In the 9 May 1848 issue of the Sussex Advertiser there was a report on magistrates hearing an application for a liquor license. This was by Louisa Barnett, single woman, for the license of the Tivoli Inn, recently held by Richard Harman. She was represented by her lawyer, Mr Baker. The Tivoli was situated on […]
On this Remembrance Sunday, I am giving in this post some entries from the Hastings and St Leonards Observer’s “On active service” section during World War II. The initial dates are of the newspaper issue. Links are to the official record in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website. I have added a few notes […]
I find the first newspaper extract full of pathos. 19 Apr 1837, True Sun INSOLVENT DEBTOR’S COURT, APRIL 18. A DISAPPOINTED IMMIGRANT. James Ballard applied on his petition to be discharged, and was unopposed. The insolvent, who had been a baker at St Leonard’s, Sussex, resolved, at the beginning of the present year, to emigrate […]
The Hastings and St Leonards Observer was typical among Victorian seaside resort newspapers in reporting the arrivals and other activities of ‘fashionable’ visitors to St Leonards. An unusual surname means that it is possible to see just how devoted a family could be to visiting the town. There are gaps, due either to the digitised […]
I am not sure how much of this long, satirical article is accurate. The simple illustrations are in my opinion rather bizarre. It was printed in the Illustrated Times, 24 October 1857. BY THE SEA-SIDE. – NO. XI ST LEONARD’S-ON-THE-SEA Is the West End or Belgravia of Hastings. St Leonard’s proper begins at the archway […]
I bought in an old town Hastings shop an old postcard for its view of Marina, looking westward, which states it was taken from St Leonards Pier. This was opposite 53 Marina. The image side states ‘32424. ST LEONARDS: WEST MARINA, FROM PIER.’ A plaque giving information on the pier (which was removed in 1952) […]
Maze Hill Terrace, an attractive row of four houses, is numbered 1 to 4 from left to right. The two end houses are slightly grander in style and have their own front porches, unlike the pair in the middle. They also have, as end houses, two extra windows on each floor. There are four floors […]
The talk will begin at 4pm sharp on Sunday 6 October, 2024, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free, non members £5. This event will be an illustrated talk given by the Burtons’ St Leonards Society Member, Prue Maxwell-Stewart, on ‘The Amsterdam‘: the extraordinary story of the laden Dutch […]
The deaths of both James Burton, founder of the town, and of his wife are recorded in this post. 7 June 1836, Morning Herald Livery and posting stables at St Leonards on Sea. To be let for 3, 5 or 7 years, standings for 90 horses… Apply to Mr Kaye, St Leonards on Sea. 22 […]
Many members of this society enjoyed a garden party at Glanymor, 3 Highlands Gardens today. This post is about the early history of that house. The name, by the way, is Welsh for ‘seaside’. It is Grade II listed, and Historic England describes it and the neighbouring houses: HIGHLAND GARDENS 1. 5204 St Leonards Nos […]