1900 and Earlier

1900 to 1910>>

Pre-1900 images of Hastings

Events happening in this decade:

October 1949 Flood (23)
Battle of Hastings (1066)
Amsterdam (Foundering of the Amsterdam at Bulverhythe, 1749)
Nicholas Wingfield (1715-1759) (Obtained Letters of Marque, 1758)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter I - St. Leonards 1828-1829 (Highest tide of 19th Century, 1824)
Customs House Raid 27 May 1827 (Robbery at Customs House, 1827)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Inquisition into the America Ground at the George Hotel, Battle, 1827)
St. Mary In The Castle (Opening of St. Mary in the Castle Church, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Opening of St Mary in the Castle, 1828)
Royal Victoria Hotel (Foundation stone laid by John Ward, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Seizure of fishing boat by Watchmen, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Launch of Lord Chesterfield's Cutter, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Seizure of the 'Rose' caught smuggling 115 tubs of brandy, 1828)
South Colonnade (First child born in St. Leonards, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Opening of a Co-Operative store in Winding Street with 160 members, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Seizure of 55 packages of contraband, a fishing boat, three men and two boys whilst smuggling, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (135 round boxing match between Fred Whiteman and Mr. Neves, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Grand Concert at Hare and Hounds, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Seizure of the pleasure yacht Atlanta, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Launch of the Diligence cutter from Ransom and Ridley's Shipyard, 1828)
Royal Victoria Hotel (Opening of Hotel, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Launch of Revenue Cutter 'The Bee', 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Formation of 'Night Watch' with 160 citizens to prevent robberies, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter II - Hastings 1828-1829 (Fall of cliff between Castle Street and Breeds Place, 1828)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Seizure of a smugglers boat loaded with tobacco, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Seizure of the 'Dove' and 35 tubs of spirits, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Seizure of the 'Fox' with two men and 26 casks of spirits, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Sir Frederick Baker killed by the sweeps of a windmill owned by Edward Milward, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter III - St. Leonards 1830 (First St. Leonards Yacht Regatta, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Seizure of a boat, five men and 106 smuggled tubs of spirits, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter IV - Hastings 1830 (Armed conflict between smugglers and preventivemen on Marine Parade, 1830)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter III - St. Leonards 1830 (Opening of the Harold Hotel, 1830)
Ransom and Ridley's Shipyard (Launch of the Prince George, 1833)
Brett Volume 1: Chapter XII - Hastings 1834 (Notice to quit the 'America Ground' served, 1834)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XX - Hastings 1838 (Annual Game Dinner at the Royal Oak, 1838)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XX - Hastings 1838 (Landing of 300 tubs of contraband at Camber, 1838)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XX - Hastings 1838 (Laying of foundation stone of St. Clements Halton, 1838)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XX - Hastings 1838 (Queen Victoria Coronation Festival and Parade, 1838)
Cinque Ports’ Chronicle (Launch of the Cinque Ports' Chronicle, 1838)
General Infirmary (Foundation stone laid of the East Sussex Hospital, 1839)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XXII - Hastings 1839 (Ground purchased from the Eversfield Estate for £300 to be utilised for the construction of a General Infirmary at White Rock, 1839)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XXII - Hastings 1839 (Demonstration by the 'Fire King' of Chemico-physical and gymnastics at Pelham Arcade, 1839)
Brett Volume 2: Chapter XXII - Hastings 1839 (Three day Bazaar to raise funds for a General Infirmary, 1839)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXIX - St. Leonards 1843 (Hurricane hits the town, 1840)
