The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 25th October, 2026, @ Crown House, St Leonards, TN38. Members free, non members £5. Doors open at 2.30pm. A talk given by Hastings historian Ken Brooks, entitled ‘Burton St Leonards BEFORE 1837’ This illustrated talk will look at the development of St. Leonards by James & […]
Monthly Archives: September 2026
The contemporary newspapers can be very revealing in discussing storm damage on the seafront. In this post I give two long and vivid accounts of damage and risk of life. The storm lasted for several hours on Sunday morning, 14 November 1875, on a (high) spring tide with strong winds from the southwest. It was […]
At the southern end of Kenilworth Road, and now numbered no. 98, is a former chapel, very obvious as one descends the road from the north. Formerly its activities were carried out upstairs at its neighbour, 18 Gensing Road, which is on the corner. The Primitive Methodists were a working class breakaway from the Methodist […]
10 April 1855, Sussex Advertiser: [Summary of news clipping below. Advert for sale of freehold of 8.5 acres on Warrior Square, plus 6.5 leasehold land in the direction of the railway station. The reason for the sale was James Troup’s insolvency. He had suddenly been asked to make a large payment and he could only […]
WALKS in Burtons’ St Leonards: Join us this Thursday 17th September 2026, 11am sharp, from London Road seafront clock for 90 minutes. We walk for 45 minutes up the 1:5 gradient hill, with 3 minute history bites as we tuck in to nine picturesque spots to get our breath back. WALK in Burtons’ St Leonards: […]