Places are limited, please book for free via info@bsls.org.uk with name, email or mobile number so Stephen can communicate where to meet him in St Leonards. Please indicate if you are a Member of the Society. The escorted walk will be held twice, both starting at 2pm: on Sunday 21 September, and on Friday 26 […]
Author Archives: Stephen van Dulken
27 July 1843, Brighton Gazette: WEST CLIFF COTTAGE, ST LEONARDS ON SEA. MISS LANDER, with the assistance of first-rate Masters, and a resident French Teacher, intends, on Monday, 31st inst., TO OPEN AN ESTABLISHMENT FOR EIGHT YOUNG LADIES, at West Cliff Cottage. – Cards of terms and further particulars may be had by applying to […]
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 […]
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, […]
This story reflects badly on the servants, but it must be remembered that dutiful and loyal servants are rarely mentioned in newspapers except perhaps on their deaths, or in bequests by their masters or mistresses. Also, the magistrates were much more likely to believe statements by the master than by the servants. The Hastings and […]
10 August 1842, The Morning Herald: THE QUEEN’S ST LEONARD’S ARCHERS. – The ANNUAL PRIZE presented by her Majesty will be SHOT FOR on the 17th August (the grand target day); likewise the Royal Victoria Challenge Prizes, the Society’s Annual Prize, and Prizes for Visitors. There will be an ordinary, and a ball in the […]
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, […]