London Warehouse (Fire at Breed's "London Warehouse", 1840)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXIV - Hastings 1840 (Arrival of Napoleon III to Hastings under an assumed name of Col. Elliott, 1840)
Visits of Napoleon (Napoleon III arrives in Hastings under an alias, 1840)
Visits of Napoleon (Napoleon III leaves Hastings, 1840)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXIX - St. Leonards 1843 (Queen Victoria's royal yacht pauses off-shore to view the house she holidayed in during 1834-5, 1840)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXVII - St. Leonards 1842 (First coaches to meet the train at Tunbridge Wells, 1842)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXVIII - Hastings 1842 (Tub races between the Battery and Beach Cottages, 1842)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXIX - St. Leonards 1843 (Sea freezes at Hastings and St. Leonards, 1843)
Royal Victoria Hotel (Stay of Louis Phillipe post-French rebellion of 1848, 1850)
Visits of Napoleon (Napoleon III arrives in St. Leonards, 1850)
Visits of Napoleon (Napoleon III leaves St. Leonards, 1850)
Brett Volume 4: Chapter XLVI - Hastings 1851 (Collision of two fishing boats in a blizzard (Catherine and Rose), 1851)
Flight of the Balloon Victoria (1851)
Brett Volume 4: Chapter XLVI - Hastings 1851 (Lease agreed for Ecclesbourne Waterworks, 1851)
Brett Volume 5: Chapter LII - Hastings 1854 (The fisherman George Bumstead, who drowned whilst fishing for mackerel at Portsmouth was buried in All Saints Church, 1854)
Brett Volume 5: Chapter LII - Hastings 1854 (Death of Musgrave Brisco, 1854)
Brett Volume 6: Chapter LV - St. Leonards 1856 (Wreck of the John and Mary of Sunderland, resulting in the death of the captain's wife and four children, 1854)
Brett Volume 6: Chapter LV - St. Leonards 1856 (Opening of St Mary Magdalen New Schools, 1854)
Brett Volume 3: Chapter XXXIV - Hastings 1845 (Duke of Wellington revisits Hastings, staying at the Castle Hotel, 1854)
Brett Volume 5: Chapter LII - Hastings 1854 (Death of "Old Humphrey" (Mr. Mogridge), 1854)
Brett Volume 5: Chapter LII - Hastings 1854 (High winds and abnormal neap tide sweeps away and damages several boats, 1854)
Hastings Old Bank (Old Bank shuts its doors leaving many owed money, 1857)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXI - St. Leonards 1859 (Five Coastguard men drowned, 1858)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXI - St. Leonards 1859 (Collision of William and Rock Scorpion, 1858)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXI - St. Leonards 1859 (13 year old boy killed in a horse-riding accident, 1858)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXII - Hastings 1859 (SSS Great Eastern has a boiler explosion, killing ten men off Hastings on her way to Portland, 1858)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXI - St. Leonards 1859 (Body of 3 month old baby found murdered in well at Cross Street, 1859)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXI - St. Leonards 1859 (Wreck of Perseverence, 1859)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXII - Hastings 1859 (First Practice with Rocket Apparatus for Saving Life, 1859)
Brett Volume 7: Chapter LXII - Hastings 1859 (First stone of Christ Church St. Leonards laid, 1859)
Brett Volume 8: Chapter LXIII - St. Leonards 1860 (Foundation stone of Norman Road schoolroom laid, 1860)
Brett Volume 8: Chapter LXIII - St. Leonards 1860 (Foundation Stone of St. Matthew's Church laid, 1860)
Midge (Grounding of The Midge, 1861)
Brett Volume 10: Chapter LXVIII - Hastings 1862 (Richard Adam's fishing vessel Black Bess damaged in a collision with unknown vessel, 1862)
1871 New born boy strangulation (Strangulation of Baby Boy, 1871)
The British Workman (Opening of new premises of the British Workman Club, 1872)
Baltimore Wreck (1872)
Holy Trinity Schools (School Opened, 1875)
1878 Child murder at Silverhill (Child murder in Silverhill, 1878)
Brassey Institute (Opening of Library, 1881)
T. C. Pfluger (T. C. Pfluger Grounding, 1881)
Storm of 11 Nov 1881 (Storm of Nov. 1881, 1881)
Nerissa (Nerissa Wreck, 1881)
Albany Hotel (Opening of Albany Hotel, 1885)
Blacklands Sunday School (1893)
St. Leonards Archway (Removal of St. Leonards Arch, 1895)
Cinque Ports Volunteers (New Middle Street Drill Hall opens, 1895)
Rock-a-Nore Drill Hall (2nd Position Battery of 2nd Cinque Ports Auxiliary Volunteers drill hall constructed, 1896)
Storm of 12 January 1899 (1899)
Deluxe Cinema (Opening of the Empire Theatre of Varieties, 1899)

