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Election Results
From the Hastings News of 06/02/1874
General election day 3 February in Hastings: Brassey 1,721, Kay- Shuttleworth 1,495, Robertson 1,244, Nicholson 945. Mr. Brassey and Kay-Shuttleworth were duly returned.
There was a presentation to Alderman Ross for serving the Town Council for 33 years.
A circular was addressed to the employers from the carpenters and joiners of Hastings and StLeonards that: "We are compelled by the greatly enhanced prices of the necessities of life, and by circumstances over which we have no control, to ...
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Claremont Circus
From the Hastings News of 20/03/1874
A proposed permanent theatre and circus at Claremont had been scrapped due to the opposition from local tradesmen, following a meeting at the Queens Hotel.
Windmills for Sale
From the Hastings News of 01/04/1874
On 28 March the windmill adjoining Pynlimmon Terrace [Road] on the West Hill was sold in 24 lots. The smock windmill, down to brickwork, with four patent sweeps and company, only realized 18 guineas. The fixed and running gear, with ...
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Halton Houses
From the Hastings News of 10/04/1874
New houses built by the Hastings Cottage Improvement Society had been opened at Halton. There were ten houses in Lennox Street and three in Priory road.
West Hill Estate
From the Hastings News of 08/05/1874
Seventy two lots of the West Hill Estate, close to Emmanuel Church, were sold by auction for £3,459 on 6 May.
On 18 June the first portion of the Mount Pleasant Estate was sold, 41 plots from the meadow fronting Mount Pleasant House. The plots contained 30-45 ft of frontage (chiefly to the new road in continuation of Quarry Terrace, to ...
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Salvage Case
From the Hastings News of 26/06/1874
The Hastings salvage case was in court. On 24 January 1874 the Kathleen, a ship carrying cotton, was in collision mid-Channel and the crew abandoned her. French and English fishing boats proceeded to tow the boat to Dover. £1,550 was ...
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New Watering Cart
From the Hastings News of 17/07/1874
A new watering cart for washing the streets had been acquired for Hastings, called the 'EH Bayleys Patent Hydrostatic Watering Cart'. The cart was of iron and on four wheels. When in use, water was discharged from three clusters of ...
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The new University School, at Step Meadow [junction Holmesdale Gardens and Redmayne Drive] was opened by Mr UJ Kay-Shuttleworth MP and Lord Brassey. It was designed by Thomas Elsworthy of St Leonards. It was a large building, with a square ...
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A meeting of agricultural labourers was held at the Millers Arms, Winchelsea Road, Ore. Mr Simmons, founder of the Kent Agricultural Labourers Union, said he had come here to establish a branch in this part of the country, as when ...
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1871 Census
From the Hastings News of 09/10/1874
In the 1871 census, the borough of Hastings had 1,636 acres, 4,361 houses and a population of 29,291.
Windmill Sites
From the Hastings News of 16/10/1874
Land at the site of old mill on the West Hill and adjoining land were sold by auction on 8 October. There were 24 plots, intersected by Gordon road joining Priory and Plynlimmon Roads. They were all sold, at better ...
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Cricket Ground
From the Hastings Chronicle of 21/10/1874
The Chronicle published a history of the Cricket Ground.
Park Grows
From the Hastings News of 13/11/1874
Mr Elphinstone had donated nine acres of land for the enlargement of St Andrews Gardens [Alexandra Park].
The News reported that the town had "experienced great prosperity during hte past few years, and, indeed, its growth from a small fishing town to a first-class watering place, has been both rapid and complete. This is no matter of ...
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The last of the three windmills that stood on top of the West Hill was demolished today, Saturday, 28 November. The site was soon to be built on.