An acquaintance of mine bought a year ago six property deeds on eBay which were for 75 and 76 Marina, covering the years 1850 to 1895. These terrace houses are located on the seafront between St Leonards Church and Sussex Road, and are mirror images of each other, with adjoining tunnelbacks (rear extensions). They continue […]
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This is an unusual type of post. It will obviously be of interest to those on Marina, but may also provide ideas for those researching buildings on other streets. I give below a list of every house number on Marina, St Leonards on Sea. I searched the National Archives’ Discovery catalogue (which includes numerous local […]
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, […]
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 is the story of three confectioner families in St Leonards, all linked by living at one time or another at 43 Marina. Evidence is at first fragmentary, and we can only speculate about motivations. The address is presently that of a four-floored carpet store, presumably with housing above the ground level, next door to […]
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) […]
The Hastings and St Leonards Observer contains a vast amount of information on visitors to St Leonards, usually cited as “Arrivals” or “Fashionable intelligence.” The newspaper, with many others, can be searched online for a specific address, either on the British Newspaper Archive or, using the same data, on the Find My Past database, both […]
Electoral registers are often a neglected source for house histories. Quite apart from giving the names of voters living there, they can provide extra information. For example, you can sometimes gather information on who owned freehold property. Occasionally a tenant is given. Directories give the occupant, but directories are few before about 1885. The priced […]