Fishmarket

In part due to the encroachment of hotel and boarding establishment premises forcing the fishing fleet and associated fishmarket (which for many years had been held in the open) further and further east, in 1859 it was decided to build a permanent market. The site originally planned to contain the market - that of the Lifeboat House opposite the Cutter Inn was rejected in favour of one opposite the Queens Head hotel at the foot of the High Street. The construction was octagonal in shape with iron columns supporting the structure. There were a total of seven stalls, each having a street frontage of 10 1/2 feet; the eighth side permitting access to the interior of the stalls^[1]

Subsequently the Fishmarket moved location on a number of occasions, the most recent being in 1989^[2]

Images

Images
1605 Map of Hastings landmarks from J. Manwaring Baines' book
The Cutter - East Parade - 1815 - Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
Storm at East Parade Nov 14th 1875 - Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
Fishmarket 1881
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
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Stormy-weather-at-the-Old-Lifeboat-House-East.-1895.
Lifeboat-House-c1900
The-Fishmarket-Hastings-c1900
Fishermens-Arch-welcoming-the-return-of-Earl-Brassey-from-Australia-August-1900.
Fishmarket c1902
The-old-lifeboat-House-at-the-stade-in-1902.
On-the-rocks-at-the-old-town.-c1905.
Storm-at-the-Lifeboat-House-East-Parade.-1905.
Fishmarket-1907
Fishmarket.-1910.
The-Fishmarket-Old-Town.-1912.
Postcard - Hastings Fish Market - 1912 - Flickr - drew anywhere
The-largest-whale-ever-landed-in-Hastings-caught-from-the-boat-Industry-skipper-Joseph-Adams.-It-measured-13ft-6in.-and-did-damage-to-the-nets-amounting-to-£5.-July-1914
Fishmarket 1916
Fishmarket - 1920 - Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
Fishmarket Circa 1920
Old Town 1930s
Old Town from West Hill 1929
Fishmarket-c1930
Proclamation-of-Edward-Vlll-at-the-Fishmarket-Hastings-22nd-January-1936
The Stade 1938
View over the Stade from East Hill 1938
1948-1
Fishmarket interior 1970s
East Hill Railway c2013