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Spa Advert
From the Hastings News of 03/01/1873
The News carried an advert for St Andrew's Spa, by H King: "An elegant Spa Room has been erected from the designs of H Carpenter Esq, with a fountain in the centre, into which the water flows direct from the ...
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Lost Museum
From the Hastings News of 03/01/1873
The News said the old Literary Institution was in a bad way. It "has done good work for both science and literature. It might now have had a valuable museum, had it been supported as it deserved to be. That ...
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Street Life
From the Hastings News of 03/01/1873
There complaints of the dirty state of roads near the Memorial, suggesting able-bodied paupers should sweep the crossings. "Visitors have also complained of the coarse remarks and bad language used by the loungers at the corners of the streets in ...
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Hastings Town Council decided to apply the Public Health Act 1872 to St Leonards. They were to meet the St Leonards Commissioners to discuss this important matter.
An inquest on Samuel Carey, formerly one of the crew of the pleasure yacht Albertine, aged 32, heard he was killed while placing the last trough [block of wood] in place for the fishing boat Industry to be launched, and ...
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Volunteers Shed
From the Hastings News of 31/01/1873
A new shed was to be the HQ of the 7th Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, on the corner of Hatherly Road and Southwater Road. It was economy and utility. 90 ft x 60 ft, with inside drill hall 80 ft ...
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The new lifeboat Perseverance was launched opposite the Queens Hotel. Alterations had lately been carried out by Coastguardsman John Hicks, while laid up in Central Recreation Ground. 500-600 present. The News of 9 May 1873 said Hicks was the designer ...
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Mackerel Success
From the Hastings News of 07/02/1873
The mackerel voyage was at Portsmouth. It was very successful, though some boats lost nets through the weight of the fish: Happy Return 80 nets, The Dove (Gallop, master) all excluding 18, The Swan 70. John Breach's boat earned more ...
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The Council heard that Mr Andrews, surveyor, had seen Mr Howell and had agreed to set his proposed 6 houses and shops abutting on the proposed new road leading into the Priory Farm yard back a foot.
At All Saints Church, two of the old cottages in front were recently bought by George Davis of the Wilderness and demolished. The land was given to make new entrance. Tablet erected.
Serious Fire
From the Hastings News of 07/03/1873
There was a disastrous fire on the premises of Edmund Strickland, cornfactor, opposite the Congregational Chapel in Cambridge Road ]just above Priory Street]. The streets were crowded watching the three fire engines. It was not insured. Had stabling etc at ...
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New Reservoir
From the Hastings News of 14/03/1873
There was a new water reservoir at the upper side of Newgate Wood, cost £4,000, using the slope of the ground to save excavation.
Town Centre Floods
From the Hastings News of 14/03/1873
Reported at Council that Mr Farley of Cricketer' s Arms in South Terrace had his cellars flooded. The Roads Committee reported that all owners of property with excavated cellars had been cautioned when plans were sent in.
The Hastings Cottage Improvement Society inaugurated and named its new model buildings in Crown Lane as Scrivens Buildings, in memory of the late Mayor. Mr D Friend was the architect. The rents were 2s - 4s.
Lifeboat Exercises
From the Hastings News of 21/03/1873
The lifeboat Ellen Goodman, Brinkley coxswain, was out for quarterly exercises from the Queens Hotel. It was stationed at the East Well.
Prominent local builder John Howell was carrying out major development on the former Cornwallis Estate. He was laying out what was to become Cambridge Gardens, on the site of the old Priory Farm farmyard. He was also undertaking work on ...
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First Board School
From the Hastings News of 21/03/1873
The first school to be built by the new School Board was nearing completion in Waterloo Place. Building started in December 1872 and was expected to be completed by June 1873. There were two rooms, 70' x18'x15' high. The ground ...
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Railway Works
From the Hastings News of 11/04/1873
The engine depot and fitting shop of Brighton Railway Company had been removed from Bopeep to Eastbourne.
Workman’s Pub
From the Hastings News of 18/04/1873
A new pub, the British Workman No 2, without drink, was opened at Hollington, near the new church, by Mr Foster, the ironmonger.
Smuggling Book
From the Hastings News of 18/04/1873
The book Smugglers and Smuggling, by John Banks, had been published, costing 2s 6d.
Egg Stealer Jailed
From the Hastings News of 18/04/1873
At the borough bench on 10 April, Charles Griffen of All Saints Street was jailed for seven days for stealing seven duck's eggs from St Andrews Gardens [Alexandra Park].
Death on 18th at The Mansion of Sarah Countess of Waldegrave, widow of Vice Admiral William, 8th Earl of Waldegrave, in her 87th year. She was the youngest daughter of Rev William Whitear, Prebenadry of Chichester, Rector of All ...
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Hollington Land
From the Hastings News of 02/05/1873
On 26 May, Mr Gausden was to sell by auction three plots of building land on the Ashbrook Park Estate, Hollington, plus some land at Silverhill.
Turnpikes Near End
From the Hastings News of 09/05/1873
Hastings MP Mr UJ Kay-Shuttleworth told the House of Commons 5 May that Hastings people were unhappy at the close proximity of the turnpike tollgates to the town. Parliament's Turnpike Acts' Continuance Committee decided the present arragement with the Hastings-Flimwell ...
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All Saints Pathway
From the Hastings News of 09/05/1873
The Council agreed to pave a public footway through All Saints Churchyard for 150 ft, on the request of the Rev GA Foyster.
The town's leading building contractor, John Howell, a Liberal councillor, was elected as alderman when one of the existing aldermen died, creating a vacancy.
On 30 April, 126 plots of building land were sold for £3,400. They were situated between Mount Pleasant Road and Priory Road, and would be reached by new roads to be formed. They lay to the south of some plots ...
