The Burtons’ St Leonards Society held today a very enjoyable event in the joined, beautiful gardens of 81 and 83 Pevensey Road in sunny weather. Our host kindly provided tours of some of the rooms of both houses which have been handsomely restored to their 1880s look, including the furniture. No. 81 is now a […]
Monthly Archives: August 2025
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 28th September, 2025, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free, non members £5. A talk given by Hastings historian Ken Brooks, entitled ‘Burton St Leonards since 1837’ This illustrated talk will look at the development of St. Leonards after James […]
The 12 July 1862 issue of the St Leonards and Hastings Gazette & Visitors’ Vade Mecum reported on the sale of a ‘block’ of 13 houses and a plot of land at an auction at the Warrior’s Gate pub, the site of the present Post Office on London Road. The account is unusually detailed, and […]
The Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 marked the first step towards making divorce much easier, and also protecting the property of women who were divorced, separated or deserted by their husbands. This post tells two stories of the act being invoked, as first encountered in local newspapers. The first was an attempt to get a […]
The following is a list of the men in the 30 March 1851 census for St Leonards on Sea who were described as butlers or equivalents, plus wives who stated that their husbands were butlers. I have been able to match a few of those couples up. Some of the households were only staying for […]
I came across this citation in the Hastings and St Leonards Times (HSLT), 23 April 1898: A PROPERTY sale was held by Messrs John and A Bray, at their Auction Rooms, Claremont, on Tuesday afternoon. The following properties were put up for sale: Nos. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51, 52, […]