28, charged with having, 7 December, with others, assaulted Francis Pearson with intent to rob […]