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The Ebenezer Chapel off Tackleway had been improved. Old hiding walls had been removed so that the chapel was now visible from All Saints Street. Old vestries had gone and the building had been extended to Tackleway. The galleries had ...
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Mrs Mendham, sister of the Rev WT Turner of Ore, laid a memorial stone at the new Emmanuel Church, on the corner of Priory Road and Plynlimmon Road, which she had paid for. John Howell was the builder, Jeffery and ...
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Cheaper News
From the Hastings News of 27/06/1873
The News said it was to reduce its price to 1d from the next issue. It promoted independent Liberalism. It said the population of the borough was fast increasing and to thousands of the poorer class every penny was an ...
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Pub Burns
From the Hastings News of 27/06/1873
The Cutter Foam tavern at the top of East Hill Passage was burned out on 26 June.
Will Ginner Dies
From the Hastings News of 04/07/1873
The well-known former mayor Will Ginner JP died on 30 June in his 74th year at his High Street home. For 30 years he was on the Council, alderman 13 years and mayor 1854, 58, 62, 68. He became manager ...
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Prominent Pastor
From the Hastings News of 04/07/1873
The Rev Halley Stewart, pastor of the Croft Chapel in Croft Road, said he was to leave that autumn and become a minister in London. [But he was also a well-off Liberal businessman, and he returned to Hastings in 1877 ...
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Several portions of land on the Ashbrook Park Estate in Hollington were being sold [where Upper Church Road and neighbouring roads were to be built].
Sea Wall Work
From the Hastings News of 11/07/1873
The News said: "The advantages of the new sea wall, opposite Caroline Place, are now become apparent. About three-quarters of the entire length is finished, and the space enclosed filled in. The improved appearance of the roadway presents a striking ...
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Steamer Aground
From the Hastings News of 11/07/1873
The little steamer Rapid, on its first trip from Eastbourne, ran aground alongside the pier as her inexperienced person in command had come in too close to the shore on a falling tide. She sat on a sandbank for two ...
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Memorial Fountain
From the Hastings News of 11/07/1873
Mr Brown commented on the discreditable appearance of the Holy Trinity Church's Memorial fountain in Robertson Street. It was high time to put it into the care of the Council, as those who had got it up seemed to have ...
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Property Sales
From the Hastings News of 11/07/1873
There had been much property for auction recently. On 15 July the South Coast Railway Company will sell nearly 1,000 feet of frontage of building land, part of the Warrior Square Estate, close to the railway. Early in August, 125 ...
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Albert Victor and George Frederick, sons of the Prince of Wales, had been staying at the Royal Victoria Hotel since 11th, for seabathing, visits, drives and St Mary Magdalen Church on Sunday. They left on 22nd. On the 25th, the ...
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Rubbish Dispute
From the Hastings News of 18/07/1873
A legal dispute had started, Mayor & Corporation vs Ivall, a contractor, to stop him shooting rubbish on the beach, which they claimed to own.
All Saints Gassed
From the Hastings News of 05/09/1873
All Saints Church was lit by gas for the first time on 31 August.
The group of windmills and the steam mill on the West Hill were to be pulled down, to open up the area for development. The mills were all on or between Priory Road and Plynlimmon Road, and had formed the ...
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Castle Vandalism
From the Hastings News of 19/09/1873
A strong oak fence was being built round the walls of the castle to stop excursionists from pulling down and taking souvenirs.
The dissolution of the St Leonards Commissioners had been proposed, transferring their powers to Hastings Borough Council, thereby merging the two towns. There was an argument over the rating of each to pay debts. Commissioners were appointed to decide. "We ...
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Wine in Caves
From the Hastings News of 17/10/1873
Nearly 40 years ago the discoverer of St Clements Caves, Mr Golding, had depoisted some bottles of wine somewhere in the caves, but died without saying where. Recently two young visitors, while excavating in the sand, had found them. The ...
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On 13 November Mr W Collier was selling by auction eight acres of freehold land having a 421 feet frontage to Harold Road and containing a large deposit of brick earth, plus 1.5 acres of building land in Dudley Road ...
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Union Milkers
From the Hastings News of 07/11/1873
The price of milk was to go up from 4d to 5d a quart. The cost of keeping a cow has nearly doubled in the last few years, but the price of milk was unchanged. It was till cheap and ...
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New Christ Church
From the Hastings News of 07/11/1873
The foundation stone was laid on 6 November, in heavy rain, for the new church to be built on the corner of London Road and Silchester Road. This would be Christ Church, much bigger than the existing Christ Church, standing ...
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The tender of £1,770 from Messrs Hughes had been accepted for building new roads, drains, etc on the south-east portion of the Eversfield estate between London Road, Pevensey Road and Maze Hill [to become Kenilworth Road, Carisbrooke Road, Stockleigh Road].
New Town Hall
From the Hastings News of 14/11/1873
A Council meeting on 7 November agreed to try to build a new town hall, to replace the existing one in the High Street [now the Old Town Hall Museum]. Two sites were proposed: the small group of houses called ...
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Winter Ducklings
From the Hastings News of 05/12/1873
The weather was so mile that a pair of Muscovy ducks hatched out 11 ducklings in the park; all were flourishing.
Martello Blown Up
From the Hastings News of 05/12/1873
The Martello Tower No 40, between St Leonards and Bulverhythe, had been undermined by the sea, and was blown up by the Royal Engineers. First, 176 lbs, then 126 lbs of gun cotton were used.
The vestries of the parishes of All Saints and St Clements condemned the trustees of the Magdalen Charity for trying to divert a large part of the benefit of that charity away from those two parishes to the western parishes ...
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