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Railway Death
From the Hastings News of 02/01/1852
Fatal accident at Hastings railway station, when Richard Boyce, aged 35, was run over by a train.
Completion of the Tunbridge Wells to Bopeep-Hastings railway line, by South Eastern Railway.
Hastings and St Leonards Rifle Corps was formed.
The high court ruled that the benefits of the Magdalen Charity should remain as understood for many centuries, ie that they were for the sick and poor of the parishes of All Saints and St Clements. The charity had been ...
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A new pleasure boat The Rose was launched.
The Equity Court confirmed the large local charity the Magdalen and Lasher was restricted to the parishes of All Saints and St Clements.
Three converts to Mormonism were baptised at the East groyne.
New Yacht Skylark
From the Hastings News of 07/05/1852
A large new yacht Skylark, 30 tons, had been built by George Tutt at his premises under the East Cliff.
Girls School
From the Hastings News of 14/05/1852
The Girls National School had been built in All Saints Street.
The new Ecclesbourne reservoir was nearly complete.
Sea Walls
From the Hastings News of 14/06/1852
Repairs of the sea wall were to be undertaken, as well as purchase of the Esplanade between the two towns of Hastings and St Leonards.
MPs Elected
From the Hastings News of 16/07/1852
Patrick Robertson and Musgrave Brisco were elected as MPs for Hastings.
Warrior Square Gardens opened to the public, with a band playing three times a week.
Grammar School
From the Hastings News of 17/09/1852
The fixtures of the Hastings Proprietory Grammar School in Hill Street were sold.
The Commissioners of Customs surrendered the lease of their condemned yard (for the boats of smugglers etc) under the East Cliff [the site of what is now the Fishermen’s Museum].
Storm
From the Hastings News of 08/10/1852
Terrible storm and flooding in Hastings.
Gas Works
From the Hastings News of 22/10/1852
A new chimney was to be erected at the gas works.
Landslip
From the Hastings News of 05/11/1852
There had been a landslip in St Marys Terrace caused by the recent heavy rains.
Cliff Fall
From the Hastings News of 10/12/1852
Cliff fall at East Hill.
Floods
From the Hastings News of 24/12/1852
There had been floods in the Old Town and the Priory, and a windmill on the West Hill had been hit by lightning, causing slight damage.
Christmas Dinner
From the Hastings News of 24/12/1852
Musgrave Brisco MP had given his tenants their annual dinner at his Coghurst Hall.
The Hastings Homeopathic Dispensary opened at 8 Hill Street.
Illicit Still
From the Hastings News of 31/12/1852
Inland Revenue officers seized an illicit still at Guestling