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(East Cliff, with beach and fish market, Hastings, England) (LOC)
(The pier, Hastings, England) (LOC)
(View from the East Cliff, Hastings, England) (LOC)
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1605 Map of Hastings landmarks from J. Manwaring Baines' book
1740 Field Names around Priory Valley
1763 Field map of area north of Alexandra park
1804 Map of Beauport Estate
1827 Map of Hastings
1835-print-Frederick-North.
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1860-Woodcut-Holy-Trinty-Church.
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1866 Provincial Hotel Advertisement
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1873 Map All Saints Street and Tackleway
1873 OS map showing location of Anchor Inn and Coach and Horses
1873 Prospect Place Map
1874 Map of Hastings & St Leonards
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1878 Mapping
1879
1881 F. R. Bones advertisement
1883 Mapping of area around The Langham
1885 Map
1888 Map of Hastings & St Leonards
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1892 Full Page tourism advertisement
1894
1895-1
1895.
1897 Mapping showing location of Bohemia Farm
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1900-The-Gaiety-Theatre-Queens-Road-Hastings.-It-opened-in-1882
1900
A Big Fire At St Leonards Hastings and St Leonards Observer Saturday 08 January 1887
A Coast Companion to Rye Winchelsea Hastings St Leonards Eastbourne Brighton Bognor
A-shepherd-with-his-sheep-at-Fairlight-hills-1890
A-view-from-the-Castle-Hill-in-1812.
A-water-colour-painting-of-the-High-Street-c1890.
Advert for Lloyds Oriental Cafe Ltd
Advertisement for the Albion Hotel. c1845
Albert Memorial c1881
Albert-Memorial-c1890
Albert-Memorial.-1875.
Albert-Memorial.-1889.
Albion Hotel 1881
Alexandra Park 1891
Alexandra Park c1870
Alexandra Park Centenery
Alexandra-park-and-the-submarine-log-brought-up-whilst-piling-for-Hastings-pier-in-the-submerged-forest.-c1895.
All Saints Church and Old Town c1824
All Saints Church c1860
All Saints Street watercolour
All-Saints-Street-taken-from-a-glass-lantern-slide-1898.
Allegria c1840
America Ground from Cuckoo Hill Pg 215 Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
America Ground
An-artistic-representation-of-Markwick-Terrace.-1870.
An-artists-drawing-of-the-Albert-Memorial-clock-tower-in-memory-of-Prince-Albert.-1878.
An-early-view-of-the-Memorial-clock-Tower-c1880
Archery Gardens c1840
Archery Gardens c1850
Archery-Road.-1890.
Arrival at Hastings Station 1860
Barrance & Ford Advert 1883
Barry's Library
Battle-Road-1890.
Beach Terrace Pelham Crescent
Beach-Photo.-August-1896.
Beach-Terrace-1843.
Beach-Terrace-and-Pelham-Crescent.-1843.
Bedford-Place.-1890
Black-Mill-Ore.-Demolished-in-1898.
BlomAdvert78
BlomfieldStudio
BohemiaHouse c1830
Bopeep 1850
BoPeep c1847
BoPeep c1880
Bottom-of-Old-London-Road-1880s.-Pound-just-visible-on-the-far-right.
Bourne Stream from the Gaol c1812
Bourne Street 1862
Brent House Wellington Square c1900
Bridge-in-Alexandra-Park-Hastings.-c1890.
Bryant & Sons 45 Queen's Road Hastings. circa 1900
Buildings below York Place 1810
ButlersAdvert c1891
By-the-East-Well-in-Rock-a-Nore-Road.-Circa 1855
Cable-laying-on-St-Helens-Road
Carlisle Parade (The parade, Hastings, England) (LOC)
Carlisle Parade 1854
Carlisle Parade 1866 F. S. Mann
Carlisle Parade c1860
Carlisle-Parade c1890
Carlisle-Parade.-1890.
Carlisle-Parade.-1891.
Castle c1840
Castle Hotel business card c1835
Castle Hotel
Castle Street and Castle Hill c1820
CDV-card-of-1885.
CDV.-Carlisle-Parade.-1880.
CDV.-Fishing-boats-on-the-beach.-1880.
CDV.-Hastings-Pier-and-goat-cart.-1880.
CDV.-Hastings-Pier.-1880.
CDV.-Rock-a-Nore-under-the-cliffs.-1880.
CDV.-South-Colonnade.-1880
CDV.-Splash-point-at-White-Rock.-1880.
CDV.-St-Leonards-Pier.-1880.
Chapel Barn c1820
Chapel Barn, Bohemia c1800
Chapel Park Road
Charles-martin-powell-hastings-east-sussex-1814
Church in the Wood c1810
Church in the Wood c1820
Church in the Wood c1825
Cinque Ports Rifles at Hastings Castle c1860
Circa1900
Cliffs-at-Rock-a-Nore.-1890
Clive Vale Congregational Church
Conqueror's Stone
Construction-of-the-Gasometer-in-Waterworks-Road.-1892.
Cornwallis High School
Cottage at top of High Street c1840
Cottage-in-All-Saints-Street-later-to-be-taken-over-by-the-HCIS.-c1900.
Courthouse Street c1800
Croft Chapel
Croft Road c1840
Croft Road Entrance to St Clements Caves - 1786 - Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
Cuckoo Hill Path T. B. Brett
David-Cox-all-saints-church-hastings-1811
Deluxe Site Clearance
Departing-from-Hastings-Pier.-SS-Alexandra.-1895-1904.
Early-photo-The-Albert-Memorial.-1866.
East Ascent Area Map
East Bourne Street c1840