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Death of Mrs North, wife of Frederick North MP, at Hastings Lodge, Old London Road.
Travellers
From the Hastings News of 19/01/1855
The Hastings Mendicity (or Travellers Relief) Society was formed, with Earl Waldegrave as president, and £150 in hand. The first annual report said the society "was instituted, first, in order to clear the streets and parades of the great number ...
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Pubs
From the Hastings News of 23/02/1855
A petition was being raised to close pubs and beer houses on Sundays.
Frozen Sea
From the Hastings News of 23/02/1855
The sea was frozen at Hastings, out to 300-400 feet from the shore. Congers were floating on the water. The temperature was 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
Shipping
From the Hastings News of 02/03/1855
The clipper sailing ship Kent arrived off Hastings from Melbourne, with a cargo of gold and 200 passengers.
Priory
From the Hastings News of 16/03/1855
Sale of the Priory Farm; Mr Chapman was leaving.
Ore Cemetery
From the Hastings News of 06/04/1855
An acre and half of land at Ore was purchased from Countess Waldegrave to create Ore Burial Ground (Ore Cemetery), on Winchelsea Road, north of Rock Lane. It was consecrated on 16 December, 1855.
A fall at Mountfield Tunnel closed the railway line from Hastings to Tonbridge. It reopened in mid-August.
The museum building of the Hastings Literary Institution was sold. The Hastings Mechanics Institute had hired a room at 62 George Street to the museum.
New Fishmarket
From the Hastings News of 11/05/1855
A proposal for erecting a fishmarket was submitted to the Council; the cost would be £660.
Death of Rev JG Foyster, 73, Rector of St Clements.
The song about Fairlight Glen, Music of the Stream, was published, with words by Arthur Ransom and music by George Lindridge.
New Gas Mains
From the Hastings News of 15/06/1855
New gas mains, larger than the old ones, were being laid by the gas company.
The Act legalising unstamped newspapers became law, prompting Mr TB Brett to turn his monthly Hastings and St Leonards Penny Press into the weekly Hastings and St Leonards Gazette, which he published for the next 40 years.
Baldslow Windmill
From the Hastings News of 06/07/1855
The old Baldslow windmill had been pulled down and was being rebuilt. The News of 13 July said the new one was nearing completion. The Pictorial Advertiser of 6 April 1916 reported that on 28 March the mill had been ...
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The King of Belgium and suite passed through Hastings railway station.
Bathing
From the Hastings News of 10/08/1855
A bye-law was to be made that no person should undress on the seashore or beach except in a bathing machine.
Queen Victoria
From the Hastings News of 10/08/1855
Queen Victoria had passed through Hastings in a train. She stopped at the station for five minutes, and was met by the mayor etc.
A gala day was held at Tivoli Gardens, Silverhill.
Roman coins were found by Mr John Howell's workmen building the west side of Warrior Square.
Crimean War: The fall of Sebastopol was celebrated with St Clements Church bell-ringing and cannon on the East Hill.
Submarine Forest
From the Hastings News of 28/09/1855
Exhibits from the submarine forest near Carlisle Parade were on view at the museum in George Street.
The Hastings and St Leonards Towns Improvement Association was founded.
New Ragged School
From the Hastings News of 09/11/1855
The new Ragged School opened in Stone Street. It was to be open in evenings.
Death of William Ransom snr, printer and proprietor of the Hastings and St Leonards News. His brother John took over production. William jnr was the editor, as he had been since the start in 1848. Based 42 George Street.
New School
From the Hastings News of 21/12/1855
The foundation stone of St Mary Magdalen School, Magdalen Road, was laid by Dowager Lady St John. The school opened on 6 October 1856.